SENATE
                         COMMITTEE ACTION REPORT


COMMITTEE: Nominations

TIME & DATE:  2:00PM, Monday, February 3, 1997

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ALL NOMINEES WERE REPORTED FAVORABLY

State Bar of Texas

Cynthia Cabaza              Appointed 06-25-96 for a      Lucio
Hidalgo County              term to expire 06-25-99

Romeo Lopez                 Appointed 06-05-95 for a      Zaffirini
Starr County                term to expire 06-05-98

Geraldine Mauthe            Appointed 06-25-96 for a      Ratliff
Harrison County             term to expire 06-25-99

Chief Administrative Law Judge, State Office of Admin. Law Hearings

Shelia Bailey Taylor        Appointed 05-13-96 for a      Barrientos
Travis County               term to expire 05-13-98

Judicial Districts Board

Alberto R. Gonzales         Appointed 02-29-96 for a      Barrientos
Travis County               term to expire 12-21-98



State Bar of Texas

Delia M. Reyes              Appointed 06-05-95 for a      Shapiro
Dallas County               term to expire 06-05-98

State Commission on Judicial Conduct

William "Bud" Arnot         Reappointed 10-05-95 for a    Fraser
Taylor County               term to expire 11-19-01

L. Scott Mann               Appointed 11-27-95 for a      Duncan
Lubbock County              term to expire 11-19-01

Michael L. O'Neal           Appointed 08-13-96 for a      West
Dallas County               term to expire 11-19-97

Blake Tartt                 Appointed 01-19-96 for a      Ellis
Harris County               term to expire 11-19-01

Texas Judicial Council

Stephen B. Ables            Appointed 11-07-95 for a      Wentworth
Kerr County                 term to expire 02-01-99

Lee Ann Dauphinot           Appointed 11-07-95 for a      Moncrief
Tarrant County              term to expire 02-01-99

Raylene "Rae" Jackson       Appointed 11-07-95 for a      Ratliff
Gregg County                term to expire 06-30-01

Diego Jesus Pena            Appointed 11-07-95 for a      Wentworth
Bexar County                term to expire 06-30-01

Richard P. Richards         Appointed 11-07-95 for a      Truan
San Patricio County         term to expire 06-30-01

Commission on Uniform State Laws

Peter K. Munson             Appointed 01-07-97 for a      Haywood
Grayson County              term to expire 09-30-02

Rodney W. Satterwhite       Appointed 01-07-97 for a      Bivins
Midland County              term to expire 09-30-02

Justice, 4th Court of Appeals, Bexar County

Karen A. Angelini           Appointed 01-02-97 for a      Wentworth
Bexar County                term to expire the next gen. elec.

Justice, Court of Appeals, 7th District

Don H. Reavis               Appointed 10-10-96 for a      Bivins
Randall County              term to expire next gen. elec.

2nd Administrative Judicial Region, Presiding Judge of the

Olen Underwood              Appointed 03-29-96 for a      Nixon
Montgomery County           term to expire 03-29-00

4th Administrative Judicial Region, Presiding Judge of the

David Peeples               Appointed 04-30-96 for a      Wentworth
Bexar County                term to expire next gen. elec.

Judge, 282nd Judicial District Court, Dallas County

Karen J. Greene             Appointed 01-02-97 for a      West
Dallas County               term to expire next gen. elec.

Judge, 283rd Judicial District, Dallas County

Molly M. Francis            Appointed 11-13-96 for a      Nelson
Dallas County               term to expire next gen. elec.

Judge, 296th Judicial District Court, Collin County

Betty Ann Caton             Appointed 01-02-97 for a      Haywood
Collin County               term to expire next gen. elec.

Judge, 301st Judicial District Court, Dallas County

Susan A. Rankin             Appointed 01-13-96 for a      Harris
Dallas County               term to expire next gen. elec.

Judge, 317th Judicial District Court, Jefferson County

Jimmy D. "Skip" Hulett      Appointed 12-30-96 for a      Galloway
Jefferson County            term to expire next gen. elec.

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