WITNESS LIST
Transportation Committee
April 17, 2001-2:00P
HB 1138
On: Bohuslav, Thomas (Texas Department of Transportation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Velasquez, Sally (Hispanic Contractors Association)
HB 1375
For: Lyons, Steve (Houston Police Department)
Rash, Jeanette (Texas Towing and Storage Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Lopez, Carlos (Texas Department of Transportation)
HB 1492
For: Hinkle, Ron (Verizon Wireless)
Jennings, Carol (Self)
Mitchell, George (Self and Texas Agricultural Aviation)
Ratliff, Thomas (AT&T Wireless, Voicestream Wireless,
Western Wireless, Texas Association of Paging
Services)
Watson, Ben (Sprint PCS)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Harp, Kimberly J. (Self)
Hooper, Jerry (Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association)
Jennings, Bobby (Self)
Richardson, Jody (Crown Castle International, American
Tower, Spectra Site Holdings, Inc., and SBA, Iinc.)
Shields, Chris (Texas Agricultural Aviation Association)
On: Fulton, David (Texas Department of Transportation)
Hubert, Martin (Texas Department of Agriculture)
HB 2043
For: Bramlett, John (Texas Association of Pupil
Transportation)
Paull, Don (National Association for Pupil
Transportation)
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Dixon, Sam (Texas Education Agency)
HB 3551
On: Clanton, Coy (Texas Department of Public Safety)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Gonzalez, Rene (City of Laredo, Mayor Elizabeth Flores)
Haynes, Jorge (International Bank of Commerce)
Perales, Raul (Fasken Oil and Ranch)
Against: Findeisen, Les (Texas Motor Transportation Association)
On: Wueste, Ed (Texas Department of Transportation)
SB 4
For: Altman, Eric (JP Morgan Chase)
Barnes, Bob (Self and TEX 21/ Motran)
Bushell, Gary (Alliance for I-69 Texas)
Bushell, Gary (Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce)
Bushell, Gary (US 190 Coalition)
Harper-Brown, Linda (Self and TEX 21 and City of Irving)
Jackson, Lee (Self and Dallas County, Judge and Dallas
Regional Mobility Coalition)
Noell, Martha (Weslaco Chamber of Commerce)
Richardson, Rad (Sherman Chamber of Commerce)
Sitton, Windy (City of Lubbock, Mayor and
Ports-to-Plains Coalition)
Solomon, Greg (Burleson Area Chamber of Commerce and
Texas Association of Business and Chambers of
Commerce)
Suhm, Vic (Self and North Texas Commission)
Turner, Jerry (Self)
White, Michael (Greater Houston Partnership)
On: Gadbois, Glenn (Texas Citizen Fund)
Johnson, Johnny (Texas Transportation Commission)
Williamson, Ric (Texas Transportation Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Bynam, Anderson (Self)
Chambers, Spencer (Texas Association of Business and
Chambers of Commerce)
Cron, Richard (Harris county Judge Robert Eckels'
office)
Findeisen, Les (Texas Motor Transportation Association)
Finklea, David C. (Alliance for I-69 Texas)
Finklea, David C. (Greater Houston Partnership)
Flores, Elizabeth G. (Mayor, City of Laredo)
Garcia, Joe A. (Texas Border Infrastructure Coalition)
Garza, Jorge A. (Self and Solomon, Smith, Barney)
Gutierrez, Hector (City of El Paso)
Hentges, Sandy (Greater Austin Chamber of commerce)
Igo, Shanna (Texas Municipal League)
Jiles, Jodie Lee (Greater Houston Partnership)
Krier, Cyndi Taylor (Judge, Bexar County)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Mayfield, Kenneth A. (Self and Dallas County
Commissioners court)
McCarley, James (Dallas Regional Mobility Coalition)
Paniagua, Joe (Fort Worth City Council)
Privett, Tony (City of Lubbock)
Robinson, Carroll G. (Self and Houston City Council)
Rul, Jr., Fidel R. (City of Alice, Mayor)
Seei, Kathy (Self and City of Frisco, Mayor and TEX 21)
Sickels, Linda (Trinity Industries, Inc.)
Stewart, Jay (Hance, Scarborough, and Wright)
Uribarri, Laura (Greater El Paso Chamber of Commerce)
Velasquez, Sally (Webb, Willacyn, and Zapata counties
and The City of Eagle Pass)
Zacharias, Larry (City of Richardson)
On: Olsen, Lawrence (Texas Good Roads Association)
SB 241
For: Bushell, Gary (Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce)
Bushell, Gary (US 190 Coalition)
On: Bass, James (Texas Department of Transportation,
Director, Finance Division)
Redwine, Augustin (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Williamson, Ric (Texas Transportation Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Barnes, Bob (Motran)
Bushell, Gary (Alliance for I-69 Texas)
Bynam, Anderson (Self)
Chambers, Spencer (Texas Association of Business and
Chambers of Commerce)
Cron, Richard (Harris County Judge Robert Eckels'
office)
Flores, Elizabeth G. (Mayor, City of Laredo)
Garcia, Joe A. (Texas Border Infrastructure Coalition)
Garza, Jorge A. (Self and Solomon, Smith, Barney)
Gutierrez, Hector (City of El Paso)
Harper- Brown, Linda (Self and TEX 21 and City of
Irving)
Hentges, Sandy (Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)
Mayfield, Kenneth A. (Self and Dallas County
Commissioners court)
Robinson, Carroll G. (Self and Houston City council)
Rul, Jr., Fidel R. (City of Alice, Mayor)
Seei, Kathy (Self and Mayor of Frisco)
Stewart, Jay (Hance, Scarborough, and Wright)
Suhm, Vic (Self and North Texas Commission)
Taylor Krier, Cyndi (Bexar County Judge)
Uribarri, Laura (Greater El Paso Chamber of Commerce)
Velasquez, Sally (Webb, Willacy, and Zapata counties,
and The City of Eagle Pass)
Zacharias, Larry (City of Richardson)
Against: Gadbois, Glenn (Texas Citizen Fund)
Johnson, Thomas L. (AGC of Texas)
Olsen, Lawrence (Texas Good Roads Association)
On: Johnson, Johnny (Texas Transportation Commission)
Winters, Clint (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
SB 249
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Flores, Elizabeth G. (Mayor, City of Laredo)
Gadbois, Glenn (Texas Citizen Fund)
Hentges, Sandy (Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)
Against: Olsen, Lawrence (Texas Good Roads Association)
On: Redwine, Augustin (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Winters, Clint (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
SB 586
For: Lewis, Bill (Mothers Against Drunk Driving)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Kearns, Dennis (Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway)
Olson, Ron (Union Pacific Railroad Company)
Sickels, Linda (Trinity Industries, Inc.)
On: Lopez, Carlos (Texas Department of Transportation)
Richardson, Dr. Herbert (Texas Transportation Institute)
SB 888
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Findeisen, Les (Texas Motor Transportation Association)
SB 889
For: Findeisen, Les (Texas Motor Transportation Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners
Association of Texas)
SJR 10
For: Bushell, Gary (Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce)
Bushell, Gary (US 190 Coalition)
On: Bass, James (Texas Department of Transportation,
Director, Finance Division)
Redwine, Augustin (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Williamson, Ric (Texas Transportation Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Bushell, Gary (Alliance for I-69 Texas)
Bynam, Anderson (Self)
Flores, Elizabeth G. (Mayor, City of Laredo)
Garcia, Joe A. (Texas Border Infrastructure Coalition)
Garza, Jorge A. (Self and Solomon, Smith, Barney)
Gutierrez, Hector (City of El Paso)
Hentges, Sandy (Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)
Igo, Shanna (Texas Municipal League)
Stewart, Jay (Hance, Scarborough, and Wright)
Suhm, Vic (Self and North Texas Commission)
Taylor Krier, Cyndi (Bexar County Judge)
Velasquez, Sally (Webb, Willacy, and Zapata counties,
and The City of Eagle Pass)
Against: Gadbois, Glenn (Texas Citizen Fund)
Olsen, Lawrence (Texas Good Roads Association)
On: Johnson, Johnny (Texas Transportation Commission)
Winters, Clint (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
SJR 16
For: Bushell, Gary (Alliance for I-69 Texas)
Bushell, Gary (Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce)
Bushell, Gary (US 190 Coalition)
Jackson, Lee (Self and Dallas County, Judge and Dallas
Regional Mobility Coalition)
Solomon, Greg (Burleson Area Chamber of Commerce and
Texas Association of Business and Chambers of
Commerce)
Suhm, Vic (Self and North Texas Commission)
White, Michael (Greater Houston Partnership)
On: Gadbois, Glenn (Texas Citizen Fund)
Johnson, Johnny (Texas Transportation Commission)
Williamson, Ric (Texas Transportation Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Bynam, Anderson (Self)
Findeisen, Les (Texas Motor Transportation Association)
Flores, Elizabeth G. (Mayor, City of Laredo)
Garcia, Joe A. (Texas Border Infrastructure Coalition)
Garza, Jorge A. (Self and Solomon, Smith, Barney)
Gutierrez, Hector (City of El Paso)
Hentges, Sandy (Greater Austin Chamber of commerce)
Igo, Shanna (Texas Municipal League)
Krier, Cyndi Taylor (Judge, Bexar County)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
McCarley, James (Dallas Regional Mobility Coalition)
Paniagua, Joe (Fort Worth City Council)
Stewart, Jay (Hance, Scarborough, and Wright)
Velasquez, Sally (Webb, Willacy, and Zapata counties and
The City of Eagle Pass)
Zacharias, Larry (City of Richardson)
On: Olsen, Lawrence (Texas Good Roads Association)