MINUTES
SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
8:30 a.m.
Capitol Extension, Room E1.036
*****
Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule 11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Finance was held on Tuesday, February 24, 2009, in the Capitol Extension, Room E1.036, at Austin, Texas.
*****
|
MEMBERS PRESENT: |
|
MEMBERS ABSENT: |
|
Senator Steve Ogden Senator Juan Hinojosa Senator Robert Duncan Senator Kevin Eltife Senator Chris Harris Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr. Senator Kel Seliger Senator Royce West Senator John Whitmire Senator Tommy Williams Senator Judith Zaffirini |
|
Senator Kip Averitt Senator Bob Deuell Senator Jane Nelson Senator Florence Shapiro
|
*****
Senator Hinojosa, Vice Chair, called the meeting to order at 8:34 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.
Texas AgriLife Research
Texas AgriLife Extension Service
Texas Forest Service
Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory
Texas Engineering Experiment Station
Texas Engineering Extension Service
Senator Ogden assumed the chair.
Testimony continued.
Senator Hinojosa resumed the chair.
Testimony continued.
Texas Transportation Institute
LBB Presentation on Special Provisions Relating Only to State Agencies of Higher Education
The chair moved that testimony on Article III be closed; without objection, it was so ordered.
Senator Ogden assumed the chair.
Senator Ogden moved that SB 1 be left pending; without objection, it was so ordered.
There being no further business, at 10:39 a.m. Senator Ogden moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of the chair. Without objection, it was so ordered.
_____________________________
Senator Steve Ogden, Chair
_____________________________
Amy Jeter, Clerk