MINUTES 
          
                         SENATE COMMITTEE ON NOMINATIONS 
                              Tuesday, May 25, 1999 
                                    1:30 p.m. 
                            Senator Wentworth's Desk 
                           On the Floor of the Senate 
                                  State Capitol 
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         Pursuant to suspension of Senate Rule 11.11, a public hearing  
         of the Senate Committee on Nominations was held on Tuesday,  
         May 25, 1999, at Senator Wentworth's desk, Senate Chamber,  
         State Capitol, 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 5:40 p.m.  There  
         being a quorum present, the following business was transacted.   
          
         The Chairman laid out the names of the nominees to the Texas  
         State Board of  Physical Therapy 
         Examiners that were left pending at the May 21st hearing:   
         Mark G. Cowart, Mary R. Daulong and Cynthia Fisher. 
          
         Senator Jackson moved to recommend to the full Senate that  
         Mark G. Cowart, Mary R. Daulong and Cynthia Fisher be  
         confirmed as Members of the Texas State Board of Physical  
         Therapy Examiners. 
          
         The motion carried with a vote of 7 ayes and 0 nays. 
          
         Senator Haywood moved to recommend to the Texas Board of  
         Physical Therapy Examiners that they consider hiring a new  
         Executive Director. 
          
         The motion carried with a vote of 6 ayes and 1 nay. 
          
         There being no further business, at 5:45 p.m. Chairman  
         Wentworth announced that the Committee would stand recessed  
  
         subject to the call of the Chairman.  
          
         Senator Jeff Wentworth, Chairman 
          
         Jennifer Ahrens, Clerk