SENATE

                          NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

   COMMITTEE:   Nominations

   TIME & DATE: 8:00 AM

                Thursday, March 19, 2015

   PLACE:       2E.20 (Betty King Cmte. Rm.)

   CHAIR:       Senator Brian Birdwell

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   To consider the following:

   The following nominees will appear:

   North Texas Tollway Authority Board of Directors

   William David Elliott      Appointed 10-08-13 for a      Hall

   Fannin County              term to expire 08-31-15

   Texas Tech University System Board of Regents

   Ronnie Dea Hammonds        Appointed 01-31-15 for a      Huffman

   Harris County              term to expire 01-31-21

   Christopher Martin         Appointed 01-31-15 for a      Burton

   Huckabee                   term to expire 01-31-21

   Tarrant County

   Mickey Long                Appointed 01-31-15 for a      Seliger

   Midland County             term to expire 01-31-21

   The following nominees will not appear:

   Texas Animal Health Commission

   William Frank Edmiston     Appointed 10-31-13 for a      Perry

   Schleicher County          term to expire 09-06-19

   Kenneth Gene Jordan        Appointed 10-31-13 for a      Fraser

   San Saba County            term to expire 09-06-19

   Joe Lynn Leathers          Appointed 10-31-13 for a      Perry

   King County                term to expire 09-06-19


   Thomas Eugene Oates        Appointed 10-31-13 for a      Schwertner

   Walker County              term to expire 09-06-19

   Eric Dean White            Appointed 10-31-13 for a      Perry

   Mason County               term to expire 09-06-19

   Jay Russell Winter         Appointed 10-31-13 for a      Perry

   Lubbock County             term to expire 09-06-19

   Texas Commission on the Arts

   Dale Wills Brock           Appointed 08-28-13 for a      Burton

   Tarrant County             term to expire 08-31-17

   Alphonse A. Dotson         Appointed 08-28-13 for a      Perry

   McCulloch County           term to expire 08-31-15

   Texas State Board of Examiners of Dietitians

   Janet Suzanne Hall         Appointed 09-16-14 for a      Schwertner

   Williamson County          term to expire 09-01-19

   Brian Keith Irons          Appointed 01-27-14 for a      Perry

   Lubbock County             term to expire 09-01-19

   Valerie Naymick Shurley    Appointed 01-27-14 for a      Schwertner

   Williamson County          term to expire 09-01-19

   State Committee of Examiners in the Fitting and Dispensing of Hearing

   Instruments

   Tracy Allen Byerly         Appointed 10-31-14 for a      Fraser

   Kerr County                term to expire 12-31-19

   Benjamin Walter Norris     Appointed 10-31-14 for a      Birdwell

   McLennan County            term to expire 12-31-19

   Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners

   Julio Cesar Cerda          Appointed 02-14-14 for a      Hinojosa

   Hidalgo County             term to expire 09-05-19

   David Anthony Garza        Appointed 02-14-14 for a      Lucio

   Cameron County             term to expire 09-05-19


   Edward Don Thompson        Appointed 02-14-14 for a      Eltife

   Smith County               term to expire 09-05-19

   Texas State Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners

   James Michael Lunsford     Appointed 03-04-14 for a      Bettencourt

   Harris County              term to expire 07-10-19

   Joe E. Martin              Appointed 03-04-14 for a      Schwertner

   Brazos County              term to expire 07-10-19

   James Michael Miller       Appointed 03-04-14 for a      Estes

   Parker County              term to expire 07-10-19

   Chakilla Robinson          Appointed 03-04-14 for a      Kolkhorst

   Fort Bend County           term to expire 07-10-15

   Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists

   Timothy F. Branaman        Appointed 11-01-13 for a      Taylor, V.

   Collin County              term to expire 10-31-19

   Angela Downes              Appointed 11-01-13 for a      Huffines

   Dallas County              term to expire 10-31-19

   Lou Ann Todd Mock          Appointed 11-01-13 for a      Huffman

   Harris County              term to expire 10-31-19

   State Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology

   Tammy Michelle Camp        Appointed 03-27-14 for a      Perry

   Lubbock County             term to expire 08-31-19

   Shannon K. McClendon       Appointed 03-27-14 for a      Campbell

   Hays County                term to expire 08-31-15

   Leila Salmons              Appointed 03-27-14 for a      Huffman

   Harris County              term to expire 08-31-19

   Phillip Lee Wilson         Appointed 03-27-14 for a      West

   Dallas County              term to expire 08-31-19


   Pending business:

   443rd Judicial District Court, Ellis County

   Cynthia Denise Goff        Appointed 08-29-14 for a      Birdwell

   Ermatinger                 term to expire 11-08-16

   Ellis County

   Court of Appeals for the Twelfth Court of Appeals District

   Gregory W. Neeley          Appointed 01-12-15 for a      Eltife

   Gregg County               term to expire 11-08-16

   Administrative Judicial Region, First

   Mary Lynne Murphy          Appointed 10-02-13 for a      Huffines

   Dallas County              term to expire 10-01-17

   Administrative Judicial Region, Third

   Billy Ray Stubblefield     Appointed 02-12-14 for a      Schwertner

   Williamson County          term to expire 02-13-18

   Administrative Judicial Region, Seventh

   Morton Valdean Rucker      Appointed 10-09-14 for a      Seliger

   Midland County             term to expire 10-30-18

   Administrative Judicial Region, Eighth

   David Lattimore Evans      Appointed 02-26-14 for a      Burton

   Tarrant County             term to expire 02-25-18

   State Bar of Texas

   Barbara R. Bass            Appointed 05-13-14 for a      Eltife

   Smith County               term to expire 06-30-17

   Joe Horkey                 Appointed 06-16-14 for a      Perry

   Lubbock County             term to expire 06-30-17

   Gail M. Plummer            Appointed 06-03-13 for a      Taylor, V.

   Collin County              term to expire 06-30-16

   Alexander Ford Sasser      Appointed 06-24-13 for a      Lucio

   Hidalgo County             term to expire 06-30-16


   State Commission on Judicial Conduct

   Demetrius K. Bivins        Appointed 11-20-13 for a      Huffman

   Fort Bend County           term to expire 11-19-19

   Douglas S. Lang            Appointed 11-19-13 for a      Huffines

   Dallas County              term to expire 11-19-19

   Orlinda L. Naranjo         Appointed 11-19-13 for a      Fraser

   Travis County              term to expire 11-19-17

   David M. Russell           Appointed 09-03-14 for a      Campbell

   Hays County                term to expire 11-19-19

   District Attorney for the 369th Judicial District, Leon County

   Hope L. Knight             Appointed 01-08-15 for a      Schwertner

   Leon County                term to expire 11-08-16

   5th Judicial District Court, Bowie and Cass Counties

   William W. Miller          Appointed 01-08-15 for a      Eltife

   Bowie County               term to expire 11-08-16

   26th Judicial District Court, Williamson County

   Donna Gayle King           Appointed 10-27-14 for a      Schwertner

   Williamson County          term to expire 11-08-16

   50th Judicial District Court, Baylor, Cottle, King, and Knox Counties

   Bobby Driver Burnett       Appointed 01-08-15 for a      Perry

   Knox County                term to expire 11-08-16

   352nd Judicial District Court, Tarrant County

   Mark Timothy Pittman       Appointed 01-08-15 for a      Burton

   Tarrant County             term to expire 11-08-16

   400th Judicial District Court, Fort Bend County

   Maggie Perez-Jaramillo     Appointed 10-22-14 for a      Kolkhorst

   Fort Bend County           term to expire 11-08-16


   442nd Judicial District Court, Denton County

   Tiffany Leigh Haertling    Appointed 01-07-15 for a      Nelson

   Denton County              term to expire 11-08-16

   Texas Judicial Council

   Carlos Z. Amaral           Appointed 09-03-14 for a      Taylor, V.

   Collin County              term to expire 06-30-17

   Richard Scott Figueroa     Appointed 11-05-13 for a      Kolkhorst

   Austin County              term to expire 06-30-19

   Allyson Newton Ho          Appointed 11-05-13 for a      Huffines

   Dallas County              term to expire 06-30-19

   Judicial Compensation Commission

   Robert E. Lindsey          Appointed 11-05-13 for a      Fraser

   Mills County               term to expire 02-01-19

   Court of Appeals for the Second Court of Appeals District

   Bonnie Sudderth            Appointed 01-07-15 for a      Burton

   Tarrant County             term to expire 11-08-16

   Court of Appeals for the Third Court of Appeals District

   Cynthia Olson Bourland     Appointed 01-07-15 for a      Schwertner

   Williamson County          term to expire 11-08-16

   Court of Appeals for the Fourth Court of Appeals District

   Jason Kenneth Pulliam      Appointed 01-08-15 for a      Campbell

   Bexar County               term to expire 11-08-16

   Court of Appeals for the Fifth Court of Appeals District

   David John Schenck         Appointed 01-07-15 for a      Huffines

   Dallas County              term to expire 11-08-16

   Court of Appeals for the Eighth Court of Appeals District

   Steven Lee Hughes          Appointed 10-10-14 for a      Rodríguez

   El Paso County             term to expire 11-08-16


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