MINUTES
SENATE COMMITTEE ON NOMINATIONS
Wednesday, May 19, 1999
3:00 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, May 19, 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 Chairman called the meeting to order at 3:45 p.m. There
being a quorum present, the following business was transacted.
The following members arrived after the roll was called:
Senator Mario Gallegos, Jr.
Senator David Bernsen
Senator Mike Jackson
Chairman Wentworth announced that the phrase "Without
objection, it was so ordered" needed to be struck from page
two of the Minutes in two places.
Senator Haywood moved that the Minutes from the previous
meeting be approved with changes. There being no objection,
the Minutes were adopted.
The Chairman laid out the name of the nominee to the Prepaid
Higher Education Tuition Board.
Chairman Wentworth introduced Beth Miller Weakley.
Mrs. Weakley made an opening statement and then responded to
questions by members of the Committee.
At 3:52 p.m., Senator Haywood moved to recommend to the full
Senate that Beth Miller Weakley be confirmed as a Member of
the Prepaid Higher Education Tuition Board.
The motion carried with a vote of 6 ayes and 0 nays.
The Chairman laid out the names of the nominees to the State
Pension Review Board.
Senator Lucio introduced Rafael Cantu.
Chairman Wentworth recognized Senator Truan to say a few words
about Mr. Cantu.
Chairman Wentworth introduced Jeanie Rabke Wyatt.
Nominees made opening statements and then responded to
questions by members of the Committee.
At 4:00 p.m., Senator Brown moved to recommend to the full
Senate that Rafael Cantu and Jeanie Rabke Wyatt be confirmed
as Members of the State Pension Review Board.
The motion carried with a vote of 7 ayes and 0 nays.
Chairman Wentworth laid out the names of the nominees to the
Texas Historical Commission.
Senator Duncan introduced Eileen Johnson and Gail Loving
Barnes.
Senator Cain introduced Jean Ann Ables-Flatt.
Senator Brown introduced Diane D. Bumpas and Juan F. Sandoval.
Senator West introduced Dr. Mamie L. McKnight.
Senator Ellis introduced John L. Nau, III.
Nominees made opening statements and then responded to
questions by members of the Committee.
At 4:28 p.m., Senator Gallegos moved to recommend to the full
Senate that Eileen Johnson, Gail Loving Barnes, Jean Ann
Ables-Flatt, Diane D. Bumpas, Juan F. Sandoval, Dr. Mamie L.
McKnight and John L. Nau, III be confirmed as Members of the
Texas Historical Commission.
The motion carried with a vote of 7 ayes and 0 nays.
The Chairman laid out the name of the nominee to the Texas
State Board of Medical Examiners.
Senator Zaffirini introduced Eddie J. Miles, Jr.
Mr. Miles made an opening statement and then responded to
questions by members of the Committee.
At 4:38 p.m., Senator Barrientos moved to recommend to the
full Senate that Eddie J. Miles, Jr. be confirmed as a Member
of the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners.
The Chairman laid out the names of the nominees to the State
Board for Educator Certification.
Chairman Wentworth introduced Mary E. Resendez and Xavier
Rodriguez.
Senator Nelson introduced Annette T. Griffin.
Senator Ogden introduced Kenneth R. Craycraft.
Senator Truan introduced Antonio Sanchez.
Nominees made opening statements and then responded to
questions by members of the Committee.
At 5:10 p.m., Senator Barrientos moved to recommend to the
full Senate that Annette T. Griffin, Mary E. Resendez, Kenneth
R. Craycraft, Xavier Rodriguez and Antonio Sanchez be
confirmed as Members of the State Board for Educator
Certification.
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 Physical Therapy Examiners.
Senator Lucio introduced Harvey D. Aikman.
Chairman Wentworth introduced Sylvia A. Davila.
Senator Jackson introduced Mark G. Cowart and Michael G.
Hines.
Senator Brown introduced Cynthia Fisher.
Senator Haywood introduced Holly R. Hall.
Nominees made opening statements and then responded to
questions by members of the Committee.
Peter Peterka, representing himself, and John Maline,
Executive Director of the Texas State Board of Physical
Therapy Examiners, testified on the nominees.
Timothy Weitz, representing Texas Physical Therapy
Association, testified in favor of the nominees.
At 6:20 p.m., Senator Barrientos moved to leave consideration
of the nominees to the Texas State Board of Physical Therapy
Examiners pending.
The motion carried with a vote of 4 ayes and 2 nays.
Chairman Wentworth laid out the name of the nominee to the
Real Estate Research Advisory Committee.
Senator Ogden introduced Celia R. Goode-Haddock.
Mrs. Goode-Haddock made an opening statement and then
responded to questions by members of the Committee.
At 6:25 p.m., Senator Jackson moved to recommend to the full
Senate that Celia R. Goode-Haddock be confirmed as a Member of
the Real Estate Research Advisory Committee.
The motion carried with a vote of 7 ayes and 0 nays.
The Chairman laid out the names of the nominees to the Texas
Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse.
Senator Brown introduced R. C. Allen and Beverly Barron.
Senator Carona introduced James C. Oberwetter and Lisa F.
Dickson.
Chairman Wentworth introduced Robert Valadez and announced
that Dorothy C. Pettigrew had appeared in person earlier but
was required to return to Houston on a patient emergency.
Nominees made opening statements and then responded to
questions by members of the Committee.
At 6:40 p.m., Senator Brown moved to recommend to the full
Senate that R. C. Allen, Beverly Barron, James C. Oberwetter,
Dorothy C. Pettigrew, Lisa F. Dickson and Robert Valadez be
confirmed as Members of the Texas Commission on Alcohol and
Drug Abuse. Senator Haywood seconded the motion.
The motion carried with a vote of 7 ayes and 0 nays.
The Chairman laid out the names of the nominees to the Lower
Colorado River Authority Board of Directors.
Chairman Wentworth introduced Louis Romero, Jr. and F. Scott
LaGrone.
Senator Brown introduced Anne E. Jones.
Senator Armbrister introduced John H. Matthews and Rosemary
Ann Rust.
Chairman Wentworth announced that David L. Kithil was unable
to appear in person because of a family emergency.
Nominees made opening statements and then responded to
questions by members of the Committee.
At 6:52 p.m., Senator Jackson moved to recommend to the full
Senate that Louis Romero, Jr., Anne E. Jones, David L. Kithil,
F. Scott LaGrone, John H. Matthews and Rosemary Ann Rust be
confirmed as Members of the Lower Colorado River Authority
Board of Directors.
The motion carried with a vote of 7 ayes and 0 nays.
The Chairman laid out the names of the nominees to the Upper
Guadalupe River Authority Board of Directors.
Chairman Wentworth introduced Jerry Ahrens, Gerald Griffin,
Peggy J. Henderson, Janet F. Robinson, Calvin Ray Weinheimer
and Joseph David Armistead, Sr.
Nominees made opening statements and then responded to
questions by members of the Committee.
At 7:00 p.m., Senator Brown moved to recommend to the full
Senate that Jerry Ahrens, Gerald Griffin, Peggy J. Henderson,
Janet F. Robinson, Calvin Ray Weinheimer and Joseph David
Armistead, Sr. be confirmed as Members of the Upper Guadalupe
River Authority Board of Directors.
The motion carried with a vote of 7 ayes and 0 nays.
The Chairman laid out the names of the nominees to the
Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority.
Chairman Wentworth introduced Pamela Hodges, Frederick S.
Schlather and Kathleen Devine.
Senator Armbrister introduced Catherine McHaney, Dr. Stephen
F. Wilson and John P. Schneider, Jr.
Nominees made opening statements and then responded to
questions by members of the Committee.
At 7:12 p.m., Senator Brown moved to recommend to the full
Senate that Pamela Hodges, Frederick S. Schlather, Kathleen
Devine, Catherine McHaney, Dr. Stephen F. Wilson and John P.
Schneider, Jr. be confirmed as Members of the
Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority.
The motion carried with a vote of 7 ayes and 0 nays.
Chairman Wentworth laid out the name of the nominee to the
State Securities Board.
Senator Shapiro introduced Kenneth A. Anderson, Jr.
Mr. Anderson made an opening statement and then responded to
questions by members of the Committee.
At 7:23 p.m., Senator Brown moved to recommend to the full
Senate that Kenneth A. Anderson, Jr. be confirmed as a Member
of the State Securities Board.
The motion carried with a vote of 7 ayes and 0 nays.
Senator Jackson moved that the nominees to the Board of Pilot
Commissioners for the Ports of Galveston County be left
pending. Without objection, it was so ordered.
At 7:25 p.m., Senator Jackson moved to recommend to the full
Senate that the nominees to the Texas Optometry Board: Ann
Appling Bradford; the Texas Diabetes Council: Maria C. Alen,
Belinda Bazan-Lara, Gene Bell, John Stuart Fitts, Victor Hugo
Gonzalez, Judith L. Haley, Jan B. Hamilton, Lawrence B.
Harkless, T. Ray McCann, Mike Thompson, Jr., Rosa M.
Valenzuela and Richard S. Hayley; the Texas Commission on Fire
Protection: David Abernathy, Juan J. Adame, Pat Barrett,
Marvin G. Dawson, Michael D. Jolly, Alonzo Lopez, Jr., Robert
H. Price, Gilbert Robinson, Ricardo Saldana, Kelley Martin
Stalder, Margaret Trahan and Carl Dewayne Wren; the
Interagency Council on Early Childhood Intervention: Timothy
James Flannery, Connie L. Hughes, Tanya Huerta, Susan C.
Mengden, Patrick Oliver, III and Dimas Vasquez, Jr.; Texas
Emancipation Juneteenth Cultural and Historical Commission:
Maceo Crenshaw Dailey, Jr., Byron E. Miller, Eddie Price
Richardson, Stella Roland, Willard Stimpson and Lynda J. Tarr;
the Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family
Therapists: Waymon Ray Hinson, Dr. Marvarene Oliver, Carl S.
Strain, Joe Ann Clack, William H. Watson and Jackie M. Weimer;
Texas Advisory Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners: Gail
Blom, Lonnie E. Cole, Linda D. Veale, Jean E. Polichino and Jo
Ann Wofford; Texas Board of Orthotics and Prosthetics: Scott
B. Atha, Wanda Furgason, Kenneth R. Hart, Thomas R. Lunsford,
Stanley E. Thomas and Lupe M. Young; Texas Structural Pest
Control Board: Madeline K. Gamble, Les Hoyt and Jay D. Stone;
Texas State Board of Physician Assistant Examiners: Abigail
Barrera, Michael Belgard, Jerry Clements, Glenn Forbes, Pamela
W. Baker, G. Al Bendeck and Dr. Stephen D. Benold; Texas
Council on Purchasing from People with Disabilities: Byron E.
Johnson, John W. Luna and Bobbie F. Templeton; State Seed and
Plant Board: A. James Allison, Dick L. Auld, Joe M. Crane,
Charles A. Leamons, Katherine Cave Patrick and W. David
Worrall; Texas Board of Licensure for Professional Medical
Physicists: Dr. Kumar Kirshen; Board of Protective and
Regulatory Services: Dr. Naomi W. Lede and Dr. Edward L.
Wagner; Evergreen Underground Water Conservation District
Board of Directors: Amond Douglas Brownlow; On-Site
Wastewater Treatment Research Council: Teri Hada Mathis;
Texas State Board of Examiners of Perfusionists: Gaye
Jackson, Thomas A. Rawles and Thomas Kurt Wilkes; Board of
Directors of the Texas Healthy Kids Corporation: J. Coalter
Baker; Workforce and Economic Competitiveness Council: Wanda
Chandler Rohm; Nueces River Authority Board of Directors:
Leslie L. W. Kinsel; Texas Woman's University Board of
Regents: Dr. Linda R. Hughes; State Board of Dental
Examiners: Dr. Karen F. Hembry; State Board of Barber
Examiners: William Kuykendall; Texas Commission for the
Blind: Joseph Muniz, Mary K. Norman and Robert K. Peters;
State Employee Charitable Campaign Policy Committee: Maria L.
Banda, Mary Sue Goldwater and Robert Kenneth Skaggs; Governing
Board of the Texas Department of Economic Development: Limas
Jefferson and Dr. Martha J. Wong; Texas Municipal Retirement
System Board of Trustees: Patricia Hernandez and Isaac Duane
Turner; Texas Commission on Jail Standards: Gonzalo R.
Gallegos, Marvalette C. Fentress, Jimmy L. Jackson and Dr.
Adela S. Valdez; Board of Directors of the State Bar of Texas:
Elsie Lee Huang, George Edwards, Jr. be confirmed.
The motion carried with a vote of 7 ayes and 0 nays.
There being no further business, at 7:25 p.m. Senator Brown
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