MINUTES 
          
                         SENATE COMMITTEE ON NOMINATIONS 
                            Wednesday, March 31, 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 31, 1999, in the Capitol  
         Building, Room 2E.20, Austin, Texas.   
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Jeff Wentworth, Chairman        Senator Gonzalo  
                                                 Barrientos 
         Senator Mario Gallegos, Jr., Vice Chairman   Senator Mike  
                                                 Jackson 
         Senator David Bernsen 
         Senator J. E. Brown 
         Senator Tom Haywood 
          
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         The Chairman 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 Mario Gallegos, Jr. 
          
         Senator Brown 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 to the Texas  
         Turnpike Authority Division of the Texas Department of  
         Transportation. 
          
         Chairman Wentworth introduced Samuel E. Barshop, Mary Q. Kelly  
         and Pete Winstead. 
          
         Senator Lucio introduced Alan L. Johnson. 
          
         Nominees made opening statements and then responded to  
         questions by members of the Committee.  
          
         At 1:48 p.m., Senator Bernsen moved to recommend to the full  
         Senate that Samuel E. Barshop, Alan L. Johnson, Mary Q. Kelly  
         and Pete Winstead be confirmed as Members of the Texas  
         Turnpike Authority Division of the Texas Department of  
  
         Transportation. 
          
         The motion carried with a vote of 5 ayes and 0 nays. 
          
         The Chairman laid out the names of the nominees for the Board  
         of  Trustees of the Fire Fighters' Relief and Retirement Fund. 
          
         Chairman Wentworth introduced Timothy M. Bogisch and Kyle A.  
         Donaldson. 
          
         Senator Armbrister introduced Landon Grant McClain and Allen  
         J. Scopel. 
          
         Nominees made opening statements and then responded to  
         questions by members of the Committee.  
          
         At 2:01 p.m., Senator Bernsen moved to recommend to the full  
         Senate that Timothy M. Bogisch, Kyle A. Donaldson, Landon  
         Grant McClain and Allen J. Scopel be confirmed as Members of  
         the Board of Trustees of the Fire Fighters' Relief and  
         Retirement Fund. 
          
         The motion carried with a vote of 5 ayes and 0 nays. 
          
         The Chairman laid out the name of the nominee to the Texas  
         Veterans Commission. 
          
         Chairman Wentworth introduced James Stewart Duncan. 
          
         Mr. Duncan made an opening statement and then responded to  
         questions by members of the Committee.  
          
         At 2:10 p.m., Senator Bernsen moved to recommend to the full  
         Senate that James Stewart Duncan be confirmed as a Member of  
         the Texas Veterans Commission. 
          
         The motion carried with a vote of 5 ayes and 0 nays. 
          
         The Chairman laid out the names of the nominees to the State  
         Cemetery Committee. 
          
         Chairman Wentworth introduced Martin L. Allday, George E.  
         Christian and Ralph E. Wayne. 
          
         Nominees made opening statements and then responded to  
         questions by members of the Committee. 
          
         At 2:20 p.m., Senator Bernsen moved to recommend to the full  
         Senate that Martin L. Allday, George E. Christian and Ralph E.  
         Wayne be confirmed as Members of the State Cemetery Committee. 
          
         The motion carried with a vote of 5 ayes and 0 nays. 
          
         At 2:22 p.m., Senator Bernsen moved to recommend to the full  
         Senate that the nominees to the Texas State Board of Examiners  
  
         of Perfusionists; Rio Grande Compact Commission; Pilot  
         Commission for the Sabine Bar, Pass, and Tributaries; Texas  
         State Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners; Polygraph  
         Examiners Board; Texas Board of Examiners of Psychologists;  
         Texas Insurance Purchasing Alliance Board of Trustees; Red  
         River Authority Board of Directors; and the Upper Colorado  
         River Authority Board of Directors be confirmed. 
          
         The motion carried with a vote of 5 ayes and 0 nays. 
          
         There being no further business, at 2:24 p.m. Senator Haywood  
         moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of  
         the Chairman.  Without objection it was so ordered. 
          
         Senator Jeff Wentworth, Chairman 
          
         Jennifer Ahrens, Clerk