MINUTES 
          
                         SENATE COMMITTEE ON NOMINATIONS 
                            Wednesday, April 7, 1999 
                                    1:00 p.m. 
                          Capitol Building, Room 2E.20 
          
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         Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule  
         11.11, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Nominations  
         was held on Wednesday, April 7, 1999, in the Capitol Building,  
         Room 2E.20,  Austin, Texas.   
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Jeff Wentworth, Chairman        Senator Gonzalo  
                                                 Barrientos 
         Senator Mario Gallegos, Jr., Vice Chairman 
         Senator David Bernsen 
         Senator J. E. Brown 
         Senator Tom Haywood 
         Senator Mike Jackson 
          
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         The Chair called the meeting to order at 1:10 p.m.  There  
         being a quorum present, the following business was transacted.   
          
         The following member arrived after the roll was called:   
         Senator Mario Gallegos, Jr. 
          
         Senator Brown moved that the Minutes from the previous meeting  
         be approved.  There being no objection, the Minutes were  
         adopted. 
          
         The Chairman laid out the names of the nominees to the Texas  
         State University System Board of Regents. 
          
         Chairman Wentworth introduced Patricia Diaz Dennis. 
          
         Senator Shapleigh introduced Dionicio "Don" Flores. 
          
         Senator Jackson introduced James "Jimmy" A. Hayley. 
          
         Nominees made opening statements and then responded to  
         questions by members of the Committee.  
          
         At 1:35 p.m., Senator Jackson moved to recommend to the full  
         Senate that Patricia Diaz Dennis, Dionicio "Don" Flores and  
         James "Jimmy" A. Hayley be confirmed as Members of the Texas  
         State University System Board of Regents. 
  
         The motion carried with a vote of 6 ayes and 0 nays. 
          
         The Chairman laid out the names of the nominees for the Texas  
         Workers' Compensation Commission. 
          
         Senator Brown introduced James Michael Lowrey. 
          
         Senator Sibley introduced Lonnie Watson. 
          
         Chairman Wentworth introduced Kenneth Lee Moore. 
          
         Nominees made opening statements and then responded to  
         questions by members of the Committee.  
          
         At 1:45 p.m. Senator Gallegos assumed the Chair.   
          
         At 1:59 p.m., Senator Brown moved to recommend to the full  
         Senate that James Michael Lowrey, Lonnie Watson and Kenneth  
         Lee Moore be confirmed as Members of the Texas Workers'  
         Compensation Commission. 
          
         The motion carried with a vote of 6 ayes and 0 nays. 
          
         The Chairman laid out the names of the nominees to the Texas  
         Board of Criminal Justice. 
          
         Senator Gallegos introduced Judge Mary Bacon and Don B. Jones. 
          
         Senator Brown introduced William H. "Hank" Moody. 
          
         Nominees made opening statements and then responded to  
         questions by members of the Committee.  
          
         At 2:12 p.m., Senator Brown moved to recommend to the full  
         Senate that Judge Mary Bacon, Don B. Jones and William H.  
         "Hank" Moody  be confirmed as  Members of the Texas Board of  
         Criminal Justice. 
          
         The motion carried with a vote of 6 ayes and 0 nays. 
          
         The Chairman laid out the name of the nominee to the Public  
         Counsel for the Office of Public Insurance Counsel. 
          
         Senator Gallegos introduced Roderick A. Bordelon, Jr. 
          
         Mr. Bordelon made an opening statement and then responded to  
         questions by members of the Committee. 
          
         At 2:16 p.m. Chairman Wentworth resumed the Chair.   
          
         At 2:29 p.m., Senator Bernsen moved to recommend to the full  
         Senate that Roderick A. Bordelon, Jr. be confirmed as Public  
         Counsel for the Office of Public Insurance Counsel. 
          
         The motion carried with a vote of 6 ayes and 0 nays. 
          
         The Chairman laid out the name of the nominee to Public  
         Counsel for the Office of Public Utility Counsel. 
          
         Chairman Wentworth introduced Suzi Ray McClellan. 
          
         Mrs. McClellan made an opening statement and then responded to  
         questions by members of the Committee. 
          
         At 2:35 p.m., Senator Bernsen moved to recommend to the full  
         Senate that Suzi Ray McClellan be confirmed as Public Counsel  
         for the Office of Public Utility Counsel. 
          
         The motion carried with a vote of 6 ayes and 0 nays. 
          
         The Chairman laid out the name of the nominee to the Texas  
         Commission on the Arts. 
          
         Senator Bernsen introduced Tony L. Chauveaux. 
          
         Mr. Chauveaux made an opening statement and then responded to  
         questions by members of the Committee. 
          
         At 2:42 p.m., Senator Bernsen moved to recommend to the full  
         Senate that Tony L. Chauveaux be confirmed as a Member of the  
         Texas Commission on the Arts. 
          
         The motion carried with a vote of 6 ayes and 0 nays. 
          
         The Chairman laid out the names of the nominees to the Board  
         of Trustees of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. 
          
         Senator Brown introduced H. Barham Fulmer, II and Brenda L.  
         Jackson. 
          
         Chairman Wentworth introduced Cecilia M. Moreno. 
          
         Nominees made opening statements and then responded to  
         questions by members of the Committee.  
          
         At 3:00 p.m., Senator Bernsen moved to recommend to the full  
         Senate that H. Barham Fulmer, II, Brenda L. Jackson and  
         Cecilia M. Moreno be confirmed as Members of the Board of  
         Trustees of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. 
          
         The motion carried with a vote of 6 ayes and 0 nays. 
          
         At 3:01 p.m., Senator Brown moved to recommend to the full  
         Senate that the nominees to the State Board of Examiners for  
         Speech Pathology and Audiology, the Sulphur River Basin  
         Authority Board of Directors, the Nursing Facility  
         Administrators Advisory Committee, the Texas Strategic  
         Military Planning Commission, the Central Colorado River  
         Authority Board of Directors, the Lower Neches Valley  
  
         Authority Board of Directors and the Sabine River Authority of  
         Texas Board of Directors be confirmed. 
          
         The motion carried with a vote of 6 ayes and 0 nays. 
          
         There being no further business, at 3:03 p.m. Chairman  
         Wentworth announced that the Committee would stand recessed  
         subject to the call of the Chairman.  Without objection it was  
         so ordered. 
          
         Senator Jeff Wentworth, Chairman 
          
         Jennifer Ahrens, Clerk