WITNESS LIST
Business & Commerce Committee
March 20, 2001 - 9:00A
SB 12
AGAINST: Knepp, Chris (Texas Employment Law Council), Austin,
TX
Pollard, Mike (Texas Association of Life and Health
Insurers), Austin, TX
Thompson, Jay (TACHI), Austin, TX
ON: Drummond-Borg, MD, Margaret (T.D.H.), Austin, TX
Epps, Phyllis Griffin (University of Houston Health
Law and Policy Institute), Houston, TX
SB 63
FOR: Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with
Disabilities), Austin, TX
Schwartz, Jonas (Advocacy, Inc.), Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Keel, Lara Laneri (Texas Association of Business and
Chambers of Commerce), Austin, TX
On: Comer, Teresa (State Comptroller), Austin, TX
SB 314
FOR: Rose, Harold L. (AARP), Austin, TX
Schneider, Rob (Consumers Union), Austin, TX
AGAINST: Carroll, B.F. Hank (Texas Cemeteries Association),
Ft. Worth, TX
Gonzales, Norman (Sea Side Memorial Park and Funeral
Home), Corpus Christi, TX
Hankins, Lamar (Funeral Consumers Alliance), San
Marcos, TX
Ramey, Cole (Restland Funeral Home, Inc.), Dallas,
TX
Sullivan, James L. (Self), Houston, TX
ON: James, Randall S. (Texas Department of Banking),
Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Bower, Bruce P. (Texas Senior Advocacy Coalition),
Austin, TX
Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizens Members),
Austin, TX
Against: Anderson, Kirk T. (Stewart Enterprises), Dallas, TX
Claybar, W. Brown (Texas Funeral Directors
Association), Orange, TX
Clayton, John G. (South Park
Cemetery/Anderson-Clayton Bros. F.H.),
Houston, TX
Dalton, Cecil E. (Dalton and Son Funeral Home),
Lewisville, TX
Driggers, Gregg (David Clayton and Sons Funeral Home
and Little Bethel Memorial Park),
Duncanville, TX
Faram, Steven O. (Laurel Land of Ft. Worth Funeral
Home and Cemetery), Ft. Worth, TX
Fisher, Hortense (Cook-Walden), Austin, TX
Hughes, Caressa (Funeral and Cemetery Business),
Houston, TX
Manceaux, Chris (Laurel Land Funeral Home and
Cemetery), Dallas, TX
Martin, William A. (Martin Funeral Homes Inc.), El
Paso, TX
Penn, Brett (Stewart Evt. - Metrocrest F.H.),
Carrollton, TX
Perez, Daryle (Emerald Hills Funeral Home and
Memorial Park), Kennedale, TX
Rouse, Bob (Laurel Land Funeral Home and Memorial
Park), Dallas, TX
Schoonmaker, Greg (Bluebonnet Hills Funeral Home and
Memorial Park), Colleyville, TX
Shotwell, Ray (Brookside Funeral Home), Houston, TX
Simchik, David (Funeral Directors), San Marcos, TX
Snider, John A. (Funeral Director), Crosby, TX
Vandiver, Bert (Brookview and Gatesville Funeral
Homes)
Vandiver, Jeanette (Funeral Homes), Waco, TX
Walden, Sr., Charles (Funeral Profession -
Cook-Walden F.H.), Austin, TX
Wells, Joe K. (Cook-Walden), Austin, TX
Wilcox, Bill B. (Clements-Wilcox Funeral Homes),
Burnet, TX
Willoughby, Mark (Forethought Federal Savings Bank -
Houston, Tx.), Batesville, IN
On: Jobe, Everette (Texas Department of Banking),
Austin, TX
Mazur, Jeremy (Sunset Commission), Austin, TX
McKay, Ginny (Sunset Commission), Austin, TX
Reese, Russell S. (Texas Department of Banking),
Austin, TX
SB 326
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Gutierrez, Hector (City of El Paso), Austin, TX
Martinez, Mario A. (Texas Border Infrastructure,
Inter-Agency Group-Brownsville), Austin, TX
On: Moseley, Jeff (Texas Department of Economic
Development), Austin, TX
Wrenn, Melvin G. (TDED), Austin, TX
SB 424
FOR: Comacho, Jose E. (Texas Association of Community
Health Centers, Inc.), Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Devin, Pat (Health and Human Services Commission),
Austin, TX
Moreno, Arthur T. (Texas Health Department), Austin,
TX
SB 471
FOR: White, Bill (Cash America International), Ft. Worth,
TX
AGAINST: Schneider, Rob (Consumers Union), Austin, TX
ON: Munz, Kevin (Mr Money Holdings, Inc), Houston, TX
Pettijohn, Leslie (Consumer Credit Commissioner),
Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
Against: Ewart, Ella (Texas Alliance for Human Needs),
Austin, TX
Murphy, Thomas E. (Texas Deterred Depositor
Association), Killeen, TX
Rose, Harold L. (AARP), Austin, TX
Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizens Member),
Austin, TX
On: Abbott, Ronald (Peoples National Bank), Paris, TX
Norrington, Eric (Ace Cash Express, Inc.), Dallas,
TX
SB 550
FOR: Kowalski, Tom (Texas Healthcare and Bioscience
Institute), Austin, TX
Stout, Bob (The Woodlands Operating Co. L.P.), The
Woodlands, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Loeffler, Lance (Introgen Therapeutics, Inc.),
Austin, TX
On: Guckian, Dr. James Vice Chancellor for Health
Affairs (University of Texas System), Austin,
TX
SB 564
FOR: Pospisil, Scott (Texas Payphone Association),
Austin, TX
ON: Whittington, Pam (Public Utility Commission),
Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
For: McFarlin, Don (Southwestern Bell Telephone), Austin,
TX
SB 578
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Hinkle, Ron (Verizon Wireless), Austin, TX
Ratliff, Thomas (AT&T Wireless, Voicestream
Wireless, Western Wireless), Austin, TX
On: deNoyelles, John 9-1-1 Commissioner (Commission on
State Emergency Communications), Tyler, TX
Collins, Clay Deputy Director/Finance Officer
(Capital Area Planning Council), Austin, TX
Spence, Carry F. (Commissioin on State Emergency
Communications), Austin, TX
Voights, Betty (Capital Area Planning Council),
Austin, TX
SB 601
FOR: Adamek, Thomas J. (Stonehenge Capital Corp.), Baton
Rouge, LA
Dooley, David M. (Seasafe/Small Business),
Lafayette, LA
Leblanc, Gordon (Stonehenge Capital Corp.), Baton
Rouge, LA
Sisung, Larry (Sisung Capital), New Orleans, LA
Thomas, Phil (Growth Capital Alliance), Alexandria,
VA
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Hinojosa, Walter (Texas AFL-CIO), Austin, TX
Johnson, Michael T. (Advantage Capital Partners),
New Orleans, LA
SB 604
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Brady, Kevin (Texas Department of Insurance),
Austin, TX
Fleming, John C. (Center for Public Policy Dispute
Resolution), Austin, TX
SB 624
FOR: Beachley, Pam (Self), Austin, TX
Korioth, Tony (TML-IRP), Austin, TX
Levy, Rick (Texas AFL-CIO), Austin, TX
AGAINST: Brewer, Travis R. (HCA-Columbia, Texas Association
Residential Care Communities), Austin, TX
Durrett, Larry K. (Self Employed- Taco Bell
Restraunt), Jacksonville, TX
Jackson, Richie (Texas Restaurant Association),
Austin, TX
Minick, Bill (Partner Source Inc.), Dallas, TX
Rich, Sid (Texas Risk Retention Association),
Austin, TX
Smith, David (Tricon Restaurants (KFC, Taco Bell,
Pizza Hut)), Dallas, TX
ON: Bent, Steve (TXANS), Austin, TX
McAnally, Scott (Research and Oversight Council on
Workers' Compensation), Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Cobb, Ron (American Insurance Association), Austin,
TX
Freeman, Harold (Texas Medical Association), Austin,
TX
Thompson, Jay (AFACT), Austin, TX
Woods, Joe (Alliance of American Insurers), Austin,
TX
Against: DuBois, Doug (Texas Petroleum Marketers and C-Store
Association), Austin, TX
Evans, Richard (Texas Association of Business and
Chambers of Commerce), Austin, TX
Green, Jim (Texas Association of Business and
Chambers of Commerce), Hurst, TX
Moore, Mickey (Texas Retailers Association), Austin,
TX
SB 804
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Pollard, Mike (Texas Association of Life and Health
Insurers), Austin, TX
Rummel, Leah (Texas Association of Health Plans),
Austin, TX
SB 970
ON: Duncan, David Director Govt. Relations (Texas
Workforce Commission), Austin, TX
SB 1618
FOR: Kendrick, Gardner S. (San Miguel Electric
Cooperative, Inc), San Antonio, TX
AGAINST: Davie, Maxie (North American Coal Co.), Ft. Worth,
TX
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Kamm, Bob (Travis County Commissioners Court),
Austin, TX
Williams, Mike (Texas Electric Cooperatives),
Austin, TX