MINUTES

 

SENATE COMMITTEE ON PROPERTY TAX

Thursday, March 28, 2019

8:45 AM

Capitol Extension, Room E1.028

 

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Pursuant to suspension of Senate Rule 11.10 and 11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Property Tax was held on Thursday, March 28, 2019, in the Capitol Extension, Room E1.028, at Austin, Texas.

 

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MEMBERS PRESENT:

 

MEMBERS ABSENT:

Senator Paul Bettencourt, Chair

 

Senator Juan Hinojosa

Senator Angela Paxton, Vice Chair

 

 

Senator Brandon Creighton

 

 

Senator Kelly Hancock

 

 

 

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The chair called the meeting to order at 8:51 AM. There being a quorum present, the following business was transacted:

 

The chair laid out as a matter of pending business SB 812.

 

Senator Paxton moved adoption of a committee substitute sent up at a previous hearing; without objection, it was so ordered.

 

Senator Paxton moved that SB 812 do not pass but that CSSB 812 be reported back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The motion carried with a record vote of 4 ayes, 0 nays, 0 present not voting, and 1 absent.

 

Senator Paxton moved that the bill be recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar; without objection, it was so ordered.

 

 

There being no further business, at 8:53 AM Senator Hancock moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of the chair. Without objection, it was so ordered.

 

 

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Senator Paul Bettencourt, Chair

 

 

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Benjamin Barkley, Clerk