Appropriations Conference Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice/Justice

>> ALL RIGHT, THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON HOUSE JUSTICE BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEE AND SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE ON CRIMINAL AND CIVIL JUSTICE WILL NOW COME TO ORDER. PLEASE ENSURE ALL CELL PHONES AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DEVICES ARE EITHER TURNED OFF OR PLACED ON SILENT. AND I AM HONORED TO SHARE THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF THIS COMMITTEE WITH SENATOR HOOPER AND WELCOME SIR. THANK YOU FOR COMING AND WORKING WITH US TODAY. WE ARE PLEASED TO PROVIDE YOU WITH OUR SECOND OFFER RELATING TO A PROVISO, IMPLEMENTING AND BACK OF THE BILL LANGUAGE. >> I HAVE TO CALL YOU REPRESENTATIVE MANEY BUT I WANT TO CALL YOU JUDGE GENERAL REPRESENTATIVE MANEY, MY HONOR TO BE WITH YOU FILLING FOR CHAIR GARCIA. AND WE ALSO ARE HAPPY TO PROVIDE YOU WITH AN OFFER AS IT PERTAINS TO BUDGET AND PROJECTS. >> THANK YOU SENATOR HOOPER FOR YOUR OFFER. THE HOUSE HAS REVIEWED THE SENATE OFFER ON BUDGET AND PROJECTS AND IS PREPARED TO ACCEPT YOUR OFFER ON LINES 8, 14, 36, 46, 71, 80, 82, 104 ALPHA, 116, 119 THROUGH 120, 128 BRAVO, 180, 182, 250 AND 255. I WOULD PROPOSE ALL REMAINING UNRESOLVED BUDGET ISSUES THAT ARE NOT ALIGNED THAT THEY BUMP WITH YOU AND CHAIRMAN McCLURE TO THE FULL COMMITTEE. >> THANK YOU REPRESENTATIVE, THE SENATE HAS REVIEWED YOUR OFFER ON PROVISO, IMPLEMENTING AND IN THE BACK OF THE BILL LANGUAGE AND ARE PREPARED TO ACCEPT YOUR OFFER ON FOLLOWING LINES, FOR PROVISO SENATE ACCEPTS LINES 219, 247, 271, 365, 736, 746 AND 748. FOR THE BACK OF THE BILL THE SENATE ACCEPTS LINES 7, 41, LINES 45 THROUGH 57, AND FOR THE IMPLEMENTING BILL THAT SENATE ACCEPTS LINE 11. AND I ALSO PROPOSE ALL REMAINING UNRESOLVED ISSUES PERTAINING TO PROVISO, BACK OF THE BILL AND IMPLEMENTING LANGUAGE AND CONFORMING LANGUAGE FOR HB 5403E AND SB 2512E BUMP TO REPRESENTATIVE McCLURE AND MYSELF AT THE FULL COMMITTEE. >> THANK YOU SENATOR HOOPER AND I CONCUR. THIS WILL BE OUR LAST CONFERENCE COMMITTEE MEETING AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK BOTH SENATOR GARCIA AND YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THIS CONFERENCE COMMITTEE AS WELL AS MORE COOPERATION THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE WORKING WITH BOTH OF YOU AND THE ENTIRE COMMITTEE. I BELIEVE WE HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT AND TREMENDOUS PROGRESS IN BRINGING THE HOUSE AND SENATE PROPOSALS CLOSER TOGETHER. I THINK WE ONLY HAVE ONE FOURTH OF THE PROJECT LINES LEFT TO GO. BUT THANK YOU. I WOULD ALSO, YOU ALL MAY THINK THIS IS A LITTLE ODD GIVEN THE VAST NUMBER OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS HERE BUT I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS FROM THE HOUSE AND SENATE FOR THEIR WORK THROUGHOUT THE YEAR PULLING THIS BUDGET TOGETHER. AND I PARTICULARLY WANT TO VICE CHAIRMAN KOSTER, THANK HER FOR HER WORK THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, COMMITTEE WEEKS AND SESSION AND NOW GETTING THIS BROUGHT IN FOR A LANDING. AND SENATOR HOOPER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. I DO READ THE NEWS AT TIMES AND I UNDERSTAND. >> I HEARD IT WAS A CHANCE TO HAVE A LIFE. >> CONGRATULATIONS ON A LIFE. HOW MANY YEARS DID YOU HAVE IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE 16? CONGRATULATIONS, THANK YOU. YOU'VE REALLY BEEN AN EXAMPLE OF A GENTLEMAN LEGISLATOR. A MAN WHO LEADS WITH INTEGRITY, WHO'S ALWAYS BEEN WILLING TO HELP US YOUNGER MEMBERS. WELL, YOUNGER IN THE LEGISLATURE. >> WE ARE APPROACHING MIDDLE AGE, THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS. >> AND THIS COMMITTEE WEEK I KNOW YOU CHAIRED TWO SMALL SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS BECAUSE OF OTHER ABSENCES, YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN A GUY WHO JUMPED IN TO HELP AND THANK YOU. WITH THAT, SENATOR HOOPER I GUESS YOU HAVE MAYBE SOME COMMENTS AND I WANT TO CALL ON, OR I WILL PICK ON CHAIR KOSTER TO MAKE A MOTION. >> REPRESENTATIVE MANEY OBVIOUSLY I RESPECT YOU VERY MUCH AND I'M HONORED TO SHARE A DAIS WITH YOU. MAYBE NOT FOR THE LAST TIME BUT IT COULD BE. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IN CLOSING YOU KNOW AS WELL AS I DO NONE OF THIS IS POSSIBLE WITHOUT ADAM AND HIS TEAM AND MARIO AND HIS TEAM. ALLOWING US TO BE SHEPHERDED THROUGH THIS PROCESS BY INCREDIBLE MEMBERS OF BOTH TEAMS, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH >> AND THEY BOTH WORK WITH THEIR STAFF INTO THE EVENING WORKING AND MASSAGING THESE PROPOSALS AS THEY BOUNCE FROM ONE CHAMBER TO THE OTHER. >> THE EVENING, PUTTING IT SO KIND. >> I THINK AT THIS POINT REPRESENTATIVE KOSTER MOVES TO ALLOW STAFF TO MAKE TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENTS AND CHANGES RELATING TO THE BUMP PROCESS AND WITHOUT OBJECTION THAT MOTION IS ADOPTED. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT, ANYONE WISHING TO MAKE OR COMMENTS OR ADDRESS THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE? IF THERE IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE, SENATOR HOOPER MOVES WE ADJOURNED. WE ARE ADJOURNED. >> THANK YOU ALL.