MINUTES
SENATE COMMITTEE ON NOMINATIONS
Wednesday, April 28, 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 28, 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 Chairman called the meeting to order at 4:20 p.m. There
being a quorum present, the following business was transacted.
The following members arrived after the roll was called:
Senator David Bernsen
Senator Tom Haywood
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 name of the nominee to the Texas
Rehabilitation Commission.
Chairman Wentworth introduced Beverly Stribling.
Mrs. Stribling made an opening statement and then responded to
questions by members of the Committee.
At 4:30 p.m., Senator Brown moved to recommend to the full
Senate that Beverly Stribling be confirmed as a Member of the
Texas Rehabilitation Commission.
The motion carried with a vote of 6 ayes and 0 nays.
The Chairman announced that consideration of Celia R.
Goode-Haddock as a nominee to the Real Estate Research
Advisory Council would be left pending due to her failure to
appear.
The Chairman laid out the names of the nominees to the Texas
Southern University Board of Regents.
Senator Lindsay introduced Regina Giovannini.
Senator Carona introduced Alphonso Jackson.
Senator Ellis introduced A. Martin Wickliff, Jr. and Fred S.
Zeidman.
Senator Brown introduced Willard L. Jackson.
Chairman Wentworth introduced Lori H. Moon.
Nominees made opening statements and then responded to
questions by members of the Committee.
At 4:50 p.m., Senator Brown moved to recommend to the full
Senate that Regina Giovannini; Alphonso Jackson; A. Martin
Wickliff, Jr.; Fred S. Zeidman; Willard L. Jackson and Lori H.
Moon be confirmed as Members of the Texas Southern University
Board of Regents.
The motion carried with a vote of 6 ayes and 0 nays.
Chairman Wentworth announced that consideration of Limas
Jefferson and Dr. Martha J. Wong as nominees to the Governing
Board of the Texas Department of Economic Development will be
left pending until they file Personal Financial Statements
with the Texas Ethics Commission.
At 4:53 p.m., Senator Haywood moved to recommend to the full
Senate that the remaining nominees to the Governing Board of
the Texas Department of Economic Development, the nominees to
the Governing Board of the Texas School for the Blind and
Visually Impaired, the Pecos River Compact Commission, the
Texas Military Facilities Commission and the Texas Radiation
Advisory Board be confirmed.
The motion carried with a vote of 6 ayes and 0 nays.
The Committee discussed whether to continue requiring nominees
to submit their Personal Financial Statements to the Texas
Ethics Commission or the Committee before they will be
considered. There were no objections to continuing that
requirement.
There being no further business, at 4:55 p.m. Senator Haywood
moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of
the Chairman. Without objection it was so ordered.
Senator Jeff Wentworth, Chairman
Jennifer Ahrens, Clerk