SENATE
                         COMMITTEE ACTION REPORT


COMMITTEE: Nominations

TIME & DATE:  2:00PM, Monday, March 10, 1997

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ALL NOMINEES WERE REPORTED FAVORABLY UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED

Coastal Coordination Council

Fred W. Heldenfels,IV,Chair Reappointed 05-02-96 for a    Truan
Nueces County               term to expire 05-31-98

John Barrett                Appointed 10-16-95 for a      Truan
San Patricio County         term to expire 05-31-97

Robert B. Dunkin            Appointed 08-18-95 for a      Lucio
Cameron County              term to expire 05-31-97

Edward F. Stuart            Reappointed 05-02-96 for a    Patterson
Galveston County            term to expire 05-31-98

Texas Board of Criminal Justice

Patricia A. Day             Appointed 02-24-97 for a      Carona
Dallas County               term to expire 02-01-03

Alfred C. Moran             Appointed 02-24-97 for a      Harris
Tarrant County              term to expire 02-01-03

Nancy Patton                Appointed 08-21-95 for a      Duncan
Lubbock County              term to expire 02-01-99

Alfred M. Stringfellow      Appointed 02-24-97 for a      Wentworth
Bexar County                term to expire 02-01-03

Ex. Dir. of the Texas Department of Housing & Community Affairs

Larry Paul Manley           Appointed 08-09-95 for a      Barrientos
Travis County               term to expire at Gov. pleasure
                              (Interim Ex. Dir.)
                            Reappointed 02-10-97 for a
                            term to expire at Gov. pleasure

Texas Department of Housing & Community Affairs Board

Robert O. Brewer            Appointed 02-10-97 for a      Wentworth
Tom Green County            term to expire 01-31-03

C. Kent Conine              Appointed 02-10-97 for a      Shapiro
Dallas County               term to expire 01-31-03

Michael E. Jones            Appointed 01-30-96 for a      Ratliff
Smith County                term to expire 01-31-99

Jerry Romero                Appointed 02-10-97 for a      Shapleigh
El Paso County              term to expire 01-31-03
CONSIDERATION POSTPONED

Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation

Mickey Christakos           Appointed 02-03-97 for a      Shapiro
Collin County               term to expire 02-01-03

William Fowler              Appointed 12-08-95 for a      Fraser
Llano County                term to expire 02-01-01

Elliott B. McConnell        Appointed 02-03-97 for a      Armbrister
Aransas County              term to expire 02-01-03

Earl L. Yeakel, III         Reappointed 02-03-97 for a    Barrientos
Travis County               term to expire 02-01-01

Board of Regents of Texas Tech University

John W. Jones               Appointed 02-05-97 for a      Fraser
McCulloch County            term to expire 01-31-03

Nancy E. Jones              Appointed 02-05-97 for a      Fraser
Taylor County               term to expire 01-31-03

J. Michael Weiss            Appointed 02-05-97 for a      Duncan
Lubbock County              term to expire 01-31-03

University of Houston Board of Regents

Eduardo Aguirre, Jr.        Appointed 09-06-95 for a      Lindsay
Harris County               term to expire 08-31-01

Charles E. McMahen          Appointed 09-06-95 for a      Brown
Harris County               term to expire 08-31-01

Gary L. Rosenthal           Appointed 09-06-95 for a      Ellis
Harris County               term to expire 08-31-01



Texas Aerospace Commission

David W. Carr, D.D.S.       Reappointed 12-21-95 for a    Barrientos
Travis County               term to expire 02-01-01

R. Walter Cunningham        Appointed 12-01-95 for a      Brown
Harris County               term to expire 02-01-97
                            Reappointed 02-19-97 for a
                            term to expire 02-01-03

William E. Juett            Appointed 12-01-95 for a      Bivins
Potter County               term to expire 02-01-99

Anne H. McNamara            Appointed 02-13-96 for a      Cain
Dallas County               term to expire 02-01-01

Bryon D. Sehlke             Appointed 12-21-95 for a      Barrientos
Travis County               term to expire 02-01-97
                            Reappointed 02-19-97 for a
                            term to expire 02-01-03

T. C. Selman, II            Appointed 12-01-95 for a      Brown
Brazoria County             term to expire 02-01-01

Norma H. Webb               Appointed 12-01-95 for a      Bivins
Midland County              term to expire 02-01-97
                            Reappointed 02-19-97 for a
                            term to expire 02-01-03

Texas Commission on Human Rights

Laura A. Keith              Appointed 02-21-96 for a      Shapleigh
El Paso County              term to expire 09-24-01

Charles W. Taylor, Jr.      Appointed 02-21-96 for a      Lindsay
Harris County               term to expire 09-24-01

Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Authority Board of Directors

James L. Carroll            Appointed 11-10-95 for a      Shapleigh
El Paso County              term to expire 02-01-97

Milton J. Guiberteau, M.D.  Reappointed 07-21-95 for a    Brown
Harris County               term to expire 02-01-01

John E. Simek               Reappointed 07-21-95 for a    Ogden
Brazos County               term to expire 02-01-01

Texas Insurance Purchasing Alliance Board of Trustees

Esperanza P. Andrade        Appointed 08-17-95 for a      Wentworth
Bexar County                term to expire 02-01-97

Mary A. Flores              Appointed 02-29-96 for a      Nelson
Denton County               term to expire 02-01-01

Larry N. Forehand           Appointed 08-17-95 for a      Patterson
Harris County               term to expire 02-01-01

J. Patrick McLochlin        Appointed 08-17-95 for a      Shapiro
Dallas County               term to expire 02-01-99

Texas Council on Purchasing from People with Disabilities

Rogelio Ibanez, Jr.         Appointed 06-07-96 for a      Lucio
Hidalgo County              term to expire 01-31-01

John W. Luna                Appointed 11-08-95 for a      Harris
Tarrant County              term to expire 01-31-97

Eugene F. Matthews          Appointed 06-07-96 for a      Nelson
Denton County               term to expire 01-31-99

Dr. Gwendolyn C. Morrison   Appointed 11-08-95 for a      Moncrief
Tarrant County              term to expire 01-31-99

Margaret Pfluger            Appointed 11-08-95 for a      Wentworth
Tom Green County            term to expire 01-31-99

Dr. Robert A. Swerdlow      Appointed 11-08-95 for a      Galloway
Jefferson County            term to expire 01-31-01

Bobbie F. Templeton         Appointed 11-08-95 for a      Armbrister
Hays County                 term to expire 01-31-97

Pat A. Wilson               Appointed 11-08-95 for a      Ratliff
Gregg County                term to expire 01-31-97

Radiation Advisory Board

Jimmy L. Barker             Appointed 11-13-95 for a      Sibley
Hood County                 term to expire 04-16-01

Thomas M. Burnette          Reappointed 11-13-95 for a    Shapiro
Collin County               term to expire 04-16-01

Donald S. Butler            Appointed 11-13-95 for a      Nelson
Tarrant County              term to expire 04-16-01

Earl P. Erdmann             Appointed 11-13-95 for a      Bivins
Midland County              term to expire 04-16-01

Justin P. LeVasseur, M.D.   Appointed 11-13-95 for a      Haywood
Wichita County              term to expire 04-16-01

Odis R. Mack                Appointed 11-13-95 for a      Lindsay
Harris County               term to expire 04-16-01

William R. Underdown, Jr.   Reappointed 11-13-95 for a    Zaffirini
Live Oak County             term to expire 04-16-99

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