Appointments for March 28, 2008
Appointed to the Lavaca-Navidad River Authority Board of Directors for a term to expire May 1, 2013, Olivia R. Jarratt of Edna (replacing John Shutt of Edna whose term expired).
Appointed to the Lavaca-Navidad River Authority Board of Directors for a term to expire May 1, 2013, Jon Bradford of Edna (replacing Basilio Jimenez of Edna whose term expired).
Appointed to the Lavaca-Navidad River Authority Board of Directors for a term to expire May 1, 2013, Sherry Kay Frels of Edna (Ms. Frels is being reappointed).
Appointed to the Trinity River Authority Board of Directors for a term to expire March 15, 2011, Harold Barnard of Waxahachie (Mr. Barnard is being reappointed).
Appointed to the Trinity River Authority Board of Directors for a term to expire March 15, 2011, Michael Cronin of Terrell (Mr. Cronin is being reappointed).
Appointed to the Trinity River Authority Board of Directors for a term to expire March 15, 2011, Shanda Perkins of Burleson (replacing Vincent Cruz of Fort Worth who resigned).
Appointed to the Trinity River Authority Board of Directors for a term to expire March 15, 2013, Linda Timmerman of Streetman (Ms. Timmerman is being reappointed).
Appointments for March 31, 2008
Appointed as District Attorney for the 100th Judicial District for a term until the next General Election and until his successor shall be duly elected and qualified, Luke Inman of Wellington (replacing Stuart Messer of Memphis who was appointed as Judge of the 100th Judicial District Court).
Appointed to the Office of Rural Community Affairs for a term to expire February 1, 2009, Woodrow Anderson of Colorado City.
Appointed to the Alamo Area Regional Review Committee for a term to expire January 1, 2010, Dan Mittel of Fredericksburg (replacing John Thompson of Fredericksburg whose term expired).
Appointed to the Nortex Regional Review Committee for a term to expire January 1, 2010, Robert Fenoglio of Nocona (replacing Paul Gibbs of Nocona whose term expired).
Appointed to the Nortex Regional Review Committee for a term to expire January 1, 2010, Linda Rogers of Seymour (replacing James Coltharp of Seymour whose term expired).
Appointed to the Nortex Regional Review Committee for a term to expire January 1, 2010, Harlan T. Cardwell of Vernon (replacing Loyd W. Bridges of Vernon whose term expired).
Appointed to the North Central Texas Regional Review Committee for a term to expire January 1, 2010, Pete Dewing of Northlake (replacing George B. Walker of Corsicana whose term expired).
Appointed to the North Central Texas Regional Review Committee for a term to expire January 1, 2010, Christy Schell of Nevada (replacing Clarence Holliman of Mineral Wells whose term expired).
Appointments for April 3, 2008
Appointed to the Texas State Board of Acupuncture Examiners for a term to expire January 31, 2011, Karen Siegel of Houston (replacing Marshall Voris of Corpus Christi who is deceased).
Appointed to the Texas State Board of Acupuncture Examiners for a term to expire January 31, 2013, Allen Cline of Austin (replacing Meng-Sheng "Linda" Lin of Plano who resigned).
Appointed to the Texas Municipal Retirement System Board of Trustees for a term to expire February 1, 2013, Carolyn Liner of San Marcos (Ms. Liner is being reappointed).
Appointed to the Texas Municipal Retirement System Board of Trustees for a term to expire February 1, 2013, Ben Gorzell, Jr. of Helotes (replacing Rick Menchaca of Midland whose term expired).
Appointed to the Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners for a term to expire February 1, 2013, Janette A. Kurban of Pantego (replacing Sandra Jensen of Coppell whose term expired).
Appointed to the Texas Veterans Commission for a term to expire December 31, 2013, John McKinney of El Paso (replacing John Brieden of Brenham whose term expired).
Appointed to the Texas Veterans Commission for a term to expire December 31, 2013, Eliseo Cantu, Jr. of Corpus Christi (replacing Hector Farias of Weslaco whose term expired).
Appointed to the Rio Grande Regional Water Authority Board of Directors. At the first meeting after the directors are appointed, the directors will draw lots to determine their terms so that nine serve terms expiring February 1, 2009 and nine serve terms expiring February 1, 2011:
Jose Barrera, III of Brownsville (Mr. Barrera is being reappointed)
Jimmie E. Steidinger of Donna (Mr. Steidinger is being reappointed)
Wayne Halbert of San Benito (Mr. Halbert is being reappointed)
Sonia Kaniger of San Benito (Ms. Kaniger is being reappointed)
Frank White of Progresso Lakes
Samuel Sparks, Jr. of Harlingen
Arturo Hinojosa, Jr. of Edinburg
Brian Macmanus of Harlingen
Dario Vidal Guerra, Jr. of Edinburg
Appointments for April 9, 2008
Designating Oliver Bell as Presiding Officer of the Texas Board of Criminal Justice for a term at the pleasure of the Governor. Mr. Bell is replacing Christina Crain of Dallas as presiding officer.
Appointed to the Texas Board of Criminal Justice for a term to expire February 1, 2013, J. David Nelson of Lubbock (replacing Christina Crain of Dallas whose term expired).
Appointed to the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission for a term to expire August 31, 2009, Scott O'Grady of Dallas (replacing Roberto Lopez of Houston who resigned).
Appointed to the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission for a term to expire August 31, 2013, Jean Boyd of Fort Worth (Judge Boyd is being reappointed).
Appointed to the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission for a term to expire August 31, 2013, Robert Shults of Houston (replacing Barbara Punch of Missouri City whose term expired).
Appointed to the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission for a term to expire August 31, 2013, Billy Wayne McClendon of Austin (replacing Keith Kutler of College Station whose term expired).
Appointments for April 10, 2008
Appointed to the Midwestern State University Board of Regents for a term to expire February 25, 2012, Fenton Lynwood Givens of Plano (replacing Mac Wilmer Cannedy of Wichita Falls whose term expired).
Appointed to the Midwestern State University Board of Regents for a term to expire February 25, 2014, Jane W. Spears of Wichita Falls (replacing Pamela Odom Gough of Graham whose term expired.
Appointed to the Midwestern State University Board of Regents for a term to expire February 25, 2014, Charles Engelman of Wichita Falls (replacing Don Ross Malone of Vernon whose term expired).
Appointed to the Midwestern State University Board of Regents for a term to expire February 25, 2014, Shawn G. Hessing of Fort Worth (replacing Patricia Haywood of Wichita Falls whose term expired).
Rick Perry, Governor
TRD-200801913
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME:
I, RICK PERRY, Governor of Texas, do hereby certify that 229 counties in Texas are threatened by extreme fire hazard. Dry frontal passages pose significant fire danger because of the large amount of cured grass across the state. This threat exists in the following counties in Texas:
Anderson, Andrews, Aransas, Archer, Armstrong, Atascosa, Austin, Bailey, Bandera, Bastrop, Baylor, Bee, Bell, Bexar, Blanco, Borden, Bosque, Bowie, Brazos, Brewster, Briscoe, Brooks, Brown, Burleson, Burnet, Caldwell, Calhoun, Callahan, Cameron, Carson, Castro, Cherokee, Childress, Clay, Cochran, Coke, Coleman, Collin, Collingsworth, Comal, Comanche, Concho, Cooke, Coryell, Cottle, Crane, Crockett, Crosby, Culberson, Dallam, Dallas, Dawson, Deaf Smith, Delta, Denton, Dickens, Dimmit, Donley, Duval, Eastland, Ector, Edwards, El Paso, Ellis, Erath, Falls, Fannin, Fayette, Fisher, Floyd, Foard, Franklin, Freestone, Frio, Gaines, Galveston, Garza, Gillespie, Glasscock, Gonzales, Gray, Grayson, Grimes, Guadalupe, Hale, Hall, Hamilton, Hansford, Hardeman, Hardin, Harrison, Hartley, Haskell, Hays, Hemphill, Henderson, Hidalgo, Hill, Hockley, Hood, Hopkins, Houston, Howard, Hudspeth, Hunt, Hutchinson, Irion, Jack, Jasper, Jeff Davis, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Johnson, Jones, Karnes, Kaufman, Kenedy, Kendall, Kent, Kerr, Kimble, King, Kinney, Kleberg, Knox, LaSalle, Lamar, Lamb, Lampasas, Lee, Leon, Liberty, Limestone, Lipscomb, Live Oak, Llano, Loving, Lubbock, Lynn, Madison, Martin, Mason, Maverick, McCulloch, McLennan, McMullen, Medina, Menard, Midland, Milam, Mills, Mitchell, Montague, Montgomery, Moore, Motley, Navarro, Newton, Nolan, Nueces, Ochiltree, Oldham, Orange, Palo Pinto, Panola, Parker, Parmer, Pecos, Potter, Presidio, Rains, Randall, Reagan, Real, Red River, Reeves, Refugio, Roberts, Robertson, Rockwall, Runnels, Rusk, Sabine, San Patricio, San Saba, Schleicher, Scurry, Shackelford, Sherman, Smith, Somervell, Starr, Stephens, Sterling, Stonewall, Sutton, Swisher, Tarrant, Taylor, Terrell, Terry, Throckmorton, Titus, Tom Green, Travis, Tyler, Upshur, Upton, Uvalde, Val Verde, Van Zandt, Walker, Waller, Ward, Washington, Webb, Wheeler, Wichita, Wilbarger, Willacy, Williamson, Wilson, Winkler, Wise, Wood, Yoakum, Young, Zapata and Zavala.
THEREFORE, in accordance with the authority vested in me by Section 418.014 of the Texas Government Code, I do hereby renew my January 29, 2008 proclamation and declare a state of disaster in the counties listed above based on the existence of such threat and direct that all necessary measures both public and private as authorized under Section 418.017 of the code be implemented to meet that threat.
As provided in Section 418.016, all rules and regulations that may inhibit or prevent prompt response to this threat are suspended for the duration of the state of disaster.
In accordance with the statutory requirements, copies of this proclamation shall be filed with the applicable authorities.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name and have officially caused the Seal of State to be affixed at my Office in the City of Austin, Texas, this the 28th day of March, 2008.
Rick Perry, Governor
Attested by: Phil Wilson, Secretary of State
TRD-200801914
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME:
I, RICK PERRY, Governor of Texas, do hereby certify that severe storms and flooding on March 30, 2008, and continuing, have caused a disaster in Sabine and San Augustine Counties in the State of Texas.
THEREFORE, in accordance with the authority vested in me by Section 418.014 of the Texas Government Code, I do hereby declare a state of disaster in Sabine and San Augustine Counties, and direct that all necessary measures both public and private as authorized under Section 418.017 of the code be implemented to meet this disaster.
As provided in Section 418.016, all rules and regulations that may inhibit or prevent prompt response to this disaster are suspended for the duration of the incident.
In accordance with the statutory requirements, copies of this proclamation shall be filed with the applicable authorities.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name and have officially caused the Seal of State to be affixed at my Office in the City of Austin, Texas, this the 2nd day of April, 2008.
Rick Perry, Governor
Attested by: Phil Wilson, Secretary of State
TRD-200801915