WITNESS LIST
Ways & Means Committee
April 7, 1999-2:00P
HB 1218
For: Chandler, Clayton (Self and City of Mansfield, City
Manager)
Clark, Jeff (Texas Association of Business and Chambers
of Commerce)
Kelley, Larry (Self and Texas Warehouse Association)
Poteet, Harris (Texas Cotton Association)
Strickland, D.T. (Texas Warehouse Association)
Wilkerson, John (Self and Wilkerson Storage Company)
Wright, Jerry (Self and Texas Warehoue Association /
Brokers Logistics, Incorporate)
Against: Jeffers, James (City of Plainview, City Manager)
Robinson, Jim (Harris County Appraisal District)
On: Isbell, Tom (Tax Assessor Collector Associationof Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Beavers, Gaylan (Tejas Warehouse System)
Binko, Joseph (Hermian Warehouse)
Findeisen, Les (Texas Motor Transportation Association)
Montgomery, Richard (Self)
Tucker, Durwood (Texas Farm Bureau)
Vetters, Bob (Self)
Ward, E. John (Dallas Transfer & Terminal Warehouse)
Against: Cron, Richard (Harris County Budget Office)
Tidwell, Sandy (Tax Assessor Collector's Association of
Texas)
Weist, Jon (Tarrant County)
Wheeler, Max (Tax Assessor Collector's Association of
Texas)
Whitley, Glen (Tarrant County)
On: Allaway, Bill (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association)
Barton, Karey (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Wilson, Dan (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
HB 1655
For: Beltran, Char (Greater Corpus Christi Business Alliance)
Garcia, David (City of Corpus Christi)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Balmer, Barbara (Coastal Bend Hotel & Motel Condo.
Association)
Berlanga, Hugo (City of Corpus Christi)
Bushell, Gary (Greater Corpus Christi Business Alliance)
Hansen, Don (Texas Hotel & Motel Association)
HB 2104
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Aimes, Larry (Burlington Resources Oil & Gas Inc.)
Allday, Marty (The Coastal Corp.)
Billingsley, Grant (Permian Basin Petroleum Association)
Campbell, Eileen (Marathon Oil Company)
Compton, Gary (Pioneer Natural Resources)
Hughes, Wayne (Self)
Long, Chris (Texas Independent Producers & Royalty
Owners Assoc.)
Miller, Jr., J. Neal (The Chevron Companies)
Moore, Julie (Occidental Oil & Gas)
HB 2138
For: Arnold, Phil (Self)
Daugherty, Gerald (Self)
Neil, Christy (Self)
Sauto, Harry (Texas Capitol Area Builders Association)
Against: Garcia, Gus (City of Austin, Council Member)
Luber, Ric (Austin Convention & Visitors Bureau)
Maxwell, Earl (Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)
McPhail, Jennifer (Adapt of Texas)
Metz, Albert (Self)
Nelson, Lady (Self)
Rae, Karen (Capitol Metropolitan Transit Authority)
Thorton, Joseph (Self)
Trevino, John (Capitol Metro)
Walker, Lee (Capital Metropolitan Transit Authority)
Wynn, Will (The Downtown Austin Alliance)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Wheatley, Melinda (Teaxs Public Policy Foundation,
President)
Against: Box, Karen (Capitol City African American Chambers of
Commerce)
Coyle, Joan (Self)
Dougal, Leonard (Clean Air Force of Central Texas)
Falkenberg, Howard (Self)
Greedon, Karen (Self)
Hunger, Elizabeth (Self)
Timpleton, James (Self)
On: Workman, Mike (Self and Marketing & Public Relations)
HB 2146
For: Clemson, Dan (Self and Bulk Vending)
HB 2156
For: Allison, Jim (County Judges & Commissioners Association
of Texas)
Sims, Randy (Self and County Judges & Commissioners
Association)
Wheeless, Skipper (West Texas County Judges &
Commissioners Association, 1st Vice President)
Against: West, Jon (Tarrant County)
Whitley, Glen (Tarrant County)
On: Heald, Charles (TxDoT)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Anderson, Bob (Hood County Commissioner, Pct. 1)
Bulloch, Bob (Hood County Commissioner)
Cullers, Ron (Hood County Commissioner, Pct. 3)
Gadbois, Glenn (Texas Citizen Action)
Velasquez, Sally (Willacy County & Webb County)
Against: Jackson, Lee (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Lee, El Franco (Harris County)
Taylor Krier, Cindy (Bexar County)
HB 2220
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Hammerlein, George (Harris County Tax Assessor -
Collector)
On: Winn, Buddy (Self and Brazos County Tax
Assesor-Collector / T.A.C.A.)
HB 2426
For: Johnson, Tom (AGC of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Olsen, Lawrence (Texas Good Roads Association)
HB 2477
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Clark, Jeff (Texas Association of Business and Chambers
of Commerce)
Howden, Robert (NFIB/Texas)
HB 2567
For: Allen, Rosemary (Self and Reliant Energy Entex)
Hunger, Elizabeth (Self)
Moore, J.R. (Self and Lone Star Energy Co.)
Morris, Michael (Regionla Transportation Council)
Scouil, Donald (Self and SUPro Energy, Executive Vice
President)
HB 2574
For: Popp, Jim (Self and Attorney)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Allday, Marty (The Coastal Corp.)
Crawford, Phil (Texas Taxpayers and Research
Association)
Miller, J. Neal (The Chevron Companies)
Moore, Julie (Occidental Oil & Gas)
Robinson, Jim (Harris County Appraisal District)
Russo, Gavin (Enron Corp.)
On: Winn, Buddy (Self and Brazos County Tax
Assesor-Collector / T.A.C.A.)
HB 2615
For: Billingsley, Grant (Permian Basin Petroleum Association)
Duenckel, Bob (Marathon Oil Company / Texas Oil & Gas
Assoc.)
Long, Chris (Texas Independent Producers & Royalty
Owners Association.)
On: Garza, Tony (RailRoad Commission of Texas, Chairman)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Aimes, Larry (Burlington Resources Oil & Gas Inc.)
Allday, Marty (The Coastal Corp.)
Compton, Gary (Pioneer Natural Resources)
Miller, J. Neal (The Chevron Companies)
Montgomery, Steve (Union Pacific Resources)
Moore, Julie (Occidental Oil & Gas)
Pena, Emil (Enron)
Wheeless, Skipper (West Texas County Judges &
Commissioners Association, 1st Vice President)
Against: Lavine, Richard (Center for Pubic Policy Priorities)
HB 2832
For: Kennedy, John (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Allaway, Bill (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association)
Clark, Jeff (Texas Association of Business and Chambers
of Commerce)
Evans, Charlie (Texas Society of CPA's)
Farrar, Ken (Reliant Energy)
Roberts, Jack (Texas Society of CPA's)
On: Barton, Karey (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
HB 3033
For: Blanton, Tim (Texas Automobile Dealers Association)
HB 3159
For: Farris, Robert (Valley Transit Company)
Isaacs, Randy (Greyhound Lines, Inc.)
Murphey, William (Sun Set Stages Inc.)
Prestridge, Jerry (Texas Bus Association, Inc.)
Against: McPhail, Jennifer (Adapt of Texas)
Metz, Albert (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Allison, Richard (Continental Panhandle Lines)
Benavides, James (Union Bays Center)
Carrothers, Robert (Vaught Charters)
Chavarrla, Narcisco (Kerrville Bus Co.)
Dupree, Richard (Kerrville Bus Co.)
Ebers, Deral (Kerrville Bus Co.)
Gardner, Wilford (Kerrville Bus Co.)
Greenhill, R.D. (T.N.M.&D. Coaches, Inc.)
Gutierrez, Henry (Kerrville Bus Co.)
Hillmer, Gerald (Kerrville Bus Co.)
Posen, Claude (Kerrville Bus Co.)
Rodriguez, Ruben (Kerrville Bus Co.)
Vasquez, Miguel (Kerrville Bus Co.)
Vasquez, Jr., Roberto (Kerrville Bus Co.)
Vaught, Shannon (Vaught Charters)
Wheeless, Skipper (West Texas County Judges &
Commissioners Association, 1st Vice President)
HB 3458
For: Winn, Buddy (Self and Brazos County Tax
Assesor-Collector / T.A.C.A.)
HB 3467
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Cain, Randy (City of El Paso)
Truan, Jr., Carlos (El Paso County)
Velasquez, Sally (The City of Eagle Pass)
Velasquez, Sally (Willacy County & Webb County)
HB 3616
For: Bostwick, Breck (Texas Association of Property Tax
Professionals)
Crawford, Phil (Texas TaxPayers and Research
Association)
Popp, Jim (Self and Attorney)
Against: Amezquita, Michael (Cameron Appraisal District)
Marshall, John (Texas Association of Appraisal
Districts, President)
Stiefer, Sands (Self and Harris County Appraisal
District, Deputy Chief Appraiser)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Allday, Marty (The Coastal Corp.)
Miller, Jr., J. Neal (The Chevron Companies)
Against: Winn, Buddy (Self and Brazos County Tax
Assesor-Collector / T.A.C.A.)
HB 3617
For: Bostwick, Breck (Texas Association of Property Tax
Professionals)
Crawford, Phil (Texas TaxPayers and Research
Association)
Popp, Jim (Self and Attorney)
Against: Robinson, Jim (Harris County Appraisal District)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Allday, Marty (The Coastal Corp.)
Miller, Jr., J. Neal (The Chevron Companies)
Against: Amezquita, Michael (Cameron Appraisal District)
Marshall, John (Teaxs Associationof Appraisal Districts)
Winn, Buddy (Self and Brazos County Tax
Assesor-Collector / T.A.C.A.)
HJR 39
For: Clark, Jeff (Texas Association of Business and Chambers
of Commerce)
Kelley, Larry (Self and Texas Warehouse Association)
Poteet, Harris (Texas Cotton Association)
Strickland, D.T. (Texas Warehouse Association)
Wilkerson, John (Self and Wilkerson Storage Company)
Wright, Jerry (Self and Texas Warehoue Association /
Brokers Logistics, Incorporate)
Against: Jeffers, James (City of Plainview, City Manager)
On: Isbell, Tom (Tax Assessor Collector Associationof Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against: Tidwell, Sandy (Tax Assessor Collector's Association of
Texas)
On: Allaway, Bill (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association)
Barton, Karey (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Wilson, Dan (Comptroller of Public Accounts)