SENATE
                         COMMITTEE ACTION REPORT


COMMITTEE: Nominations

TIME & DATE:  2:00PM, Monday, April 28, 1997

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ALL NOMINEES WERE REPORTED FAVORABLY

Commissioner of Health and Human Services

Michael D. McKinney, M.D.     Reappointed 02-10-97 for a    Patterson
Harris County                 term to expire 02-01-99

Texas Juvenile Probation Commission

Judge Robert P. Brotherton    Appointed 10-16-95 for a      Haywood
Wichita County                term to expire 08-31-01

Keith H. Kuttler              Appointed 05-17-96 for a      Ogden
Brazos County                 term to expire 08-31-01

Betsy Lake                    Appointed 10-16-95 for a      Brown
Harris County                 term to expire 08-31-99

Michael L. Williams           Appointed 10-16-95 for a      Harris
Tarrant County                term to expire 08-31-01

Texas Public Finance Authority Board of Directors

Cynthia L. Meyer              Appointed 04-01-97 for a      Wentworth
Comal County                  term to expire 02-01-03

Daniel T. Serna               Appointed 04-01-97 for a      Harris
Tarrant County                term to expire 02-01-03

Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund Board

Roger J. Benavides            Appointed 11-07-95 for a      Wentworth
Bexar County                  term to expire 08-31-97

Clint Formby                  Appointed 11-07-95 for a      Bivins
Deaf Smith County             term to expire 08-31-01

Kay Karr                      Appointed 11-07-95 for a      Duncan
Hudspeth County               term to expire 08-31-97

William B. Mitchell           Appointed 03-21-97 for a      Barrientos
Travis County                 term to expire 08-31-01

Joe N. Randolph               Appointed 11-07-95 for a      Ratliff
Gregg County                  term to expire 08-31-99

Gwen Stafford                  Appointed 11-07-95 for a     Duncan
Lubbock County                 term to expire 08-31-99


Coastal Water Authority Board of Directors

Buster E. French              Reappointed 09-06-96 for a    Galloway
Liberty County                term to expire 04-01-98

Johnnie G. Jennings           Reappointed 11-03-95 for a    Galloway
Harris County                 term to expire 04-01-97

Ambassador Leonard H.O Spearman, Sr. Appointed 11-03-95 for a Ellis
Harris County                        term to expire 04-01-97

Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs

James A. Daross               Appointed 04-22-97 for a      Shapleigh
El Paso County                term to expire 01-31-03

Texas Commission on Law Enforcement officer Standards and Education

Benigno G. Reyna              Appointed 04-15-97 for a      Lucio
Cameron County                term to expire 08-30-97

Joe A. Stivers                Appointed 04-15-97 for a      Turner
Walker County                 term to expire 08-30-99

Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors

Judy Broussard                Appointed 11-13-95 for a      Duncan
Hockley County                term to expire 02-01-01

Dr. Joseph D. Dameron         Appointed 11-13-95 for a      Nelson
Denton County                 term to expire 02-01-01

J. Lee Jagers                 Appointed 04-21-97 for a      Carona
Dallas County                 term to expire 02-01-03

Mary L. Madison               Appointed 04-21-97 for a      Sibley
Erath County                  term to expire 02-01-03

Susan Moore, Ph.D             Appointed 04-21-97 for a      Wentworth
Bexar County                  term to expire 02-01-03

Gene Ryder                    Appointed 11-13-95 for a      Luna
Bexar County                  term to expire 02-01-01

Texas State Board of Examiners of Social Workers

Deborah Hammond               Appointed 12-17-96 for a      Barrientos
Travis County                 term to expire 02-01-01

Sgt. Willie McGee             Appointed 12-17-96 for a      Duncan
Hale County                   term to expire 02-01-01

Gerrianne Waring              Appointed 12-17-96 for a      Shapleigh
El Paso County                term to expire 02-01-01

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