MINUTES

 

SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE

Monday, February 6, 2017

10:00 AM

Capitol Extension, Room E1.036

 

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Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule 11.10 and 11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Finance was held on Monday, February 6, 2017, in the Capitol Extension, Room E1.036, at Austin, Texas.

 

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MEMBERS PRESENT:

 

MEMBERS ABSENT:

Senator Jane Nelson, Chair

 

Senator Brian Birdwell

Senator Juan Hinojosa, Vice Chair

 

 

Senator Paul Bettencourt

 

 

Senator Kelly Hancock

 

 

Senator Joan Huffman

 

 

Senator Lois Kolkhorst

 

 

Senator Robert Nichols

 

 

Senator Charles Schwertner

 

 

Senator Kel Seliger

 

 

Senator Larry Taylor

 

 

Senator Carlos Uresti

 

 

Senator Kirk Watson

 

 

Senator Royce West

 

 

Senator John Whitmire

 

 

 

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The Chair called the meeting to order at 10:03 AM. The following business was transacted:

 

The Chair laid out as a matter of pending business SB 1.

 

Testimony was heard on SB 1 – Article I.  Witnesses testifying and registering are shown on the attached list.

 

Department of Information Resources

Texas Ethics Commission

 

Historical Commission

 

Senator Hinojosa assumed the chair.

 

Pension Review Board

 

Texas Emergency Services Retirement System

 

Commission on the Arts

 

Library and Archives Commission

 

Public testimony was heard.

 

Senator Nelson resumed the chair.

 

Senator Nelson closed public testimony.

 

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

 

There being no further business, at 1:38 PM Senator Nelson moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of the chair. Without objection, it was so ordered.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Senator Jane Nelson, Chair

 

 

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Stephanie Hoover, Clerk