MINUTES 
          
                         SENATE COMMITTEE ON NOMINATIONS 
                            Wednesday, March 17, 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 17, 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 5:55 p.m.  There  
         being a quorum present, the following business was transacted.   
          
         The following members arrived after the roll was called:   
         Senator Barrientos 
         Senator Brown 
         Senator Jackson 
          
         Chairman Wentworth announced that a spelling error needed to  
         be fixed in the Minutes from the previous meeting. 
          
         Senator Gallegos moved that the Minutes from the previous  
         meeting be approved with one correction.  There being no  
         objection, the Minutes were adopted. 
          
         The Chairman laid out the name of the nominee for Adjutant  
         General of Texas. 
          
         Senator Luna introduced Major General Daniel James, III. 
          
         General James made an opening statement and then responded to  
         questions by members of the Committee.  
         At 6:15 p.m., Senator Brown moved to recommend to the full  
  
         Senate that Major General Daniel James, III be confirmed as  
         Adjutant General of Texas. 
          
         The motion carried with a vote of 7 ayes and 0 nays. 
          
         The Chairman laid out the names of the nominees for the Texas  
         Youth Commission. 
          
         Chairman Wentworth introduced Charles R. Henry and Leonard E.  
         Lawrence. 
          
         Nominees made opening statements and then responded to  
         questions by members of the Committee.  
          
         At 6:19 p.m., Senator Brown moved to recommend to the full  
         Senate that Charles R. Henry and Leonard E. Lawrence be  
         confirmed as Members of the Texas Youth Commission. 
          
         The motion carried with a vote of 7 ayes and 0 nays. 
          
         Chairman Wentworth announced that consideration of C. Louis  
         Renaud's nomination to the School Land Board would be left  
         pending.   
          
         The Chairman laid out the names of the nominees to the Texas  
         Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education. 
          
         Senator Lindsay introduced Raymond M. Hunt. 
          
         Senator Lucio introduced Benigno G. Reyna. 
          
         Chairman Wentworth introduced Charles W. Williams. 
          
         Nominees made opening statements and then responded to  
         questions by members of the Committee.  
          
         At 6:27 p.m., Senator Brown moved to recommend to the full  
         Senate that Raymond M. Hunt, Benigno G. Reyna and Charles W.  
         Williams be confirmed as Members of the Texas Commission on  
         Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education. 
          
         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 Board of Pharmacy. 
          
         Senator Shapiro introduced Kim A. Caldwell. 
          
         Senator Sibley introduced Wiki Erickson. 
          
         Senator Haywood introduced Doyle Eugene High. 
          
         Chairman Wentworth introduced Donna B. Rogers. 
          
         Nominees made opening statements and then responded to  
  
         questions by members of the Committee. 
          
         State Representative David Counts testified in favor of the  
         nominees to the Texas State Board of Pharmacy. 
          
         At 6:43 p.m., Senator Brown moved to recommend to the full  
         Senate that Kim A. Caldwell, Wiki Erickson, Doyle Eugene High  
         and Donna B. Rogers be confirmed as Members of the Texas State  
         Board of Pharmacy. 
          
         The motion carried with a vote of 7 ayes and 0 nays. 
          
         The Chairman laid out the names of the nominees for the Texas  
         State Affordable Housing Corporation Board of Directors. 
          
         Senator Brown introduced Jeffery S. Baloutine. 
          
         Senator Lucio introduced Donald S. Currie. 
          
         Senator Shapiro introduced Dawn Enoch Moore. 
          
         Senator Shapleigh introduced Jerry Romero. 
          
         The nominees made  opening statements and then responded to  
         questions by members of the Committee. 
          
         At 7:04 p.m., Senator Brown moved to recommend to the full  
         Senate that Jeffery S. Baloutine, Donald S. Currie, Dawn Enoch  
         Moore and Jerry Romero be confirmed as Members of the Texas  
         State Affordable Housing Corporation Board of Directors. 
          
         The motion passed with a vote of 7 ayes, 0 nays. 
          
         Senator Bernsen moved that consideration of the nominees to  
         the Lower Neches Valley Authority Board of Directors be left  
         pending until March 24.  Without objection it was so ordered. 
          
         The Chairman laid out the names of the nominees for the Texas  
         Woman's University Board of Regents. 
          
         Chairman Wentworth introduced Jerry L. Brownlee. 
          
         Senator Shapiro introduced Delia M. Reyes. 
          
         Senator Brown introduced Dr. Carlos Hamilton, Jr. 
          
         Nominees made opening statements and then responded to  
         questions by members of the Committee. 
          
         At 7:14 p.m., Senator Brown moved to recommend to the full  
         Senate that Jerry L. Brownlee, Delia M. Reyes and Dr. Carlos  
         Hamilton, Jr. be confirmed as Members of the Texas Woman's  
         University Board of Regents. 
          
         The motion carried with a vote of 7 ayes and 0 nays. 
  
         Chairman Wentworth announced that consideration of Frank D.  
         Sandoval, Jr., Melody Hart, Ann Appling Bradford, Wanda  
         Chandler Rohm and Ann D. Louden would be left pending until  
         they file personal financial statements with the Texas Ethics  
         Commission. 
          
         At 4:16 p.m., Senator Brown moved to recommend to the full  
         Senate that John A. Coselli, Jr. be confirmed as Judge of the  
         125th Judicial District Court, Harris County, that the  
         remaining nominees to the Board of Vocational Nurse Examiners,  
         the Texas Optometry Board, the Workforce and Economic  
         Competitiveness Council and the Children's Trust Fund of Texas  
         Council, and that the nominees to the Texas Agricultural  
         Finance Authority Board of Directors, the Texas Aerospace  
         Commission, the Texas Public Finance Authority Board of  
         Directors, the Coastal Coordination Council, the Texas  
         Incentive and Productivity Commission, the San Jacinto  
         Historical Advisory Board, the State Board of Barber  
         Examiners, the Texas Board of Licensure for Professional  
         Medical Physicists, the Board of Trustees of the County and  
         District Retirement System, the Texas Cosmetology Commission,  
         and the State Board of Examiners of Dietitians be confirmed. 
          
         The motion carried with a vote of 7 ayes, 0 nays. 
          
         There being no further business, at 7:15 p.m. Senator Haywood  
         moved 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