MINUTES 
                                           
                          SENATE COMMITTEE ON NOMINATIONS 
                             Tuesday, February 13, 2001 
                                     1:30 p.m. 
                           Capitol Extension, Room E1.016 
                                           
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         Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule  
         11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Nominations  
         was held on Tuesday, February 13, 2001, in the Capitol  
         Extension, Room E1.016, at Austin, Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Jane Nelson, Chair              None 
         Senator Leticia Van de Putte, Vice Chair 
         Senator Gonzalo Barrientos 
         Senator Mario Gallegos, Jr. 
         Senator Tom Haywood 
         Senator Jon Lindsay 
         Senator Jeff Wentworth 
                                           
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         The Chair called the meeting to order at 1:31 p.m.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted. 
          
         The following members arrived after the roll was called: 
         Senator Barrientos 
         Senator Lindsay 
         Senator Van de Putte 
          
         Senator Haywood moved that the minutes from the previous meeting  
         be approved.  There being no objections, the minutes were  
         adopted. 
          
         The Chair announced that the nomination of Mart Nelson, nominee  
         to the Telecommunication Infrastructure Fund Board, would be  
         left pending and that the committee would reschedule his  
         appearance for a future meeting. 
          
         The Chair laid out the names of the nominees to the Board of  
         Veterinary Medical Examiners. 
          
         The Chair recognized Senator Barrientos to introduce Dee Ann  
         Pederson. 
          
         The Chair recognized Senator Zaffirini to introduce Mario A.  
         Escobar. 
         The Chair recognized Senator Shapiro to introduce Gary C.  
  
         Brantley. 
          
         The nominees made opening statements and then responded to  
         questions by members of the Committee. 
          
         At 1:49 p.m., Senator Lindsay moved to recommend to the full  
         Senate that Gary C. Brantley, Mario A. Escobar, and Dee Ann  
         Pederson be confirmed to the Board of Veterinary Medical  
         Examiners. 
          
         Senator Van de Putte seconded the motion. 
          
         The motion carried with a vote of 7 ayes and 0 nays. 
          
         The Chair laid out the nominees for the Texas Youth Commission  
         and introduced Nick T. Serafy. 
          
         The Chair recognized Senator Lindsay to introduce Cathleen  
         Herasimchuk. 
          
         The nominees made opening statements and then responded to  
         questions by members of the Committee. 
          
         At 2:17 p.m., Senator Barrientos moved to recommend to the full  
         Senate that Cathleen Herasimchuk and Nick T. Serafy be confirmed  
         to the Texas Youth Commission. 
          
         Senator Van de Putte seconded the motion. 
          
         The motion carried with a vote of 7 ayes and 0 nays.  Senators  
         Haywood and Wentworth asked to be shown as voting aye.  Without  
         objection, the motion carried. 
          
         At 2:18 p.m., Senator Barrientos requested that the Texas  
         Juvenile Probation Commission, Law Enforcement Officer Standards  
         and Education Commission, Texas Commission on Human Rights, and  
         the Board of Pilot Commissioners for Galveston County be  
         stricken from the list of Boards with waived appearances and  
         requested those Boards to appear before the Committee in the  
         future.  There was no objection. 
          
         The Chair announced that the nomination of Jimmy R. White,  
         nominee to the Crime Stoppers Advisory Council, would be left  
         pending. 
          
         At 2:22 p.m., Senator Lindsay moved to recommend to the full  
         Senate that nominees to the following Boards be confirmed:   
         Crime Stoppers Advisory Council, School Land Board, Gulf Coast  
         Disposal Authority Board of Directors, Texas State Library and  
         Archives Commission, Children's Trust Fund of Texas Council, and  
         Angelina and Neches River Authority Board of Directors. 
          
         Senator Van de Putte seconded the motion. 
          
         The motion carried with a vote of 7 ayes and 0 nays.  Senators  
  
         Haywood and Wentworth asked to be shown as voting aye.  Without  
         objection, the motion carried. 
          
         There being no further business, at 2:24 p.m. Senator Lindsay  
         moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of  
         the Chair.  Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator Jane Nelson, Chair 
          
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         Cheri Huddleston, Clerk