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SENATE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
COMMITTEE:
Nominations
TIME & DATE:
1:30 PM or upon adjournment
Monday, March 09, 2009
PLACE:
Senator Jackson's Desk
CHAIR:
Senator Mike Jackson
To consider the following:
 
Pending business:
 
Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission
 
Melinda Susan            Appointed 11-03-08 for a        Williams
Fredricks                term to expire 11-15-13
Montgomery County
 
Steven M. Weinberg       Appointed 02-27-08 for a        Davis
Tarrant County           term to expire 11-15-11
 
Public Safety Commission
 
Carin Marcy Barth        Appointed 03-04-08 for a        Ellis
Harris County            term to expire 12-31-13
 
Ada Brown                Appointed 10-17-08 for a        Carona
Dallas County            term to expire 12-31-11
 
Carlton Thomas Clowe     Appointed 03-04-08 for a        Averitt
Mclennan County          term to expire 01-01-10
 
John Thomas Steen        Appointed 10-17-08 for a        Wentworth
Bexar County             term to expire 01-01-12
 
Advisory Board of Athletic Trainers
 
Martin Ray Akins         Appointed 02-03-09 for a        Watson
Travis County            term to expire 01-31-15
 
Rebecca Spurlock         Appointed 02-03-09 for a        Nelson
Tarrant County           term to expire 01-31-15
 
Texas Funeral Service Commission
 
Elwynn Allen             Appointed 02-10-09 for a        Fraser
Kerr County              term to expire 02-01-15
 
Carol M. Becker          Appointed 12-12-07 for a        Estes
Parker County            term to expire 02-01-13
 
Sue Evenwel              Appointed 02-10-09 for a        Eltife
Titus County             term to expire 02-01-15
 
Jess Alan Fields         Appointed 09-29-08 for a        Williams
Harris County            term to expire 02-01-13
 
Joyce McCown Odom        Appointed 12-12-07 for a        Wentworth
Bexar County             term to expire 02-01-11
 
Norberto Salinas         Appointed 02-05-08 for a        Hinojosa
Hidalgo County           term to expire 02-01-13
 
Board of Pilot Commissioners for Galveston County Ports
 
Vandy Anderson           Appointed 07-10-08 for a        Huffman
Galveston County         term to expire 02-01-12
 
Sally H. Prill           Appointed 07-10-08 for a        Huffman
Galveston County         term to expire 02-01-12
 
James Earl Toups         Appointed 01-10-08 for a        Jackson
Galveston County         term to expire 02-01-11
 
Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority
 
Zoe Milian Barinaga      Appointed 06-18-08 for a        Huffman
Harris County            term to expire 08-31-09
 
Randy Jarrell            Appointed 09-02-08 for a        Huffman
Galveston County         term to expire 08-31-10
 
Lamont Edward Meaux      Appointed 09-02-08 for a        Williams
Chambers County          term to expire 08-31-10
 
Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission
 
David Austin McKinney    Appointed 05-15-08 for a        Fraser
Blanco County            term to expire 03-17-11
 
Texas Historical Commission
 
Thomas E. Alexander      Appointed 02-10-09 for a        Fraser
Kerr County              term to expire 02-01-15
 
A. Mario Castillo        Appointed 09-06-07 for a        Duncan
Tom Green County         term to expire 02-01-13
 
Leslie Courson           Appointed 02-10-09 for a        Seliger
Ochiltree County         term to expire 02-01-15
 
John W. Crain            Appointed 09-06-07 for a        Shapiro
Dallas County            term to expire 02-01-13
 
David Alfred Gravelle    Appointed 09-06-07 for a        Carona
Dallas County            term to expire 02-01-13
 
Jon T. Hansen            Appointed 09-06-07 for a        Shapleigh
El Paso County           term to expire 02-01-13
 
Lisa A. Hembry           Appointed 09-06-07 for a        West
Dallas County            term to expire 02-01-13
 
Steven Lee Highlander    Appointed 02-10-09 for a        Watson
Travis County            term to expire 02-01-15
 
Sheri Shelby Krause      Appointed 02-10-09 for a        Watson
Travis County            term to expire 02-01-15
 
Gilbert Eric Peterson    Appointed 09-06-07 for a        Uresti
Brewster County          term to expire 02-01-13
 
Nancy M. Steves          Appointed 02-10-09 for a        Wentworth
Bexar County             term to expire 02-01-15
 
Task Force on Indigent Defense
 
Jon H. Burrows           Appointed 08-21-08 for a        Fraser
Bell County              term to expire 02-01-10
 
Knox Fitzpatrick         Appointed 08-21-08 for a        Carona
Dallas County            term to expire 02-01-10
 
Anthony C. Odiorne       Appointed 02-24-09 for a        Seliger
Potter County            term to expire 02-01-11
 
Olen U. Underwood        Appointed 02-24-09 for a        Nichols
Montgomery County        term to expire 02-01-11
 
B. Glen Whitley          Appointed 08-21-08 for a        Nelson
Tarrant County           term to expire 02-01-10
 
Jefferson and Orange County Board of Pilot Commissioners
 
Martin E. Broussard      Appointed 12-17-08 for a        Williams
Jefferson County         term to expire 08-22-10
 
George W. Brown          Appointed 01-10-08 for a        Williams
Jefferson County         term to expire 08-22-09
 
Russell S. Covington     Appointed 01-25-08 for a        Williams
Orange County            term to expire 08-22-09
 
Travis Miller            Appointed 12-17-08 for a        Williams
Orange County            term to expire 08-22-10
 
William F. Scott         Appointed 01-10-08 for a        Williams
Jefferson County         term to expire 08-22-09
 
Texas Underground Facility Notification Corporation (One-Call Board)
 
Christian A. Alvarado    Appointed 10-17-08 for a        Watson
Travis County            term to expire 08-31-11
 
Joseph F. Berry          Appointed 05-06-08 for a        Jackson
Brazoria County          term to expire 08-31-10
 
Barry Calhoun            Appointed 05-06-08 for a        Carona
Dallas County            term to expire 08-31-10
 
Judith H. Devenport      Appointed 05-06-08 for a        Seliger
Midland County           term to expire 08-31-10
 
John Linton              Appointed 05-06-08 for a        Estes
Denton County            term to expire 08-31-10
 
James Wynn               Appointed 12-17-08 for a        Seliger
Midland County           term to expire 08-31-11
 
Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners
 
Dave Lilley              Appointed 11-07-08 for a        Estes
Wichita County           term to expire 09-05-13
 
Alejandro Meade          Appointed 11-07-08 for a        Lucio
Cameron County           term to expire 09-05-13
 
Edward Don Thompson      Appointed 11-07-08 for a        Eltife
Smith County             term to expire 09-05-13
 
Administrative Judicial Region, First
 
John David Ovard         Appointed 02-18-09 for a        Carona
Dallas County            term to expire        
 
State Cemetery Committee
 
Scott Philen Sayers      Appointed 02-03-09 for a        Watson
Travis County            term to expire 02-01-15
 
Telecommunications Planning and Oversight Council
 
Jennifer Nash Anderson   Appointed 01-13-09 for a        Huffman
Chambers County          term to expire 08-31-09
 
Dennis M. Donelson       Appointed 02-12-09 for a        Wentworth
Bexar County             term to expire 08-31-09
 
Johanne Ibsen-Wolford    Appointed 01-13-09 for a        Watson
Travis County            term to expire 08-31-10
 
Alice E. Owen            Appointed 01-13-09 for a        Shapiro
Dallas County            term to expire 08-31-10
 
Texas Workforce Commission
 
Andres Alcantar          Appointed 08-04-08 for a        Watson
Travis County            term to expire 02-01-13
 
Thomas W. Pauken         Appointed 02-06-09 for a        Carona
Dallas County            term to expire 02-01-15