MINUTES

 

SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE

Monday, February 23, 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 Monday, February 23, 2009, in the Capitol Extension, Room E1.036, at Austin, Texas.

 

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MEMBERS PRESENT:		MEMBERS ABSENT:
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		None

 

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Senator Hinojosa, Vice Chair, called the meeting to order at 8:33 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 agencies.  Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on the attached list.

 

Racing Commission

Board of Plumbing Examiners

Residential Construction Commission

Board of Professional Land Surveying

Department of Licensing and Regulation

Department of Insurance

Office of Public Insurance Counsel

Office of Injured Employee Counsel

State Office of Administrative Hearings

Board of Professional Geoscientists

 

Senator Ogden assumed the chair. 

 

Testimony continued.

 

Senator Hinojosa resumed the chair. 

 

Testimony continued.

 

Public Utility Commission

Office of Public Utility Counsel

 

Senator Ogden assumed the chair. 

 

Testimony continued.

 

At 12:51 p.m. Senator Ogden moved that the Committee stand recessed until 30 minutes after adjournment of the Senate; without objection, it was so ordered.

 

Senator Hinojosa reconvened the Committee at 2:49 p.m.

 

Testimony resumed on the following agencies and Article IX, with witnesses on the attached list:

 

Real Estate Commission

Board of Public Accountancy

Board of Architectural Examiners

Board of Professional Engineers

Texas Medical Board

 

The chair moved that testimony on Article VIII be closed; without objection, it was so ordered. 

 

LBB Presentation on Article IX - General Provisions

 

The chair moved that testimony on Article IX be closed; without objection, it was so ordered. 

 

Senator Hinojosa moved that SB 1 be left pending; without objection, it was so ordered. 

 

There being no further business, at 4:14 p.m. Senator Hinojosa moved that the Committee stand recessed until 8:30 a.m., February 24, 2009.  Without objection, it was so ordered. 

 

 

 

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Senator Steve Ogden, Chair

 

 

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Amy Jeter, Clerk