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                         COMMITTEE ACTION REPORT


COMMITTEE: Nominations

TIME & DATE:  1:00PM, Wednesday, April 7, 1999

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THE FOLLOWING NOMINEES WERE REPORTED FAVORABLY:

Texas State University System Board of Regents

Patricia Diaz Dennis        Appointed 03-09-99 for a      Wentworth
Bexar County                term to expire 02-01-05

Dionicio "Don" Flores       Appointed 03-09-99 for a      Shapleigh
El Paso County              term to expire 02-01-05

James "Jimmy" A. Hayley     Appointed 03-09-99 for a      Jackson
Galveston County            term to expire 02-01-05

Texas Workers' Compensation Commission

James Michael Lowrey        Appointed 09-28-98 for a      Brown
Brazoria County             term to expire 02-01-01

Lonnie Watson               Appointed 03-01-99 for a      Sibley
Johnson County              term to expire 02-01-05

Kenneth Lee Moore           Appointed 03-01-99 for a      Lindsay
Harris County               term to expire 02-01-05

Texas Board of Criminal Justice

Judge Mary Bacon            Appointed 03-11-99 for a      Gallegos
Harris County               term to expire 02-01-05

Don B. Jones                Appointed 03-11-99 for a      Bivins
Midland County              term to expire 02-01-05

William "Hank" H. Moody     Reappointed 03-11-99 for a    Ogden
Washington County           term to expire 02-01-05

Public Counsel for the Office of Public Insurance Counsel

Roderick A. Bordelon, Jr.   Reappointed 03-01-99 for a    Barrientos
Travis County               term to expire 02-01-01

Public Counsel for the Office of Public Utility Counsel

Suzi Ray McClennan          Reappointed 03-01-99 for a    Barrientos
Travis County               term to expire 02-01-01

Texas Commission on the Arts

Tony L. Chauveaux           Appointed 10-27-97 for a      Bernsen
Jefferson County            term to expire 08-31-03

Board of Trustees of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas

H. Barham Fuller, II        Appointed 09-27-97 for a      Cain
Smith County                term to expire 08-31-03

Brenda L. Jackson           Appointed 10-22-97 for a      Cain
Dallas County               term to expire 08-31-03

Cecelia M. Moreno           Appointed 09-24-97 for a      Zaffirini
Webb County                 term to expire 08-31-03


State Board of Examiners for Speech Language Pathology

Judith A. Chambers          Appointed 01-13-98 for a      Bernsen
Harris County               term to expire 08-31-03

Lee Reeves                  Appointed 01-13-98 for a      Shapiro
Collin County               term to expire 08-31-03

R. Eric Reynolds            Appointed 01-13-98 for a      Nelson
Tarrant County              term to expire 08-31-03

Sulphur River Basin Authority Board of Directors

Michael Wayne Huddleston    Reappointed 05-28-98 for a    Ratliff
Bowie County                term to expire 02-02-03

Charles L. Lowry            Appointed 05-28-98 for a      Ratliff
Franklin County             term to expire 02-01-03

Nursing Facility Administrators Advisory Committee

Rosalio Acosta              Reappointed 03-01-99 for a    Shapleigh
El Paso County              term to expire 02-01-05

Jerry F. Anderson           Appointed 10-02-97 for a      Ratliff
Upshur County               term to expire 02-01-01

Antonio Falcon, M.D.        Appointed 10-02-97 for a      Zaffirini
Starr County                term to expire 02-01-03

Ramona D. Kennedy           Appointed 10-02-97 for a      Nelson
Denton County               term to expire 02-01-03

Jewellean Mangaroon, Ph.D.  Appointed 10-02-97 for a      Brown
Harris County               term to expire 02-01-01

Moira A. Reinhardt          Appointed 10-02-97 for a      Moncrief
Tarrant County              term to expire 02-01-03

Esther H. Steinberg         Reappointed 03-01-99 for a    Brown
Fort Bend County            term to expire 02-01-05

Jack Ray Tinsley            Reappointed 03-01-99 for a    Shapiro
Collin County               term to expire 02-01-01

Jerry Turner                Appointed 10-02-97 for a      Sibley
Hill County                 term to expire 02-01-01

Texas Strategic Military Planning Commission

Chino Chapa                 Reappointed 02-12-98 for a    Shapiro
Dallas County               term to expire 02-01-01

MAJ GEN Lewis E. Curtis     Appointed 09-17-97 for a      Wentworth
Bexar County                term to expire 02-01-00

Charles de Wetter           Reappointed 03-08-99 for a    Shapleigh
El Paso County              term to expire 02-01-02

Tom Gann                    Appointed 09-17-97 for a      Nixon
Angelina County             term to expire 02-01-00

Charles A. Hines            Reappointed 02-12-98 for a    Ogden
Waller County               term to expire 02-01-01

Fred L. Hughes              Reappointed 02-12-98 for a    Haywood
Taylor County               term to expire 02-01-01

S. Loyd Neal, Jr.           Appointed 09-17-97 for a      Truan
Nueces County               term to expire 02-01-00

Horace G. Taylor            Reappointed 03-08-99 for a    Fraser
Bell County                 term to expire 02-01-02

Robert E. Tokerud           Reappointed 03-08-99 for a    Harris
Dallas County               term to expire 02-01-02

Central Colorado River Authority Board of Directors

Jack B. Horne               Appointed 11-18-97 for a      Fraser
Coleman County              term to expire 02-01-03

William "Bill" R. Laws      Appointed 11-18-97 for a      Fraser
Coleman County              term to expire 02-01-03

Barbara A. Simmons          Appointed 11-18-97 for a      Fraser
Coleman County              term to expire 02-01-03

Texas State Board of Medical Examiners

James Henry Bray, D.V.M.    Appointed 08-18-98 for a      Ellis
Harris County               term to expire 08-26-01

Martin Garcia, II, D.V.M.   Appointed 09-15-97 for a      Truan
Willacy County              term to expire 08-26-03

J. Lynn Lawhon, D.V.M.      Appointed 09-15-97 for a      Haywood
Taylor County               term to expire 08-26-03

Mary Rebecca B. Terry       Appointed 09-15-97 for a      Madla
Brewster County             term to expire 08-26-03

Lower Neches Valley Authority Board of Directors

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

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

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

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

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

Brian Babin, D.D.S.         Appointed 03-30-99 for a      Nixon
Tyler County                term to expire 07-08-01

Sabine River Authority of Texas Board of Directors

Sammy Dean Dance            Appointed 09-15-97 for a      Nixon
Shelby County               term to expire 07-06-03

Joyce P. Hugman             Reappointed 09-15-97 for a    Ratliff
Gregg County                term to expire 07-06-03

Richard A. Linkenauger      Appointed 09-15-97 for a      Cain
Hunt County                 term to expire 07-06-03

Ruben S. Martin, III        Appointed 09-15-97 for a      Ratliff
Gregg County                term to expire 07-06-03

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