SENATE
                         COMMITTEE ACTION REPORT


COMMITTEE: Nominations

TIME & DATE:  2:00PM, Monday, March 17, 1997

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NOMINEES TO THE TEXAS STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY AND TO THE TEXAS REAL ESTATE
COMMISSION WERE REPORTED FAVORABLY.  ALL OTHER NOMINEES WERE LEFT PENDING.

Adjutant General of Texas

General Daniel James III      Appointed 11-16-95 for a      Luna
Travis County                 term to expire 02-01-97
                              Reappointed 03-10-97 for a
                              term to expire 02-01-99

Texas State Board of Pharmacy

Roberta Williams High         Appointed 05-10-96 for a      Haywood
Haskell County                term to expire 08-31-01

Ira Wayne McConnell           Appointed 02-13-96 for a      Ellis
Harris County                 term to expire 08-31-01

Oren M. Peacock, Jr.          Appointed 02-13-96 for a      Carona
Dallas County                 term to expire 08-31-99

Bill C. Pittman               Appointed 02-13-96 for a      Barrientos
Travis County                 term to expire 08-31-01

Texas Real Estate Commission

Maria Gonzalez-Avila          Appointed 02-10-97 for a      Wentworth
Bexar County                  term to expire 01-31-03

C. Michael Brodie             Appointed 02-10-97 for a      Shapiro
Collin County                 term to expire 01-31-03

Kay Sutton                    Appointed 02-10-97 for a      Bivins
Midland County                term to expire 01-31-03


TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING WHO WILL NOT APPEAR:

State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers

E.D. Dorchester               Appointed 01-17-96 for a      Bivins
Midland County                term to expire 09-26-01

Edmundo R. Gonzalez, Jr.      Appointed 01-17-96 for a      Lucio
Cameron County                term to expire 09-26-01

Danny R. Perkins              Appointed 01-17-96 for a      Patterson
Harris County                 term to expire 09-26-01

Texas Growth Fund Board of Trustees

Suzanne B. Kriscunas          Appointed 11-15-95 for a      Shapiro
Dallas County                 term to expire 02-01-97
                              Reappointed 03-06-97 for a
                              term to expire 02-01-03

Timothy P. Roth, Ph.D.        Appointed 03-06-97 for a      Shapleigh
El Paso County                term to expire 02-01-03

State Board of Medical Examiners District Review Committee-District I

Herman Lott Koester, M.D.     Appointed 10-07-96 for a      Patterson
Galveston County              term to expire 01-15-02

State Board of Medical Examiners District Review Committee-District II

David Baucom                  Appointed 10-07-96 for a      Ratliff
Hopkins County                term to expire 01-15-00

H. Jane Chihal, M.D., Ph.D.   Appointed 10-07-96 for a      Nelson
Denton County                 term to expire 01-15-02

Allan N. Shulkin, M.D.        Appointed 10-07-96 for a      Carona
Dallas County                 term to expire 01-15-00

B. R. Sienbenlist, M.D.       Appointed 10-18-96 for a      Ratliff
Harrison County               term to expire 01-15-98

Rodney M. Wiseman, D.O.       Appointed 10-07-96 for a      Nixon
Smith County                  term to expire 01-15-00

State Board of Medical Examiners District Review Committee-District III

Robert C. Henderson,II, M.D.  Appointed 10-07-96 for a      Bivins
Randall County                term to expire 01-15-02

Irvin Zeitler, D.O.           Reappointed 10-07-96 for a    Wentworth
Tom Green County              term to expire 01-15-00

State Board of Medical Examiners District Review Committee-District IV

Manuel G. Guajardo, M.D.      Appointed 10-07-96 for a      Lucio
Cameron County                term to expire 01-15-02

Exec. Council of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Examiners

Martha Rodriguez              Reappointed 2-24-97 for a     Luna
Bexar County                  term to expire 02-01-99

Texas State Board of Physician Assistant Examiners

Dwight M. Deter               Reappointed 12-19-95 for a    Shapleigh
El Paso County                term to expire 02-01-01

Glenn S. Forbes               Appointed 06-07-96 for a      Moncrief
Tarrant County                term to expire 02-01-97

Tony Gene Hedges, D.O.        Appointed 12-19-95 for a      Duncan
Lamb County                   term to expire 02-01-01

Texas State Board of Podiatry Examiners

Teresa Barrios-Ogden, DPM     Appointed 09-06-96 for a      Wentworth
Bexar County                  term to expire 07-10-01

Charles S. Churchwell,Jr.,DPM Appointed 09-06-96 for a      Shapiro
Collin County                 term to expire 07-10-01

Alex L. Garcia, Jr.           Appointed 09-06-96 for a      Truan
Nueces County                 term to expire 07-10-01

Barbara G. Young              Appointed 09-06-96 for a      Brown
Harris County                 term to expire 07-10-97

Produce Recovery Fund Board

Steven D. Jones               Appointed 05-13-96 for a      Duncan
Lubbock County                term to expire 01-31-01

Robert B. Lyons               Appointed 05-13-96 for a      Bivins
Potter County                 term to expire 01-31-99

Ly H. Nguyen                  Appointed 03-03-97 for a      Brown
Brazoria County               term to expire 01-31-03

Joyce C. Obst                 Appointed 05-13-96 for a      Lucio
Hidlago County                term to expire 01-31-97
                              Reappointed 03-03-97 for a
                              term to expire 01-31-03

Byron E. White                Appointed 05-13-96 for a      Harris
Tarrant County                term to expire 01-31-01

Real Estate Research Advisory Committee

Joe Adame                     Appointed 03-03-97 for a      Truan
Nueces County                 term to expire 01-31-03

Carlos Madrid, Jr.            Appointed 12-19-95 for a      Luna
Bexar County                  term to expire 01-31-01

Catherine Miller              Appointed 03-03-97 for a      Harris
Tarrant County                term to expire 01-31-03

Marjory Kay Moore             Appointed 12-19-95 for a      Duncan
Howard County                 term to expire 01-31-99

Angela S. Myres               Appointed 03-03-97 for a      Whitmire
Harris County                 term to expire 01-31-01

Jerry L. Schaffner            Appointed 03-03-97 for a      Duncan
Lubbock County                term to expire 01-31-03

Gloria Van Zandt              Appointed 12-19-95 for a      Harris
Tarrant County                term to expire 01-31-01

State Seed and Plant Board

Joe M. Crane                  Appointed 03-06-97 for a      Armbrister
Matagorda County              term to expire 10-06-98

Charles A. Leamons            Reappointed 03-06-97 for a    Ogden
Washington County             term to expire 10-06-98

Katherine Cave Patrick        Appointed 03-06-97 for a      Truan
Nueces County                 term to expire 10-06-98

Board of Tax Professional Examiners

Carol Autry                   Appointed 06-30-95 for a      Bivins
Randall County                term to expire 03-01-01

Wayne R. Hawkins              Appointed 06-30-95 for a      Ratliff
Bowie County                  term to expire 03-01-01

Linda D. Jaynes               Appointed 06-30-95 for a      Duncan
Hale County                   term to expire 03-01-97
                              Reappointed 03-03-97 for a
                              term to expire 03-01-03

Foy Mitchell, Jr.             Appointed 03-03-97 for a      Shapiro
Collin County                 term to expire 03-01-03


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