MINUTES SENATE COMMITTEE ON NOMINATIONS Tuesday, April 12, 2005 12:30 p.m. or upon adjournment Senate Chamber- Chairman Lindsay's desk ***** Pursuant to suspension of Senate Rule 11.18, moved by Senator Lindsay, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Nominations was held on Tuesday, April 12, 2005, in the Senate Chamber- Chairman Lindsay's desk ***** MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT: Senator Jon Lindsay Senator Gonzalo Barrientos Senator Bob Deuell Senator Mike Jackson Senator Kevin Eltife Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr. Senator Jane Nelson ***** The chair called the meeting to order at 12:50 p.m. There being a quorum present, the following business was transacted: Chairman Lindsay asked for a motion to vote on two of the nominees to the State Board of Barber Examiners, Mary Lou Daughtrey and James Dickerson, and asked that the third, Terissa Johnson, be left pending by the committee. Senator Eltife so moved and at 12:45 p.m. by a vote of 4 ayes, 0 nays, 0 present not voting and 3 absent, Daughtrey and Dickerson were recommended to the full Senate for confirmation. Chairman Lindsay asked for a vote on the non-appearing nominees. At 12:46 p.m., by a vote of 4 ayes, 0 nays, 0 present not voting and 3 absent, nominees from the following entities were recommended to the full Senate for confirmation: Family and Protective Services Council, Gulf State Marine Fisheries Commission, Justice of the Fourth Appellate District, Place 3, Midwestern State University Board of Regents, Texas Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners, Stephen F. Austin State University Board of Regents, Texas State Technical College System Board of Regents, Texas State University System Board of Regents, Texas Woman's University Board of Regents, University of Houston System Board of Regents and University of North Texas Board of Regents. There being no further business, at 12:47 p.m. Senator Lindsay moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of the chair. Without objection, it was so ordered. _____________________________ Senator Jon Lindsay, Chair _____________________________ Jazen Wood, Clerk