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SENATE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
COMMITTEE:
Nominations
TIME & DATE:
11:00 AM or 30 minutes upon adjournment
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
PLACE:
Senate Chamber
CHAIR:
Senator Mike Jackson
To consider the following:
 
The following nominees will appear:
 
Texas Animal Health Commission
 
Reta Dyess               Appointed 07-21-06 for a        Nichols
Cherokee County          term to expire 09-06-11
 
Thomas George Kezar      Appointed 07-21-06 for a        Wentworth
Hays County              term to expire 09-06-11
 
Ernesto A. Morales       Appointed 07-21-06 for a        Uresti
Medina County            term to expire 09-06-11
 
Michael Louis Vickers    Appointed 07-21-06 for a        Hinojosa
Brooks County            term to expire 09-06-11
 
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
 
Fred W. Heldenfels       Appointed 07-12-06 for a        Watson
Travis County            term to expire 08-31-07
 
Joe B. Hinton            Appointed 01-20-06 for a        Averitt
Mclennan County          term to expire 08-31-11
 
Elaine Mendoza           Appointed 01-20-06 for a        Wentworth
Bexar County             term to expire 08-31-11
 
Lyn Bracewell Phillips   Appointed 09-30-05 for a        Hegar
Bastrop County           term to expire 08-31-11
 
A. W. Riter              Appointed 09-01-05 for a        Eltife
Smith County             term to expire 08-31-11
 
Teacher Retirement System of Texas
 
James H. Lee             Appointed 03-07-06 for a        Patrick
Harris County            term to expire 08-31-07
 
Philip M. Mullins        Appointed 10-24-05 for a        Watson
Travis County            term to expire 08-31-11
 
Linus D. Wright          Appointed 10-24-05 for a        Carona
Dallas County            term to expire 08-31-11
 
University of Houston System Board of Regents
 
Welcome Wade Wilson      Appointed 04-13-06 for a        Patrick
Harris County            term to expire 08-31-11
 
Jim P. Wise              Appointed 04-13-06 for a        Williams
Harris County            term to expire 08-31-11
 
The following nominees will not appear:
 
Midwestern State University Board of Regents
 
Charlye Ola Farris       Appointed 12-04-06 for a        Estes
Wichita County           term to expire 02-25-12
 
Carol Carlson Gunn       Appointed 12-04-06 for a        Estes
Palo Pinto County        term to expire 02-25-12
 
Stephen F. Austin State University Board of Regents
 
Richard B. Boyer         Appointed 08-24-05 for a        Nelson
Denton County            term to expire 01-31-11
 
James A. Thompson        Appointed 08-24-05 for a        Janek
Fort Bend County         term to expire 01-31-11
 
Melvin R. White          Appointed 08-24-05 for a        Watson
Travis County            term to expire 01-31-11
 
Texas State Technical College System Board of Regents
 
Joe M. Gurecky           Appointed 06-07-06 for a        Hegar
Fort Bend County         term to expire 08-31-11
 
Rolf R. Haberecht        Appointed 06-07-06 for a        Carona
Dallas County            term to expire 08-31-11
 
Joe K. Hearne            Appointed 06-07-06 for a        Carona
Dallas County            term to expire 08-31-11
 
University of North Texas System Board of Regents
 
Charles D. Mitchell      Appointed 03-20-06 for a        West
Dallas County            term to expire 05-22-11
 
Alfredo Silva            Appointed 03-20-06 for a        Wentworth
Bexar County             term to expire 05-22-11
 
Claude Daniel Smith      Appointed 03-20-06 for a        Shapiro
Collin County            term to expire 05-22-11
 
Pending Business:
 
Executive Commissioner of Health and Human Services Commission
 
Albert Hawkins           Appointed 02-07-07 for a        Watson
Travis County            term to expire 02-01-09