SENATE

                          NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

   COMMITTEE:   Nominations

   TIME & DATE: 8:00 AM

                Thursday, March 02, 2017

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

   CHAIR:       Senator Brian Birdwell

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   To consider the following:

   The following nominees will appear:

   Chair of the State Board of Education

   Donna McDaniel Bahorich    Appointed 02-01-17 for a      Bettencourt

   Harris County              term to expire 02-01-19

   Commissioner of Education

   Michael Hunter Morath      Appointed 01-01-16 for a      Huffines

   Dallas County              term to expire 01-15-19

   The following nominees will not appear:

   Council on Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke

   Melbert Carl Hillert       Appointed 07-16-15 for a      Huffines

   Dallas County              term to expire 02-01-21

   Sherron Denise Meeks       Appointed 07-16-15 for a      Seliger

   Midland County             term to expire 02-01-21

   Shilpa Shamapant           Appointed 07-16-15 for a      Watson

   Travis County              term to expire 02-01-21

   Harry Sheets               Appointed 07-16-15 for a      Buckingham

   Taylor County              term to expire 02-01-17

   Maricela Gonzalez Wilson   Appointed 07-17-15 for a      Buckingham

   Travis County              term to expire 02-01-21

   Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority Board of Directors

   Nancy Caroline Blackwell   Appointed 05-20-16 for a      Bettencourt

   Harris County              term to expire 08-31-17

   Prepaid Higher Education Tuition Board

   Michael Joseph Truncale    Appointed 01-07-16 for a      Creighton

   Jefferson County           term to expire 02-01-21

   Pending business:

   Texas Military Department

   John Frederick Nichols     Appointed 03-17-16 for a      Campbell

   Comal County               term to expire 02-01-18

   Board for Lease of Texas Parks and Wildlife Lands

   Clifton Earl Bickerstaff   Appointed 08-10-16 for a      Seliger

   Potter County              term to expire 09-01-17

   Commission on State Emergency Communications

   William H. Buchholtz       Appointed 07-13-16 for a      Campbell

   Bexar County               term to expire 09-01-21

   Ernestine Marie Robles     Appointed 07-13-16 for a      Campbell

   Comal County               term to expire 09-01-21

   Criminal District Attorney, Dallas County

   Faith Simmons Johnson      Appointed 12-06-16 for a      West

   Dallas County              term to expire 12-31-18

   Criminal District Attorney, Kendall County

   Nicole Short Bishop        Appointed 01-01-17 for a      Campbell

   Kendall County             term to expire 12-31-18

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