MINUTES

 

SENATE COMMITTEE ON NOMINATIONS

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

11:00 a.m. or upon adjournment

Senator Jackson's Desk

 

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Pursuant to suspension of Senate Rule 11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Nominations was held on Wednesday, May 20, 2009, at Senator Jackson's Desk.

 

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MEMBERS PRESENT:		MEMBERS ABSENT:
Senator Mike Jackson Senator Glenn Hegar Senator Jane Nelson Senator Robert Nichols Senator Eliot Shapleigh Senator Kirk Watson		Senator Kevin Eltife

 

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The chair called the meeting to order at 3:20 p.m.  There being a quorum present, the following business was transacted: 

 

Senator Shapleigh moved adoption of the minutes from the previous hearing held on May 13, 2009; without objection, it was so ordered. 

 

Chairman Jackson moved that the committee vote to approve the nominations of the individuals nominated to the Texas Residential Construction Commission and the Texas Transportation Commission.  Senator Shapleigh seconded the motion.  At 3:21 p.m., by a vote of 6 ayes and 0 nays, the nominees were recommended to the full Senate for confirmation.

 

Chairman Jackson moved that the committee vote to approve the nominations of the individuals nominated to the following entities: Texas State Board of Public Accountancy, Texas State Board of Acupuncture Examiners, Angelina and Neches River Authority Board of Directors, Brazos River Authority Board of Directors, Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority, Department of Information Resources, Governing Board of the Texas School for the Deaf, Health and Human Services Council, Commission on Human Rights, Texas Industrialized Building Code Council, Texas Emancipation Juneteenth Cultural and Historical Commission, Fifth Appellate District Justice of the Court of Appeals, Texas Board of Professional Land Surveying, Lavaca-Navidad River Authority Board of Directors, Texas Board of Licensure for Professional Medical Physicists, Texas Military Preparedness Commission, Texas Board of Nursing, Texas Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners, Texas Board of Orthotics and Prosthetics, State Pension Review Board, Texas Physician Assistant Board, Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors, Texas Real Estate Commission, State Board for Educator Certification, and the Sulphur River Basin Authority Board of Directors.  At 3:22 p.m., by a vote of 6 ayes and 0 nays, the nominees were recommended to the full Senate for confirmation.

 

Chairman Jackson moved that the committee vote to approve the nomination of Don McLeroy as the Chairman of the State Board of Education.  McLeroy was pending before the committee.  At 3:23 p.m., by a vote of 4 ayes and 2 nays, the nomination of McLeroy was recommended to the full Senate for confirmation.

 

There being no further business, at 3:23 p.m. Senator Jackson moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of the chair.  Without objection, it was so ordered. 

 

 

 

 

 

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Senator Mike Jackson, Chair

 

 

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Brian Carey, Clerk