The House Committee on Appropriations

85th Legislature

April 18, 2018

10:00 a.m.

E1.030

Pursuant to a notice posted on March 12, 2018, revised on April 9, 2018, the House Committee on Appropriations met in a public hearing and was called to order by the chair, Representative Zerwas, at 10:12 a.m.

The initial quorum call was answered as follows: Representatives Zerwas; Longoria; Ashby; Capriglione; Cosper; Dean; Giddings; Gonzales, Larry; González, Mary; Howard; Miller; Perez; Phelan; Raney; Rodriguez, Justin; Rose; Simmons; VanDeaver; Walle; and Wu.

A quorum was present.

(Representative Davis, Sarah now present.)

The committee heard testimony on Interim Charge 2 regarding Economic Stabilization Fund Investment Strategies and Cap Methodology. (See attached witness list.)

The committee heard testimony on Interim Charge 3 regarding One-time funding and Deferral Measures. (See attached witness list.)

The committee heard testimony on Interim Charge 5 regarding State Operations Related to Cybersecurity, IT, and Cloud Computing. (See attached witness list.)

The committee heard testimony on Interim Charge 4 regarding State Contracting. (See attached witness list.)

The committee heard testimony on Interim Charge 6 regarding Border Security Funding. (See attached witness list.)

At 6:19 p.m., on the motion of Representative Howard and without objection, the meeting was adjourned subject to the call of the chair.

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Rep. Zerwas, Chair

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Cameron Cocke, Clerk