MINUTES 
                                           
                            SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE 
                              Tuesday, March 13, 2001 
                                     8:00 a.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 13, 2001, in the Capitol Extension, Room  
         E1.036, at Austin, Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Rodney Ellis                    None 
         Senator Chris Harris 
         Senator Gonzalo Barrientos 
         Senator Robert Duncan 
         Senator Troy Fraser 
         Senator Tom Haywood 
         Senator Mike Jackson 
         Senator Jon Lindsay 
         Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr. 
         Senator Steve Ogden 
         Senator Carlos Truan 
         Senator John Whitmire 
         Senator Judith Zaffirini 
                                           
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         The chair called the meeting to order at 8:05 a.m.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted:   
          
         The Committee continued its mark up on the General  
         Appropriations Bill (Senate Bill 1).  Senator Ellis recognized  
         Senator Zaffirini, Chair of the workgroup on Health and Human  
         Services (Article II), to lay out the workgroup recommendations  
         to the full Committee.  LBB also provided mark up  
         recommendations on Health & Human Services (Article II). 
              
              HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES: 
              Early Childhood Intervention: 
              LBB covered markup highlights of their recommendation.  LBB   
              proposed 2 technical adjustments, both of which were  
              adopted without objection.  Workgroup recommendation was  
              adopted without objection. 
              Commission for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing: 
              LBB proposed 2 technical adjustments, both of which were  
              adopted without objection.  Workgroup recommendation  
      
              adopted without objection. 
              Department of Health: 
              LBB provided a brief overview of their recommendation. 2  
              technical adjustments were proposed and adopted without  
              objection.  Workgroup recommendation adopted without  
              objection. 
              Department on Human Services: 
              LBB provided a brief overview of their recommendation.  One  
              technical adjustment was proposed by LBB and adopted  
              without objection.  Workgroup recommendation adopted  
              without objection.  Karen Hale.  Bill Campbell 
              Department of Mental Health & Mental Retardation: 
              LBB covered markup highlights of their recommendation.  6  
              technical adjustments were proposed by LBB and adopted  
              without objection. Workgroup recommendation adopted without  
              objection. 
              Department of Protective & Regulatory Services: 
              LBB provided highlights of their recommendation.  Workgroup  
              recommendation adopted without objection.   
              Health & Human Services Commission:   
              LBB provided a brief overview of their recommendation.   
              Workgroup recommendation adopted without objection. 
              Department on Aging: 
              LBB provided highlights of their recommendation.  Workgroup  
              recommendation adopted without objection.   
              Commission on Alcohol & Drug Abuse: 
              LBB provided a brief overview of their recommendation.  
              Language explained was adopted.  Workgroup recommendation  
              was adopted without objection  
              Commission for the Blind: 
              LBB provided a brief overview of their recommendation.   
              Workgroup recommendation adopted without objection. 
              Cancer Council: 
              LBB covered highlights of their recommendation.  Workgroup  
              recommendation adopted without objection. 
              Children's Trust Fund of Texas: 
              LBB covered highlights of their recommendation.  Workgroup  
              recommendation adopted without objection. 
              Rehabilitation Commission: 
              LBB provided a brief overview of their recommendations.  4  
              technical adjustments proposed by LBB, all of which were  
              adopted without objection.  Workgroup recommendation  
              adopted without objection. 
          
         The Committee considered the following Riders: 
              Rider By Senator Zaffirini, to Amend Rider 3 to Require  
                   Documentation of Efforts to Seek Additional Funds was  
                   adopted without objection for the base of the bill. 
              Rider By Senator Zaffirini concerning Proposed Motions to  
                   Fund Agency Oversight and FTEs was adopted without  
                   objection into Article XI.  The rider was amended to  
                   state Article XI instead of the base bill. 
              Rider By Zaffirini, Waiver Rider was adopted without  
         objection. 
              Rider By Senator Duncan concerning Transferring the  
           
                   Children's Trust Fund of Texas Council to the Dept. of  
                   Protective and Regulatory Services.  The rider was  
                   left pending. 
          
         Senator Ellis recognized Senator Truan who addressed the updates  
         from his workgroup on Crime Victim's Compensation Fund.    
         Without objection the updated recommendation was adopted. 
          
         There being no further business, at 10:27 a.m. Senator Ellis  
         moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of  
         the chair.  Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator Rodney Ellis, Chair 
          
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         Amber Martin, Clerk