The House Committee on Appropriations - S/C on Articles I, IV & V

87th Legislature

March 3, 2021

12:00 p.m. or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted

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Pursuant to a notice posted on February 22, 2021, revised on February 26, 2021, and permission granted on March 3, 2021, to meet while the House was in session, the House Committee on Appropriations - S/C on Articles I, IV & V met in a public hearing and was called to order by the chair, Representative González, Mary, at 12:04 p.m.

The initial quorum call was answered as follows: Representatives González, Mary; Ashby; Holland; and Sherman, Sr..

A quorum was present.

14 Courts of Appeals

Testimony taken/registration recorded.  (See attached witness list.)

Comptroller’s Department, Judiciary Section

Testimony taken/registration recorded.  (See attached witness list.)

(Representative Schaefer now present.)

Testimony taken/registration recorded.  (See attached witness list.)

Court of Criminal Appeals

Testimony taken/registration recorded.  (See attached witness list.)

Office of Capital and Forensic Writs

Testimony taken/registration recorded.  (See attached witness list.)

Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council

Testimony taken/registration recorded.  (See attached witness list.)

Office of the State Prosecuting Attorney

Testimony taken/registration recorded.  (See attached witness list.)

Special Prosecution Unit

Testimony taken/registration recorded.  (See attached witness list.)

Special Provisions Relating to the Judiciary

Testimony taken/registration recorded.  (See attached witness list.)

State Commission on Judicial Conduct

Testimony taken/registration recorded.  (See attached witness list.)

State Law Library

Testimony taken/registration recorded.  (See attached witness list.)

Supreme Court of Texas

Testimony taken/registration recorded.  (See attached witness list.)

Texas Indigent Defense Commission

Testimony taken/registration recorded.  (See attached witness list.)

At 2:50 p.m., on the motion of the chair and without objection, the meeting was adjourned subject to the call of the chair.

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Rep. González, Mary, Chair

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John Montgomery, Clerk