Brent Leisure is the new director of Texas State Parks at Texas Parks & Wildlife. He's been at the agency for 26 years and takes over from Walt Dabney, who's retiring at the end of the month after 11 years in the post.

Natalie Foerster-Gonzalez moves from the governor's budget and planning office to be clerk and general counsel to the House State Affairs Committee. She's replacing Lesley French, who's leaving the Pink Building to start a law practice.

Joe Frank Garza, former district attorney in Jim Wells County, was indicted on charges he misused more than $200,000 in asset forfeiture funds over seven years starting in 2002, paying the money to himself and others in the DA's office.

Scratch Lindy Suze, the Libertarian running for the House in HD-96. That withdrawal clears the field in what is now a two-person rematch between Rep. Chris Turner, D-Burleson, and former Rep. Bill Zedler, R-Arlington.

Gov. Rick Perry appointed:

• Sherill Dean of Houston as judge of the 309th District Court in Harris County. She has her own law firm, working mainly in family law.

• Michael Sinha of Hurst to the 360th District Court in Tarrant County, the post left open when Debra Lehrmann joined the Texas Supreme Court.

• Laura Ryan-Heizer of Cypress to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles Board. She's an exec with GSFS Group, an automobile finance firm based in Houston.

• Ernest Aliseda of McAllen to the Texas Military Preparedness Commission. He's a former state district judge who's now managing attorney of Loya Insurance and a municipal judge for the City of McAllen.