MINUTES
SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
Thursday, February 5, 2009
8:30 a.m.
Capitol Extension, Room E1.036
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Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule 11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Finance was held on Thursday, February 5, 2009, in the Capitol Extension, Room E1.036, at Austin, Texas.
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MEMBERS PRESENT: |
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MEMBERS ABSENT: |
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Senator Steve Ogden Senator Juan Hinojosa Senator Kip Averitt Senator Bob Deuell Senator Robert Duncan Senator Kevin Eltife Senator Chris Harris Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr. Senator Jane Nelson Senator Kel Seliger Senator Florence Shapiro Senator Royce West Senator John Whitmire Senator Tommy Williams Senator Judith Zaffirini |
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The chair called the meeting to order at 8:39 a.m. There being a quorum present, the following business was transacted:
The chair laid out SB 1 as pending business.
Testimony was given on the following funds and institutions of higher education. Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on the attached list.
Senator Hinojosa assumed the chair.
Higher Education Fund
The University of Texas System
The University of Texas at Austin
Senator Ogden resumed the chair.
Available University Fund
At 11:51 a.m. Senator Ogden moved that the Committee stand recessed until 12:30 p.m.
Senator Ogden reconvened the Committee at 12:32 p.m.
Testimony resumed on the following institutions of higher education, with witnesses on the attached list:
The University of Texas at Arlington
The University of Texas at Dallas
Senator Hinojosa assumed the chair.
The University of Texas at El Paso
The University of Texas at Austin (continuation)
The University of Texas - Pan American
The University of Texas of the Permian Basin
The University of Texas at San Antonio
Senator Ogden resumed the chair.
Senator Hinojosa assumed the chair.
The University of Texas at Tyler
The University of Texas at Brownsville
University of North Texas System
University of North Texas
Texas State University System
Lamar University - Beaumont
Sam Houston State University
Sul Ross State University
Sul Ross State University Rio Grande College
Texas State University - San Marcos
Lamar Institute of Technology
Lamar State College - Orange
Lamar State College - Port Arthur
Senator Hinojosa moved that SB 1 be left pending; without objection, it was so ordered.
There being no further business, at 6:03 p.m. Senator Hinojosa moved that the Committee stand recessed until 8:30 a.m., February 6, 2009. Without objection, it was so ordered.
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Senator Steve Ogden, Chair
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Amy Jeter, Clerk