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                                   SENATE

                          NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

   COMMITTEE:   Nominations

   TIME & DATE: 11:00 AM

                Monday, February 25, 2013

   PLACE:       E1.016 (Hearing Room)

   CHAIR:       Senator Glenn Hegar

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   To consider the following:

   The following nominees will appear:

   Texas Tech University System Board of Regents

   Juan Daniel Esparza        Appointed 02-14-13 for a      Campbell

   Travis County              term to expire 01-31-19

   Lawrence Frederick Francis Appointed 02-14-13 for a      Rodriguez

   El Paso County             term to expire 01-31-19

   Ivan Tim Lancaster         Appointed 02-14-13 for a      Fraser

   Taylor County              term to expire 01-31-19

   John Bryan Walker          Appointed 01-24-12 for a      Patrick

   Harris County              term to expire 01-31-15

   University of Houston System Board of Regents

   Spencer D. Armour          Appointed 09-01-11 for a      Seliger

   Midland County             term to expire 08-31-17

   Roger Fleming Welder       Appointed 09-01-11 for a      Hegar

   Victoria County            term to expire 08-31-17

   Welcome Wade Wilson        Appointed 09-01-11 for a      Whitmire

   Harris County              term to expire 08-31-17

   Texas Racing Commission

   Gary Paul Aber             Appointed 05-15-12 for a      Hegar

   Fort Bend County           term to expire 02-01-15


   Ronald Frank Ederer        Appointed 02-01-13 for a      Hinojosa

   Nueces County              term to expire 02-01-19

   John Thomas Steen          Appointed 02-01-13 for a      Huffman

   Harris County              term to expire 02-01-19

   The following nominees will not appear:

   Texas State Board of Examiners of Dietitians

   Belinda Bazan-Lara         Appointed 10-03-11 for a      Van de Putte

   Bexar County               term to expire 09-01-17

   Aida L. Moreno-Brown       Appointed 10-03-11 for a      Rodriguez

   El Paso County             term to expire 09-01-17

   Dwight Albert Sharpe       Appointed 10-03-11 for a      Estes

   Wise County                term to expire 09-01-17

   Commission on State Emergency Communications

   Rick L. Campbell           Appointed 09-01-11 for a      Nichols

   Shelby County              term to expire 09-01-17

   Terry J. Henley            Appointed 12-19-12 for a      Huffman

   Fort Bend County           term to expire 09-01-13

   Laura Gibbs Maczka         Appointed 09-01-11 for a      Paxton

   Dallas County              term to expire 09-01-17

   Texas Emergency Services Retirement System

   Don Richard Shipman        Appointed 09-01-11 for a      Davis

   Tarrant County             term to expire 09-01-17

   Francisco Torres           Appointed 03-14-12 for a      Lucio

   Willacy County             term to expire 09-01-17

   Stephen Keith Williams     Appointed 09-01-11 for a      Eltife

   Panola County              term to expire 09-01-17

   248th Judicial District Court, Harris County

   Katherine Ann Cabaniss     Appointed 02-14-13 for a      Whitmire

   Harris County              term to expire 11-04-14


   Texas Judicial Council

   Ashley Elizabeth Johnson   Appointed 08-03-11 for a      Carona

   Dallas County              term to expire 06-30-17

   Virgil Justice             Appointed 08-03-11 for a      Fraser

   Gillespie County           term to expire 06-30-17

   Manufactured Housing Board

   Bobby Ray McCarn           Appointed 01-31-13 for a      Hegar

   Calhoun County             term to expire 01-31-19

   Donnie W. Wisenbaker       Appointed 01-31-13 for a      Deuell

   Hopkins County             term to expire 01-31-19

   Midwestern State University Board of Regents

   Fenton Lynwood Givens      Appointed 02-25-12 for a      Paxton

   Collin County              term to expire 02-25-18

   Charles Jefferson Gregg    Appointed 02-25-12 for a      Duncan

   Baylor County              term to expire 02-25-18

   Samuel Molinar Sanchez     Appointed 02-25-12 for a      Hancock

   Tarrant County             term to expire 02-25-18

   Upper Neches River Municipal Water Authority Board of Directors

   William Barry James        Appointed 02-08-13 for a      Nichols

   Anderson County            term to expire 02-01-19

   Milton Phillip Jenkins     Appointed 11-21-11 for a      Nichols

   Anderson County            term to expire 02-01-17

   Texas Optometry Board

   Judith Ann Chambers        Appointed 01-31-13 for a      Campbell

   Hays County                term to expire 01-31-19

   Melvin Grover Cleveland    Appointed 01-31-13 for a      Davis

   Tarrant County             term to expire 01-31-19

   Virginia Sosa              Appointed 01-31-13 for a      Uresti

   Uvalde County              term to expire 01-31-19


   Texas Board of Orthotics and Prosthetics

   Richard M. Neider          Appointed 02-08-13 for a      Huffman

   Fort Bend County           term to expire 02-01-19

   Ray Deane Smith            Appointed 02-08-13 for a      Hegar

   Victoria County            term to expire 02-01-19

   Texas State Board of Pharmacy

   Alice G. Mendoza           Appointed 08-31-11 for a      Lucio

   Kleberg County             term to expire 08-31-17

   Phyllis A. Stine           Appointed 08-31-11 for a      Fraser

   Taylor County              term to expire 08-31-17

   Jeanne D. Waggener         Appointed 08-31-11 for a      Birdwell

   McLennan County            term to expire 08-31-17

   Executive Council of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Examiners

   Arthur Roger Matson        Appointed 02-08-13 for a      Schwertner

   Williamson County          term to expire 02-01-15

   Texas State Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners

   Brian Bradford Carpenter   Appointed 08-24-11 for a      Estes

   Wise County                term to expire 07-10-17

   Fred E. Davis              Appointed 08-24-11 for a      Watson

   Travis County              term to expire 07-10-17

   Travis A. Motley           Appointed 08-24-11 for a      Davis

   Tarrant County             term to expire 07-10-17

   Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists

   Donna Lord Black           Appointed 02-01-12 for a      Hegar

   Fort Bend County           term to expire 10-31-17

   Jo Ann Campbell            Appointed 02-01-12 for a      Fraser

   Taylor County              term to expire 10-31-17

   John Robert Huffman        Appointed 06-28-12 for a      Davis

   Tarrant County             term to expire 10-31-17


   Governing Board of the Office of Violent Sex Offender Management

   Elizabeth Christina Jack   Appointed 02-23-12 for a      Davis

   Tarrant County             term to expire 02-01-14

   Leonardo Eloi Longoria     Appointed 02-23-12 for a      Hinojosa

   Hidalgo County             term to expire 02-01-14

   Daniel Patrick Powers      Appointed 02-08-13 for a      Nelson

   Denton County              term to expire 02-01-15

   State Soil and Water Conservation Board

   Larry Don Jacobs           Appointed 05-09-12 for a      Nichols

   Montgomery County          term to expire 02-01-14

   Joe Larry Ward             Appointed 02-08-13 for a      Deuell

   Fannin County              term to expire 02-01-15

   Stephen F. Austin State University Board of Regents

   David Richey Alders        Appointed 02-14-13 for a      Nichols

   Nacogdoches County         term to expire 01-31-19

   John R. Garrett            Appointed 02-14-13 for a      Eltife

   Smith County               term to expire 01-31-19

   Barry Earl Nelson          Appointed 02-14-13 for a      Carona

   Dallas County              term to expire 01-31-19

   Constance M. Ware          Appointed 10-06-11 for a      Eltife

   Harrison County            term to expire 01-31-15

   Pending business:

   Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

   Christopher Tobias Baker   Appointed 04-16-12 for a      Watson

   Travis County              term to expire 08-31-17

   State Office of Administrative Hearings

   Lyn Cathleen Parsley       Appointed 05-25-12 for a      Watson

   Travis County              term to expire 05-15-14


   Office of Public Insurance Counsel

   Deeia Denise Curry Beck    Appointed 02-01-13 for a      Watson

   Travis County              term to expire 02-01-15

   Adjutant General's Department

   John Frederick Nichols     Appointed 02-01-13 for a      Campbell

   Comal County               term to expire 02-01-15

   Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board

   Walker Beard               Appointed 02-08-13 for a      Rodriguez

   El Paso County             term to expire 01-31-15

   Clayton Price Black        Appointed 02-08-13 for a      Seliger

   Martin County              term to expire 01-31-15

   Luis F. De La Garza        Appointed 07-02-12 for a      Zaffirini

   Webb County                term to expire 01-31-14

   Laurie Carden Fontana      Appointed 07-02-12 for a      Whitmire

   Harris County              term to expire 01-31-14

   Keith William Kidd         Appointed 11-02-12 for a      Eltife

   Lamar County               term to expire 01-31-14

   Shannon K. McClendon       Appointed 07-02-12 for a      Campbell

   Travis County              term to expire 01-31-14

   Sheryl Rigsby Swift        Appointed 02-08-13 for a      Taylor

   Galveston County           term to expire 01-31-15

   Jamie Lou Sanders          Appointed 02-08-13 for a      Birdwell

   Wickliffe                  term to expire 01-31-15

   Ellis County

   Advisory Board of Athletic Trainers

   David R. Schmidt           Appointed 01-31-13 for a      Campbell

   Bexar County               term to expire 01-31-19

   Cathy Poerner Supak        Appointed 01-31-13 for a      Taylor

   Harris County              term to expire 01-31-19


   Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors

   Sarah T. Abraham           Appointed 02-01-13 for a      Huffman

   Fort Bend County           term to expire 02-01-19

   Steven Douglas             Appointed 02-01-13 for a      Taylor

   Christopherson             term to expire 02-01-19

   Harris County

   Leslie Fischer Pohl        Appointed 02-01-13 for a      Watson

   Travis County              term to expire 02-01-19

   Texas Funeral Service Commission

   Jean Lorraine Olinger      Appointed 02-01-13 for a      Duncan

   Childress County           term to expire 02-01-19

   Jonathan Frank Scepanski   Appointed 02-01-13 for a      Hinojosa

   Hidalgo County             term to expire 02-01-19

   Gary Eugene Shaffer        Appointed 02-01-13 for a      Duncan

   Tom Green County           term to expire 02-01-19

   State Commission on Judicial Conduct

   Joel P. Baker              Appointed 12-11-12 for a      Eltife

   Smith County               term to expire 11-19-17

   Valerie E. Ertz            Appointed 11-19-11 for a      Carona

   Dallas County              term to expire 11-19-17

   Patti Hutton Johnson       Appointed 11-19-11 for a      Campbell

   Comal County               term to expire 11-19-17

   Ricky A. Raven             Appointed 01-20-12 for a      Huffman

   Fort Bend County           term to expire 11-19-17

   State Bar of Texas

   David Richey Alders        Appointed 08-14-12 for a      Nichols

   Nacogdoches County         term to expire 06-30-15

   Timothy Scott Kelly        Appointed 06-06-11 for a      Watson

   Travis County              term to expire 06-30-14


   Eliseo Ruiz                Appointed 06-06-11 for a      Lucio

   Cameron County             term to expire 06-30-14

   David D. Teuscher          Appointed 05-14-12 for a      Williams

   Jefferson County           term to expire 06-30-15

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