MINUTES
SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
5:00 p.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 Tuesday, March 17, 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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At 1:05 p.m., Senator Ogden announced that the Senate Committee on Finance would stand in recess until 5:00 p.m.
The chair called the meeting to order at 5:03 p.m. There being a quorum present, the following business was transacted:
The chair laid out SB 1 as pending business. Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on the attached list.
The chair recognized Senator Eltife to lay out the remaining workgroup recommendations for Article VII.
Senator Eltife moved to adopt the workgroup recommendations on the All Remaining Items - Article VII document; without objection, it was so ordered.
Senator Eltife moved to adopt the workgroup recommendations for Article VII, Texas Department of Transportation; without objection, it was so ordered.
The chair recognized Senator Deuell to lay out the workgroup recommendations for Article II.
Senator Deuell moved to adopt the workgroup recommendations for Article II, Department of Aging and Disability Services; without objection, it was so ordered.
Senator Deuell moved to adopt the workgroup recommendations for Article II, Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services. There being objection, a record vote was taken. The motion carried with a record vote of 13 ayes, 1 nay, 0 present not voting, and 1 absent.
Senator Zaffirini moved to adopt Item 2f of the workgroup recommendations for Article II, relating to the Department of Family and Protective Services; without objection, it was so ordered.
Senator West moved that Item 2d of the workgroup recommendations for Article II, relating to the Department of Family and Protective Services, be moved to Article XI, and that the corresponding contingency rider on page 35 be amended to conform with the change; without objection, it was so ordered.
Senator Deuell moved to adopt the amended workgroup recommendations for Article II, Department of Family and Protective Services; without objection, it was so ordered.
Senator Zaffirini moved to sever Item 12a of the workgroup recommendations for Article II, relating to the Department of State Health Services. There being objection, a record vote was taken. The motion carried with a record vote of 8 ayes, 5 nays, 0 present not voting, and 2 absent.
Senator Deuell moved to adopt the workgroup recommendations for Article II, Department of State Health Services, with the exception of Item 12a; without objection, it was so ordered.
Senator Williams moved that Items 12a and 12c of the workgroup recommendations for Article II, relating to the Department of State Health Services, be adopted and funded from funds appropriated above. Senator Williams withdrew his motion; without objection, it was so ordered.
Senator Deuell moved to adopt Item 12a of the workgroup recommendations for Article II, relating to the Department of State Health Services. There being objection, a record vote was taken. The motion carried with a record vote of 9 ayes, 5 nays, 0 present not voting, and 1 absent.
Senator Deuell moved to adopt the workgroup recommendations for Article II, Health and Human Services Commission; without objection, it was so ordered.
Senator Deuell moved to adopt the workgroup recommendations for Article II, Special Provisions; without objection, it was so ordered.
Senator Deuell moved to adopt the workgroup recommendations for Article II, Enterprise Exceptional Items; without objection, it was so ordered.
The chair recognized Senator Averitt to lay out recommendations for General Obligation Bonds.
Senator Averitt moved to adopt the recommendations for Proposition 8 and Proposition 4 Bonds; without objection, it was so ordered.
Senator Ogden moved that SB 1 be left pending; without objection, it was so ordered.
Senator Ogden recalled SB 1 as pending business.
Senator Averitt moved to adopt the recommendations for General Obligation Water Bonds; without objection, it was so ordered.
Senator Ogden moved that SB 1 be left pending; without objection, it was so ordered.
There being no further business, at 7:09 p.m. Senator Ogden moved that the Committee stand recessed until 9:00 a.m., March 18, 2009. Without objection, it was so ordered.
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Senator Steve Ogden, Chair
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Amy Jeter, Clerk