SENATE
                         COMMITTEE ACTION REPORT


COMMITTEE: Nominations

TIME & DATE:  2:00PM, Monday, February 10, 1997

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ALL NOMINEES REPORTED FAVORABLY UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED

Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission

Barry R. McBee, chair       Appointed 08-14-95 for a      Barrientos
Travis County               term to expire 08-31-97

John M. Baker               Appointed 09-19-95 for a      Fraser
Bell County                 term to expire 08-31-01

Texas Water Development Board

Noe Fernandez               Appointed 03-08-96 for a      Lucio
Hidalgo County              term to expire 12-31-01

William B. Madden           Appointed 03-08-96 for a      Shapiro
Dallas County               term to expire 12-31-01



Angelina and Neches River Authority Board of Directors

Margie C. Benge             Appointed 01-17-96 for a      Nixon
Cherokee County             term to expire 09-05-97

Susan W. Heckmann           Appointed 01-17-96 for a      Ratliff
Smith County                term to expire 09-05-01

Henry H. Holubec, Jr.       Appointed 08-17-95 for a      Nixon
Angelina County             term to expire 09-05-99

Stewart M. Kenderdine       Appointed 01-17-96 for a      Nixon
Anderson County             term to expire 09-05-01

Roy L. Stark                Appointed 08-17-95 for a      Nixon
Anderson County             term to expire 09-05-99

Jack C. Sweeny              Appointed 01-17-96 for a      Nixon
Angelina County             term to expire 09-05-01

Lower Concho River Water and Soil Conservation Authority

Howard E. Loveless          Appointed 10-11-95 for a      Fraser
Concho County               term to expire 02-01-99

Thomas E. Wells             Appointed 10-11-95 for a      Fraser
Concho County               term to expire 02-01-01

Harvey P. Williams          Appointed 10-11-95 for a      Fraser
Concho County                 term to expire 02-01-01

Evergreen Underground Water Conservation District Board

Amond D. Brownlow           Appointed 01-30-96 for a      Zaffirini
Wilson County               term to expire 02-01-99

Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority

Louis S. Dell'Olio, Jr.     Appointed 11-06-96 for a      Patterson
Galveston County            term to expire 08-31-98

Rafael Ortega               Appointed 11-03-95 for a      Lindsay
Harris County               term to expire 08-31-97

Shirley U. Seale            Appointed 11-06-96 for a      Galloway
Chambers County             term to expire 08-31-98

Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission

L. Don Perkins              Appointed 11-15-96 for a      Brown
Harris County               term to expire 03-17-99

On-Site Wastewater Treatment Research Council

Barry D. Bedwell            Appointed 10-25-96 for a      Bivins
Randall County              term to expire 09-01-98

John R. Blount              Appointed 10-25-96 for a      Brown
Harris County               term to expire 09-01-98

Brenda A. Bradley           Appointed 02-29-96 for a      Lindsay
Harris County               term to expire 09-01-97

Thomas E. Dreiss            Appointed 02-29-96 for a      Wentworth
Bexar County                term to expire 09-01-97

Michael T. Fahy             Appointed 02-29-96 for a      Wentworth
Travis County               term to expire 09-01-97

Franz K. Hiebert            Appointed 02-29-96 for a      Barrientos
Travis County               term to expire 09-01-97

Lois Koock                  Appointed 02-29-96 for a      Wentworth
Mason County                term to expire 09-01-97

Teri H. Mathis              Appointed 10-25-96 for a      Brown
Fort Bend County            term to expire 09-01-98

Danny R. Moss               Appointed 02-29-96 for a      Harris
Tarrant County              term to expire 09-01-97

Maurice P. Short, P.E.      Appointed 10-25-96 for a      Ratliff
Bowie County                term to expire 09-01-98

Glenn A. Turner             Appointed 10-25-96 for a      Galloway
Jefferson County            term to expire 09-01-98

Red River Authority Board of Directors

George W. Arrington         Reappointed 09-06-95 for a    Bivins
Hemphill County             term to expire 08-11-01

James P. Fallon             Appointed 09-06-95 for a      Haywood
Grayson County              term to expire 08-11-99

Betty P. Peveto             Appointed 09-06-95 for a      Haywood
Cooke County                term to expire 08-11-01

W.F. Smith, Jr.             Appointed 09-06-95 for a      Haywood
Hardeman County             term to expire 08-11-01

Rio Grande Compact Commissioner

CONSIDERATION POSTPONED

Jack Hammond                Appointed 10-11-95 for a      Shapleigh
El Paso County              term to expire 06-09-01

Sulphur River Basin Authority Board of Directors

Patsy R. McClain            Appointed 10-23-95 for a      Ratliff
Hopkins County              term to expire 02-01-01

Robert L. Parker            Appointed 10-23-95 for a      Ratliff
Lamar County                term to expire 02-01-01

Upper Neches River Municipal Water Authority Board of Directors

Joe M. Crutcher             Appointed 11-03-95 for a      Nixon
Anderson County             term to expire 02-01-01

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