MINUTES 
          
                         SENATE COMMITTEE ON NOMINATIONS 
                            Wednesday, March 10, 1999 
                                    1:00 p.m. 
                          Capitol Building, Room 2E.20 
          
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         Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule  
         11.11, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Nominations  
         was held on Wednesday, March 10, 1999, in the Capitol  
         Building, Room 2E.20, Austin, Texas.   
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Jeff Wentworth, Chairman        None 
         Senator Mario Gallegos, Jr., Vice Chairman 
         Senator Gonzalo Barrientos 
         Senator David Bernsen 
         Senator J. E. Brown 
         Senator Tom Haywood 
         Senator Mike Jackson 
          
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         The Chair called the meeting to order at 1:15 p.m.  There  
         being a quorum present, the following business was transacted.   
          
         The following member arrived after the roll was called:   
         Senator Brown 
          
         Senator Gallegos moved that the Minutes from the previous  
         meeting be approved.  There being no objection, the Minutes  
         were adopted. 
          
         The Chairman laid out the names of the nominees for the Texas  
         Board of Health. 
          
         Senator Jackson introduced Margo Sneller Scholin. 
          
         Chairman Wentworth introduced Beverly Harris Robinson. 
          
         Senator Duncan introduced J. C. Chambers. 
          
         Nominees made opening statements and then responded to  
         questions by members of the Committee.  
          
         At 1:38 p.m., Senator Brown moved to recommend to the full  
         Senate that Margo Sneller Scholin, Beverly Harris Robinson and  
         J. C. Chambers be confirmed as Members of the Texas Board of  
         Health. 
  
         The motion carried with a vote of 6 ayes and 0 nays. 
          
         The Chairman laid out the names of the nominees for the Texas  
         A&M System Board of Regents. 
          
         Chairman Wentworth  introduced Lionel Sosa and Dr. Susan Rudd  
         Wynn. 
          
         Senator Brown introduced R. H. "Steve" Stevens, Jr. 
          
         Nominees made opening statements and then responded to  
         questions by members of the Committee.  
          
         At 2:37 p.m., Senator Brown moved to recommend to the full  
         Senate that Lionel Sosa, R. H. "Steve" Stevens and Dr. Susan  
         Rudd Wynn be confirmed as Members of the Texas A&M System  
         Board of Regents. 
          
         The motion carried with a vote of 7 ayes and 0 nays. 
          
         The Chairman laid out the names of the nominees to the Texas  
         Higher Education Coordinating Board. 
          
         Senator Cain introduced Kevin P. Eltife. 
          
         Senator Shapleigh introduced Adair W. Margo. 
          
         Nominees made opening statements and then responded to  
         questions by members of the Committee.  
          
         At 2:56 p.m., Senator Barrientos moved to recommend to the  
         full Senate that Kevin P. Eltife and Adair W. Margo be  
         confirmed as Members of the Texas Higher Education  
         Coordinating Board. 
          
         The motion carried with a vote of 7 ayes and 0 nays. 
          
         The Chairman laid out the names of the nominees to the Texas  
         Animal Health Commission. 
          
         Senator Armbrister introduced Tommy Bozka. 
          
         Senator Bernsen introduced Charles Sherron. 
          
         Chairman Wentworth introduced Quincy Barnes and Richard C.  
         Traylor. 
         Nominees made opening statements and then responded to  
         questions by members of the Committee. 
          
         At 3:10 p.m., Senator Bernsen moved to recommend to the full  
         Senate that Quincy Barnes, Tommy Bozka, Charles Sherron and  
         Richard Traylor  be confirmed as Members of the Texas Animal  
         Health Commission. 
          
         The motion carried with a vote of 7 ayes and 0 nays. 
          
         The Chairman laid out the names of the nominees for the Texas  
         Commission on the Arts. 
          
         Senator Nelson introduced Sue S. Bancroft. 
          
         Senator Brown introduced Celso Gonzalez-Falla. 
          
         Senator Barrientos introduced C. A. "Tony" Sherman. 
          
         Senator Bivins introduced Catherine Blaffer Taylor. 
          
         Chairman Wentworth introduced Kathleen Birkner Stevens. 
          
         Chairman Wentworth announced that consideration of Tony L.  
         Chauveaux would be left pending until a later date. 
          
         The nominees made  opening statements and then responded to  
         questions by members of the Committee. 
          
         At 3:32 p.m., Senator Brown moved to recommend to the full  
         Senate that Sue S. Bancroft, Celso Gonzalez-Falla, C. A.  
         "Tony" Sherman, Kathleen Birkner Stevens and Catherine  
         Blaffer Taylor be confirmed as Members of the Texas Commission  
         on the Arts. 
          
         The motion passed with a vote of 7 ayes, 0 nays. 
          
         The Chairman laid out the names of the nominees for the Texas  
         Department of  Housing and Community Affairs. 
          
         Senator Brown introduced Michael E. Jones. 
          
         Chairman Wentworth introduced Lydia R. Saenz and Marsha L.  
         Williams. 
          
         Nominees made opening statements and then responded to  
         questions by members of the Committee. 
          
         At 3:32 p.m., Senator Haywood  moved to recommend to the full  
         Senate that Michael E. Jones, Lydia R. Saenz and Marsh L.  
         Williams be confirmed as Members of the Texas Department of  
         Housing and Community Affairs. 
          
         The motion carried with a vote of 7 ayes and 0 nays. 
          
         The Chairman laid out the names of the nominees to the Texas  
         Water Development Board. 
          
         Senator Lindsay introduced Jack Hunt. 
          
         Senator Bivins introduced Wales H. Madden, Jr. 
          
         Nominees made opening statements and then responded to  
  
         questions by members of the Committee. 
          
         At 4:03 p.m., Senator Haywood moved to recommend to the full  
         Senate that Jack Hunt and Wales H. Madden, Jr. be confirmed as  
         Members of the Texas Water Development Board. 
          
         The motion carried with a vote of 7 ayes and 0 nays. 
          
         The Chairman laid out the names of the nominees to the Texas  
         Water Development Board. 
          
         Senator Lindsay introduced Jack Hunt. 
          
         Senator Bivins introduced Wales H. Madden, Jr. 
          
         Nominees made opening statements and then responded to  
         questions by members of the Committee. 
          
         At 4:03 p.m., Senator Brown moved to recommend to the full  
         Senate that Jack Hunt and Wales Madden, Jr. be confirmed as  
         Members of the Texas Water Development Board. 
          
         The motion carried with a vote of 7 ayes and 0 nays. 
          
         The Chairman laid out the names of the nominees to the Texas  
         State Library and Archives Commission. 
          
         Senator Bernsen introduced Sandra Pickett. 
          
         Chairman Wentworth announced that consideration of Kenneth R.  
         Carr would be left pending until a later date. 
          
         Nominees made opening statements and then responded to  
         questions by members of the Committee. 
          
         At 4:13 p.m., Senator Bernsen moved to recommend to the full  
         Senate that Sandra Pickett be confirmed as Member of the Texas  
         State Library and Archives Commission. 
          
         The motion carried with a vote of 7 ayes and 0 nays. 
          
         Chairman Wentworth announced that consideration of nominations  
         for Leslie L. Kinsel, Teri Hada Mathis and Danny Ray Moss will  
         be left pending until they each file a personal financial  
         statement with the Texas Ethics Commission.  
          
         At 4:16 p.m., Senator Barrientos moved to recommend to the  
         full Senate that the remaining nominees to the Nueces River  
         Authority Board of Directors and the On-Site Wastewater  
         Treatment Research Council be confirmed and that the nominees  
         to the North Texas Tollway Authority Board of Directors and  
         the Texas Underground Facility Notification Corporation be  
         confirmed. 
          
         The motion carried with a vote of 7 ayes, 0 nays. 
  
         There being no further business, at 4:56 p.m. Chairman  
         Wentworth announced that the Committee would stand recessed  
         subject to the call of the Chairman.  Without objection it was  
         so ordered. 
          
         Senator Jeff Wentworth, Chairman 
          
         Jennifer Ahrens, Clerk