SENATE
                         COMMITTEE ACTION REPORT


COMMITTEE: Nominations

TIME & DATE:  3:00PM or upon adjournment
             Wednesday, May 19, 1999

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THE FOLLOWING NOMINEES WERE REPORTED FAVORABLY:

Prepaid Higher Education Tuition Board

Beth Miller Weakley         Reappointed 04-12-99 for a    Wentworth
Bexar County                term to expire 02-01-05

State Pension Review Board

Jeanie Rabke Wyatt          Appointed 01-20-98 for a      Wentworth
Bexar County                term to expire 01-31-01

Rafael A. Cantu             Appointed 05-10-99 for a      Lucio
Hidalgo County              term to expire 01-31-05

Texas Historical Commission

Eileen Johnson              Appointed 06-12-97 for a      Duncan
Lubbock County              term to expire 02-01-03

Jean Ann Ables-Flatt        Appointed 04-28-99 for a      Cain
Kaufman County              term to expire 02-01-05

Diane D. Bumpas             Appointed 04-28-99 for a      Shapiro
Dallas County               term to expire 02-01-05

Gail Loving Barnes          Appointed 04-28-99 for a      Duncan
Ector County                term to expire 02-01-05

Mamie L. McKnight, Ph.D.    Appointed 04-28-99 for a      West
Dallas County               term to expire 02-01-05

John L. Nau, III            Appointed 04-28-99 for a      Ellis
Harris County               term to expire 02-01-05

Juan F. Sandoval            Appointed 04-28-99 for a      Shapleigh
El Paso County              term to expire 02-01-05

Texas State Board of Medical Examiners

Eddie J. Miles, Jr.         Appointed 10-08-97 for a      Zaffirini
Bexar County                term to expire 04-13-01

State Board for Educator Certification

Kenneth R. Craycraft, Ed.D. Appointed 05-10-99 for a      Ogden
Walker County               term to expire 02-01-05

Annette T. Griffin, Ed.D.   Reappointed 05-10-99 for a    Nelson
Dallas County               term to expire 02-01-05

Mary E. Resendez            Appointed 09-30-97 for a      Luna
Bexar County                term to expire 02-01-01

Xavier Rodriguez            Appointed 05-10-99 for a      Wentworth
Bexar County                term to expire 02-01-05

Antonio Sanchez             Appointed 05-10-99 for a      Truan
Hidalgo County              term to expire 02-01-05


Real Estate Research Advisory Committee

Celia R. Goode-Haddock      Appointed 07-17-97 for a      Ogden
Brazos County               term to expire 01-31-05

Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse

R. C. Allen                 Appointed 03-16-98 for a      Truan
Nueces County               term to expire 02-01-03

Beverly Barron              Appointed 03-16-98 for a      Duncan
Ector County                term to expire 02-01-01

James C. Oberwetter         Appointed 03-16-98 for a      Carona
Dallas County               term to expire 02-01-01

Dorothy C. Pettigrew        Appointed 03-16-98 for a      Jackson
Galveston County            term to expire 02-01-03

Lisa F. Dickson             Appointed 05-10-99 for a      Carona
Dallas County               term to expire 02-01-05

Robert A. Valadez           Appointed 05-10-99 for a      Wentworth
Bexar County                term to expire 02-01-05

Lower Colorado River Authority Board of Directors

Louis Romero, Jr.           Appointed 01-08-99 for a      Wentworth
Kerr County                 term to expire 02-01-01

Anne E. Jones               Appointed 05-07-99 for a      Fraser
Brown County                term to expire 02-01-03

David L. Kithil             Appointed 05-07-99 for a      Fraser
Burnet County               term to expire 02-01-05

F. Scott LaGrone            Appointed 05-07-99 for a      Wentworth
Williamson County           term to expire 02-01-05

John H. Matthews            Appointed 05-07-99 for a      Armbrister
Colorado County             term to expire 02-01-05

Rosemary Ann Rust           Appointed 05-07-99 for a      Armbrister
Wharton County              term to expire 02-01-05

Upper Guadalupe River Authority Board of Directors

Jerry Ahrens                Reappointed 05-10-99 for a    Wentworth
Kerr County                 term to expire 02-01-05

Joseph David Armistead, Sr. Appointed 10-30-98 for a      Wentworth
Kerr County                 term to expire 02-01-03

Gerald D. Griffin           Appointed 09-08-97 for a      Wentworth
Kerr County                 term to expire 02-01-03

Peggy J. Henderson          Appointed 05-10-99 for a      Wentworth
Kerr County                 term to expire 02-01-03

Janet F. Robinson           Appointed 05-10-99 for a      Wentworth
Kerr County                 term to expire 02-01-05

Calvin Ray Weinheimer       Appointed 05-10-99 for a      Wentworth
Kerr County                 term to expire 02-01-05

Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority Board of Directors

Pamela M. Hodges            Appointed 07-11-97 for a      Wentworth
Kendall County              term to expire 02-01-03

Catherine R. McHaney        Reappointed 07-11-97 for a    Armbrister
Victoria County             term to expire 02-01-03

Frederick S. Schlather      Appointed 07-11-97 for a      Wentworth
Guadalupe County            term to expire 02-01-03

Kathleen A. Devine          Appointed 04-26-99 for a      Wentworth
Comal County                term to expire 02-01-05

John P. Schneider, Jr.      Appointed 04-26-99 for a      Armbrister
Caldwell County             term to expire 02-01-05

Stephen F. Wilson, DVM      Appointed 04-26-99 for a      Armbrister
Calhoun County              term to expire 02-01-05

State Securities Board

Kenneth W. Anderson, Jr.    Appointed 05-07-99 for a      Shapiro
Dallas County               term to expire 01-20-05


Texas Optometry Board

Ann Appling Bradford        Reappointed 02-12-99 for a  Bivins
Midland County              term to expire 01-31-05

Texas Diabetes Council

Maria C. Alen               Appointed 03-02-98 for a      Lucio
Hidalgo County              term to expire 02-01-01

Belinda Bazan-Lara          Appointed 05-07-99 for a      Wentworth
Bexar County                term to expire 02-01-05

Gene Bell, RN               Appointed 03-02-98 for a      Duncan
Lubbock County              term to expire 02-01-03

John Stuart Fitts           Appointed 03-02-98 for a      Carona
Dallas County               term to expire 02-01-01

Victor Hugo Gonzalez        Appointed 03-02-98 for a      Lucio
Hidalgo County              term to expire 02-01-03

Judith L. Haley             Reappointed 05-07-99 for a    Lindsay
Harris County               term to expire 02-01-05

Jan B. Hamilton             Appointed 03-02-98 for a      Duncan
Hale County                 term to expire 02-01-03

Lawrence B. Harkless        Appointed 03-02-98 for a      Wentworth
Bexar County                term to expire 02-01-01

T. Ray McCann               Appointed 03-02-98 for a      Ratliff
Titus County                term to expire 02-01-01

Mike Thompson, Jr.          Appointed 05-07-99 for a      Barrientos
Travis County               term to expire 02-01-01

Rosa M. Valenzuela          Appointed 03-02-98 for a      Shapleigh
El Paso County              term to expire 02-01-01

Richard S. Hayley           Reappointed 05-07-99 for a    Truan
Nueces County               term to expire 02-01-05

Interagency Council on Early Childhood Intervention

Timothy James Flannery      Appointed 10-06-98 for a      Jackson
Galveston County            term to expire 02-01-01

Connie L. Hughes            Appointed 10-06-98 for a      Duncan
Lubbock County              term to expire 02-01-01

Tanya Huerta                Reappointed 05-13-99 for a    Madla
Bexar County                term to expire 02-01-05

Susan C. Mengden            Appointed 10-06-98 for a      Wentworth
Bexar County                term to expire 02-01-03

Patrick J. Oliver, III      Appointed 10-06-98 for a      Brown
Harris County               term to expire 02-01-01

Dimas Vasquez, Jr.          Appointed 10-06-98 for a      Shapleigh
El Paso County              term to expire 02-01-03

Texas Commission on Fire Protection

David Abernathy             Appointed 10-22-97 for a      Ratliff
Camp County                 term to expire 02-01-01

Juan J. Adame               Appointed 10-22-97 for a      Truan
Nueces County               term to expire 02-01-01

Pat Barrett                 Appointed 10-22-97 for a      Ogden
Brazos County               term to expire 02-01-03

Marvin G. Dawson            Appointed 10-22-97 for a      Duncan
Brown County                term to expire 02-01-01

Michael D. Jolly            Appointed 04-23-99 for a      Ogden
Williamson County           term to expire 02-01-05

Alonzo Lopez, Jr.           Reappointed 04-23-99 for a    Truan
Kleberg County              term to expire 02-01-05

Robert H. Price             Appointed 10-22-97 for a      Harris
Tarrant County              term to expire 02-01-01

Gilbert Robinson            Appointed 10-22-97 for a      Jackson
Galveston County            term to expire 02-01-03

Ricardo Saldana             Reappointed 04-23-99 for a    Truan
Hidalgo County              term to expire 02-01-05

Kelley Martin Stalder       Appointed 10-22-97 for a      Shapiro
Collin County               term to expire 02-01-03

Margaret "Peggy" Trahan     Appointed 10-22-97 for a      Lucio
Cameron County              term to expire 02-01-03

Carl Dewayne Wren           Reappointed 04-23-99 for a    Barrientos
Travis County               term to expire 02-01-05

Texas Emancipation Juneteenth Cultural and Historical Commission

Maceo Crenshaw Dailey, Jr.  Appointed 05-29-98 for a      Shapleigh
El Paso County              term to expire 02-01-03

Byron E. Miller             Appointed 05-29-98 for a      Madla
Bexar County                term to expire 02-01-03

Eddie Price Richardson      Reappointed 05-11-99 for a    Duncan
Lubbock County              term to expire 02-01-05

Stella Roland               Reappointed 05-11-99 for a    Barrientos
Travis County               term to expire 02-01-05

Willard Stimpson            Appointed 05-29-98 for a      West
Dallas County               term to expire 02-01-01

Linda J. Tarr               Appointed 05-29-98 for a      Jackson
Harris County               term to expire 02-01-01

Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists

Waymon Ray Hinson           Appointed 07-09-98 for a      Haywood
Taylor County               term to expire 02-01-03

Marvarene Oliver, Ed.D.     Appointed 10-27-97 for a      Truan
Nueces County               term to expire 02-01-03

Carl S. Strain              Appointed 10-27-97 for a      Wentworth
Tom Green County            term to expire 02-01-03

Joe Ann Clack               Appointed 05-11-99 for a      Ellis
Fort Bend County            term to expire 02-01-03

William H. Watson           Appointed 05-11-99 for a      Duncan
Lubbock County              term to expire 02-01-05

Jackie M Weimer             Appointed 05-11-99 for a      Shapiro
Collin County               term to expire 02-01-05

Texas Advisory Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners

Gail Blom                   Appointed 11-20-97 for a      Shapiro
Dallas County               term to expire 02-01-01

Lonnie E. Cole              Appointed 11-20-97 for a      Zaffirini
Bexar County                term to expire 02-01-03

Linda D. Veale              Appointed 11-20-97 for a      Duncan
Lubbock County              term to expire 02-01-03

Jean E. Polichino           Reappointed 05-03-99 for a    Brown
Harris County               term to expire 02-01-05

Jo Ann Wofford              Appointed 05-03-99 for a      Moncrief
Tarrant County              term to expire 02-01-05

Texas Board of Orthotics and Prosthetics

Scott B. Atha               Appointed 10-17-97 for a      Barrientos
Travis County               terms to expire 02-01-03

Wanda Furgason              Appointed 04-23-99 for a      Fraser
Brown County                term to expire 02-01-05

Kenneth R. "Randy" Hart     Appointed 10-17-97 for a      Ratliff
Gregg County                term to expire 02-01-01

Thomas R. Lunsford          Appointed 10-17-97 for a      Bernsen
Harris County               term to expire 02-01-01

Stanley E. Thomas           Appointed 10-17-97 for a      Wentworth
Bexar County                term to expire 02-01-03

Lupe M. Young               Reappointed 04-23-99 for a    Wentworth
Bexar County                term to expire 02-01-05

Texas Structural Pest Control Board

Madeline K. Gamble          Reappointed 05-07-99 for a    West
Dallas County               term to expire 02-01-05

Les Hoyt                    Reappointed 10-27-97 for a    Bivins
Randall County              term to expire 02-01-03

Jay D. Stone                Appointed 10-27-97 for a      Duncan
Lubbock County              term to expire 02-01-03

Texas State Board of Physician Assistant Examiners

Abigail Barrera             Appointed 09-08-97 for a      Wentworth
Bexar County                term to expire 02-01-03

Michael Belgard             Appointed 09-08-97 for a      Nixon
Shelby County               term to expire 02-01-03

Jerry Clements              Appointed 09-08-97 for a      Shapiro
Dallas County               term to expire 02-01-01

Glenn Forbes                Reappointed 09-08-97 for a    Moncrief
Tarrant County              term to expire 02-01-03

Pamela W. Baker             Appointed 05-11-99 for a      Truan
Nueces County               term to expire 02-01-05

G. Al Bendeck               Appointed 05-11-99 for a      Duncan
Lubbock County              term to expire 02-01-05

Stephen D. Benold, MD       Appointed 05-11-99 for a      Wentworth
Williamson County           term to expire 02-01-05

Texas Council on Purchasing from People with Disabilities

Byron E. Johnson            Appointed 12-04-98 for a      Shapleigh
El Paso County              term to expire 01-31-01

John W. Luna                Reappointed 12-04-98 for a    Harris
Tarrant County              term to expire 01-31-01

Bobbie F. Templeton         Appointed 12-04-98 for a      Armbrister
Hays County                 term to expire 01-31-01

State Seed and Plant Board

A. James Allison            Reappointed 11-20-98 for a    Duncan
Swisher County              term to expire 10-06-99

Dick L. Auld                Reappointed 11-20-98 for a    Duncan
Lubbock County              term to expire 10-06-99

Joe M. Crane                Reappointed 05-03-99 for a    Armbrister
Matagorda County            term to expire 10-06-00

Charles A. Leamons          Reappointed 05-03-99 for a    Ogden
Nueces County               term to expire 10-06-00

Katherine Cave Patrick      Reappointed 05-03-99 for a    Truan
Nueces County               term to expire 10-06-00

W. David Worrall            Reappointed 11-20-98 for a    Haywood
Wilbarger County            term to expire 10-06-99

Texas Board of Licensure for Professional Medical Physicists

Kumar Kirshen, Ph.D.        Reappointed 04-23-99 for a    Jackson
Harris County               term to expire 02-01-05

Board of Protective and Regulatory Services

Naomi W. Lede, Ed.D.        Appointed 04-23-99 for a      Ogden
Walker County               term to expire 02-01-03

Edward L. Wagner, Ph.D.     Appointed 04-23-99 for a      Fraser
Bell County                 term to expire 02-01-05

Evergreen Underground Water Conservation District Board of Directors

Amond Douglas Brownlow      Reappointed 04-26-99 for a    Zaffirini
Wilson County               term to expire 02-01-03

On-Site Wastewater Treatment Research Council

Teri Hada Mathis            Appointed 10-30-98 for a      Brown
Fort Bend County            term to expire 09-01-00

Texas State Board of Examiners of Perfusionists

Gaye Jackson                Appointed 05-03-99 for a      Gallegos
Harris County               term to expire 02-01-05

Thomas A. Rawles            Appointed 05-03-99 for a      Shapiro
Collin County               term to expire 02-01-05

Thomas Kurt Wilkes          Appointed 05-03-99 for a      Duncan
Lubbock County              term to expire 02-01-05

Board of Directors of the Texas Healthy Kids Corporation

J. Coalter Baker            Appointed 05-03-99 for a      Barrientos
Travis County               term to expire 09-01-01

Workforce and Economic Competitiveness Council

Wanda Chandler Rohm         Appointed 06-10-98 for a      Wentworth
Bexar County                term to expire 09-01-01

Nueces River Authority Board of Directors

Leslie L. W. Kinsel         Appointed 02-19-98 for a      Zaffirini
LaSalle County              term to expire 02-01-03

Texas Woman's University Board of Regents

Linda R. Hughes, MD         Appointed 05-07-99 for a      Shapiro
Dallas County               term to expire 02-01-05

State Board of Dental Examiners

Karen F. Hembry, Ph.D.      Appointed 05-07-99 for a      West
Dallas County               term to expire 02-01-05

State Board of Barber Examiners

William "Kirk" Kuykendall   Appointed 05-07-99 for a      Barrientos
Travis County               term to expire 01-31-05

Texas Commission for the Blind

Joseph Muniz                Appointed 05-10-99 for a      Lucio
Cameron County              term to expire 02-01-05

Mary K. Norman              Appointed 05-10-99 for a      Duncan
Lubbock County              term to expire 02-01-05

Robert K. Peters            Appointed 05-10-99 for a      Ratliff
Smith County                term to expire 02-01-05


State Employee Charitable Campaign Policy Committee

Maria "Mary" L. Banda       Reappointed 05-10-99 for a    Lucio
Hidalgo County              term to expire 01-01-00

Mary Sue Goldwater          Appointed 05-10-99 for a      Ogden
Brazos County               term to expire 01-01-00

Robert Kenneth Skaggs       Appointed 05-10-99 for a      Jackson
Galveston County            term to expire 01-01-00

Governing Board of the Texas Department of Economic Development

Limas Jefferson             Appointed 04-12-99 for a      Jackson
Galveston County            term to expire 02-01-05

Martha J. Wong, Ed.D.       Appointed 05-11-99 for a      Jackson
Harris County               term to expire 02-01-05

Texas Municipal Retirement System Board of Trustees

Patricia Hernandez          Appointed 05-11-99 for a      Duncan
Hale County                 term to expire 02-01-05

Isaac Duane Turner          Appointed 05-11-99 for a      Shapiro
Collin County               term to expire 02-01-05

Texas Commission on Jail Standards

Gonzalo R. Gallegos         Appointed 05-12-99 for a      Wentworth
Bexar County                term to expire 01-31-03

Marvalette C. Fentress      Appointed 05-12-99 for a      Whitmire
Harris County               term to expire 01-31-05

Jimmy L. "Jim" Jackson      Appointed 05-12-99 for a      Nelson
Dallas County               term to expire 01-31-05

Adela S. Valdez, MD         Appointed 05-12-99 for a      Lucio
Cameron County              term to expire 01-31-05

Board of Directors of the State Bar of Texas

Elsie Lee Huang             Appointed 04-26-99 for a      Lindsay
Harris County               term to expire 06-01-02

George Edwards, Jr.         Appointed 04-26-99 for a      Lindsay
Harris County               term to expire 06-01-02

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