** REVISION **
                                   SENATE
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Nominations

TIME & DATE:  2:00PM, Tuesday, April 1, 1997

PLACE: E1.016

CHAIR: Senator Frank Madla

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TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING WHO WILL APPEAR:

Exec. Dir. of the Texas Dept. of Commerce

Brenda F. Arnett              Reappointed 02-10-97 for a    Wentworth
Harris County                 term to expire 02-01-99

Texas Dept. of Transportation Motor Vehicle Board

Robert C. Barnes              Appointed 08-09-95 for a      Duncan
Ector County                  term to expire 01-31-97
                              Reappointed 02-19-97 for a
                              term to expire 01-31-03

D. Diane Dillard              Appointed 02-19-97 for a      Ellis
Harris County                 term to expire 01-31-03

N. Scott Jones                Appointed 07-18-95 for a      Sibley
Johnson County                term to expire 01-31-01

Manuel Marrufo                Appointed 08-09-95 for a      Shapleigh
El Paso County                term to expire 01-31-01

Texas Turnpike Authority Board of Directors

Donald D. Dillard             Appointed 04-09-96 for a      Shapiro
Dallas County                 term to expire 02-15-01

Donna R. Parker               Appointed 04-09-96 for a      Moncrief
Tarrant County                term to expire 02-15-97


TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING WHO WILL NOT APPEAR:

Texas Department of Commerce Policy Board

Patty A. Bryant               Appointed 08-20-96 for a      Bivins
Randall County                term to expire 02-01-97

Vidal G. Martinez             Appointed 08-17-95 for a      Ellis
Harris County                 term to expire 02-01-99

State Depository Board

Renato Ramirez                Appointed 08-09-96 for a      Zaffirini
Zapata County                 term to expire 08-22-97

Texas Energy Coordination Council

Mary Hartman                  Appointed 02-29-96 for a      Wentworth
Bexar County                  term to expire 12-31-96

James R. Matz                 Appointed 02-29-96 for a      Lucio
Cameron County                term to expire 12-31-96

Donald W. Niemiec             Appointed 02-29-96 for a      Harris
Tarrant County                term to expire 12-31-97

Michael J. Osborne            Appointed 02-29-96 for a      Barrientos
Travis County                 term to expire 12-31-96

Michael A. Roberts, Jr.       Reappointed 02-29-96 for a    Ellis
Harris County                 term to expire 12-31-97

Robert L. Wright              Appointed 02-29-96 for a      Armbrister
Victoria County               term to expire 12-31-97

Governing Board of the International Trade Commission

Jose E. Martinez              Appointed 08-09-95 for a      Wentworth
Bexar County                  term to expire 02-01-99

San Jacinto Historical Advisory Board

Jeffrey D. Dunn               Appointed 04-04-96 for a      Brown
Harris County                 term to expire 09-01-01

Nell M. Hoover                Appointed 04-04-96 for a      Lindsay
Harris County                 term to expire 09-01-97

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