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                         COMMITTEE ACTION REPORT


COMMITTEE: Nominations

TIME & DATE:  1:00PM, Wednesday, March 24, 1999

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ALL NOMINEES WERE REPORTED FAVORABLY UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED:

Finance Commission of Texas

Deborah Hinton Kovacevich   Appointed 05-29-98 for a      Ogden
Leon County                 term to expire 02-01-04

Victor "Buddy" Puente, Jr.  Reappointed 05-29-98 for a    Harris
Tarrant County              term to expire 02-01-04

John Snider                 Appointed 05-29-98 for a      Nixon
Shelby County               term to expire 02-01-00

Robert V. Wingo             Appointed 05-29-98 for a      Shapleigh
El Paso County              term to expire 02-01-04

Board of Directors of the Texas Healthy Kids Corporation

Thomas A. Howeth            Appointed 10-08-97 for a      Moncrief
Tarrant County              term to expire 09-01-99

Rene Daniel Pena            Appointed 10-03-97 for a      Shapleigh
El Paso County              term to expire 09-01-99

Gwyn Shea                   Appointed 10-03-97 for a      Shapiro
Dallas County               term to expire 09-01-99

Dorothy "Dot" Nelson Snyder Appointed 10-03-97 for a      Sibley
McLennan County             term to expire 09-01-99

Kenneth D. Wells, M.D.      Appointed 10-03-97 for a      Ellis
Harris County               term to expire 09-01-99

Texas Commission on Human Rights

Anna Maria Farias           Appointed 02-02-98 for a      Zaffirini
Zavala County               term to expire 09-24-03

David J. Manning            Appointed 12-16-97 for a      Harris
Tarrant County              term to expire 09-24-03

Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund Board

Roger J. Benavides          Reappointed 03-26-98 for a    Wentworth
Bexar County                term to expire 08-31-03

Kay F. Karr                 Reappointed 03-26-98 for a    Shapleigh
El Paso County              term to expire 08-31-03

Thomas R. Powers            Appointed 10-30-98 for a      Ellis
Harris County               term to expire 08-31-01

Veterans Land Board

LT GEN Neal Jaco            Appointed 08-08-97 for a      Wentworth
Bexar County                term to expire 12-29-00

Darryl Ladd Pattillo        Reappointed 02-18-99 for a    Barrientos
Travis County               term to expire 12-29-02

Texas Judicial Council

James Boswell               Appointed 09-15-97 for a      Shapiro
Collin County               term to expire 06-30-03

Kathleen Cardone            Appointed 09-15-97 for a      Shapleigh
El Paso County              term to expire 06-30-01


Canadian River Compact Commissioner

Roger S. Cox                Appointed 10-30-98 for a      Bivins
Randall County              term to expire 12-31-03

State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers

Brenda A. Bradley           Appointed 12-16-97 for a      Lindsay
Harris County               term to expire 09-26-03

Joe Paul Jones              Appointed 12-16-97 for a      Moncrief
Tarrant County              term to expire 09-26-03

Kathleen Campbell Walker    Appointed 12-16-97 for a      Shapleigh
El Paso County              term to expire 09-26-03

Family Practice Residency Advisory Committee

Lourdes M. Cuellar          Reappointed 11-12-98 for a    Gallegos
Harris County               term to expire 08-29-01

Maria Esteve Poradek        Appointed 11-12-98 for a      Duncan
Lubbock County              term to expire 08-29-00

Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority Board of Directors

Louis S. Dell'Olio, Jr.     Reappointed 10-30-98 for a    Jackson
Galveston County            term to expire 08-31-00

Rafael Ortega               Appointed 01-13-98 for a      Lindsay
Harris County               term to expire 08-31-99

Shirley U. Seale            Reappointed 10-30-98 for a    Bernsen
Chambers County             term to expire 08-31-00

Health Care Information Council

George H. Crowling, Jr.     Appointed 03-12-98 for a      Carona
Dallas County               term to expire 09-01-03

Bobby S. DeRossett          Reappointed 11-12-97 for a    Nixon
Smith County                term to expire 09-01-03

Jean L. Freeman, Ph.D.      Appoionted 09-22-97 for a     Jackson
Galveston County            term to expire 09-01-01

Woody F. Gilliland          Appointed 11-12-97 for a      Fraser
Taylor County               term to expire 09-01-03

Robert W. Gracy, Ph.D.      Appointed 11-12-97 for a      Moncrief
Tarrant County              term to expire 09-01-03

Amanullah Khan, M.D., Ph.D. Appointed 09-22-97 for a      Carona
Dallas County               term to expire 09-01-01

Imogen S. Papadopoulos      Appointed 03-12-98 for a      Lindsay
Harris County               term to expire 09-01-01

Laura Puorro Stevens        Appointed 03-12-98 for a      Shapiro
Collin County               term to expire 09-01-99

Stephen L. Turner, M.D.     Appointed 09-22-97 for a      Duncan
Hale County                 term to expire 09-01-03

State Committee of Examiners in the Fitting and Dispensing of
Hearing Instruments

Michael L. Shobe            Appointed 03-20-98 for a      Duncan
Lubbock County              term to expire 12-31-03

Ursula Singleton            Appointed 03-20-98 for a      Lucio
Hidalgo County              term to expire 12-31-01

Eve-Anne D. Wall            Appointed 03-20-98 for a      Wentworth
Tom Green County            term to expire 12-31-03

John Westmoreland           Appointed 03-20-98 for a      Ogden
McLennan County             term to expire 12-31-03

Statewide Health Coordinating Council

Joan W. Biggerstaff         Appointed 10-13-97 for a      Shapiro
Collin County               term to expire 08-01-99

James A. Endicott, Jr.      Appointed 10-13-97 for a      Fraser
Bell County                 term to expire 08-01-99

Joe C. Frush                Appointed 10-13-97 for a      Haywood
Taylor County               term to expire 08-01-99

Laura Prendergast Gordon    Appointed 10-13-97 for a      Shapleigh
El Paso County              term to expire 08-01-03

Charles T. Ku, D.D.S.       Appointed 10-13-97 for a      Nelson
Denton County               term to expire 08-01-03

Adena Williams Loston       Appointed 12-16-98 for a      Brown
Harris County               term to expire 08-01-01

Ben G. Raimer               Appointed 10-13-97 for a      Jackson
Galveston County            term to expire 08-01-03

P. J. Schneider             Appointed 10-13-97 for a      Wentworth
Bexar County                term to expire 08-01-01

Susan M. Scott              Appointed 10-13-97 for a      Ogden
Brazos County               term to expire 08-01-99

Rebecca Uribe-Garza, M.D.   Appointed 10-13-97 for a      Zaffirini
Webb County                 term to expire 08-01-03

David A. Valdez, M.D.       Appointed 10-24-97 for a      Wentworth
Bexar County                term to expire 08-01-01

Judy Petty Wolf             Appointed 10-13-97 for a      Wentworth
Bexar County                term to expire 08-01-01

District Review Committees of the State Board of Medical Examiners

DISTRICT ONE:
Kevin R. Smith, M.D.        Appointed 03-16-98 for a      Ellis
Harris County               term to expire 01-15-04

Frank R. Wellborne, O.D.    Appointed 03-16-98 for a      Lindsay
Harris County               term to expire 01-15-00

DISTRICT TWO:
B. R. Sienbenlist, M.D.     Reappointed 03-16-98 for a    Ratliff
Harrison County             term to expire 01-15-04

DISTRICT THREE:
Victor A. Diaz, M.D.        Appointed 01-15-04 for a      Shapleigh
El Paso County              term to expire 01-15-04

DISTRICT FOUR:
Leah Raye Mabry, M.D.       Appointed 03-16-98 for a      Zaffirini
Bexar County                term to expire 01-15-04

Texas Council on Offenders with Mental Impairments

Melissa Laura Mojica        Appointed 10-06-98 for a      Zaffirini
Webb County                 term to expire 02-01-03

Susan A. Stone, J.D., M.D.  Appointed 10-06-98 for a      Armbrister
Bastrop County              term to expire 02-01-03

Judge Sharon Wilson         Appointed 10-06-98 for a      Moncrief
Tarrant County              term to expire 02-01-03

Upper Neches River Municipal Water Authority


Jesse D. Hickman            Appointed 06-25-97 for a      Nixon
Anderson County             term to expire 02-01-03


Lower Neches Valley Authority Board of Directors

Lonnie Arrington            Appointed 06-29-98 for a      Bernsen
Jefferson County            term to expire 07-28-01
LEFT PENDING

Lois Badeaux Henderson      Appointed 02-05-98 for a      Nixon
Tyler County                term to expire 07-28-03
LEFT PENDING

Patricia M. Neild           Appointed 02-05-98 for a      Bernsen
Jefferson County            term to expire 07-28-03
LEFT PENDING

John W. Robinson            Appointed 02-05-98 for a      Nixon
Hardin County               term to expire 07-28-99
LEFT PENDING

Arnold Pierce               Appointed 02-05-98 for a      Nixon
Hardin County               term to expire 07-28-99
LEFT PENDING

School Land Board

C. Louis Renaud             Reappointed 10-17-97 for a    Bivins
Midland County              term to expire 08-29-99

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