MINUTES SENATE COMMITTEE ON NOMINATIONS Tuesday, May 17, 2005 12:30 p.m. or upon adjournment Chairman Lindsay's desk ***** Pursuant to suspension of Senate Rule 11.18, moved by Senator Lindsay, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Nominations was held on Tuesday, May 17, 2005, in the Senate Chamber at Chairman Lindsay's desk. ***** MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT: Senator Jon Lindsay Senator Gonzalo Barrientos Senator Bob Deuell Senator Mike Jackson Senator Kevin Eltife Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr. Senator Jane Nelson ***** The chair called the meeting to order at 2:12 p.m. There being a quorum present, the following business was transacted: The following members arrived after the roll was called: Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr. Senator Nelson moved that a vote be taken on the nominees to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs. At 2:13 p.m., the committee voted by 4 ayes, 0 nays and 3 absent to recommend C. Kent Conine and Patrick R. Gordon to the full Senate for confirmation. Chairman Lindsay asked for a motion on all the non-appearing nominees with the exception of Rex Baker, nominee to the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, who would be left pending. At 2:14 p.m., by a vote of 5 ayes, 0 nays and 2 absent, the committee voted to recommend to the full Senate for confirmation all the nominees from the following entities: Correctional Managed Health Care Committee, Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation, Texas Historical Commission, State Commission on Judicial Conduct (except Rex Baker), Texas Juvenile Probation Commission, Texas Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Board, State Preservation Board, Private Sector Prison Industry Oversight Authority, Product Development and Small Business Incubator Board, State Committee of Examiners in the Fitting and Dispensing of Hearing Instruments, State Board of Marriage and Family Therapists, TDCJ Advisory Committee on Offenders with Medical or Mental Impairments, Task Force on Indigent Defense, Texas State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners, Texas Southern University Board of Regents and Texas State Board of Veterinary Examiners. Chairman Lindsay announced that a vote would be taken on the nominees to the Texas Residential Construction Commission at a later time and that Rex Baker appear at the May 23, 2005 Senate Nominations committee hearing. There being no further business, at 2:14 p.m. Senator Lindsay moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of the chair. Without objection, it was so ordered. _____________________________ Senator Jon Lindsay, Chair _____________________________ Jazen Wood, Clerk