WITNESS LIST

            Business & Industry Committee

            March 28, 2011 - 8:30 AM

             

            HB 972

                 For:

                                 Morrone, Frank (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Carmona, Paul (Texas Attorney General)

            HB 1118

                 For:

                                 Fitzgibbons, Steve (City of Port Arthur)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Parker, Carl (City of Port Arthur)

                                 Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)

            HB 1118 - Committee Substitute (Deshotel)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Force, Duane (Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP)

            HB 1168

                 For:

                                 Ross, Marc (Self; Texas Apartment Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Doggett, Robert (Texas Housing Justice League)

                                 Higgins, Mike (Texas State Association of Fire Fighters)

                                 Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)

                                 Scurlock, Steve (Independent Bankers Association of Texas)

            HB 1827

                 For:

                                 McGhee, Renée Joy (KGE)

                                 Smith, Jodie (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Tennison, Diane (Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, L.L.P.)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Assn.)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Fickel, Ann (TX Classroom Teachers Assoc)

                                 Freeman, Kathryn (Texas Appleseed)

                                 Helmcamp, Leslie (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                                 Levy, Rick (Texas AFL-CIO)

                                 Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))

                                 Sanderson, Josh (Assoc. of TX Professional Educators)

                 Against:

                                 Barber, Kathy (NFIB)

                                 DeWitt, Cathy (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders & Contractors of Texas)

                                 Volkening, Ronnie (Texas Retailers Association)

            HB 1873

                 For:

                                 Miller, Elizabeth (Self)

                                 Robertson, Daryl (Texas Business Law Foundation)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Flores, Carmen (Texas Secretary of State Business & Public Filings Division)

            HB 2328

                 For:

                                 Ahmad, Janet (HOBB; HOA)

                                 Johnson, Brenda (Self)

                                 Jones, Harvella (The Texas Homeowner's Advocate Group; The National Homeowners

                                 Advocate Group)

                                 Lent, Robin (HOA Reform Coalition)

                                 Silva, Yvonne (Self)

                                 Silva Adams, Sylvia (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Austin, Judd (Texas Community Association Advocates)

                                 Smith, David (Texas Neighborhoods Together)

                                 Walshak, Lynn (Self; HOA Reform Coalition)

                                 Wright, Susan (Texas Assn of Buildrs)

                 On:

                                 Pettijohn, Leslie (Ofc. of Consumer Credit Commissioner)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 Adolph, Irene (Self; Coalition for HOA Reform; HOADATA.ORG)

                                 Bailey, Pamela (Chaparral Management Company, AAMC)

                                 Denton, Sandra (Sienna Plant Res Assoc)

                                 Rex, Glenn (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 2486

                 For:

                                 Spencer, Richard (State Bar of Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Scurlock, Steve (Independent Bankers Association of Texas)

            HB 2611

                 For:

                                 Cisneros, Al (The Land Grant Justice Assoc.)

                                 Fowler, Eileen (Land Grant Justice Association)

                                 Tomlinson, Don (The Land Grant Justice Association, Inc.)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Aguilar, Clara (Self)

                                 Alaniz, Abel (Self)

                                 Canales, F.H. "Tocho" (Tejano Land Grant Movement)

                                 Castillo, Benita (Self)

                                 Estrada, Juanita (Self)

                                 F. Quintero, Lupita (Self)

                                 Flores, Cipriano (Self)

                                 Flores, Rene (Self)

                                 Flores, Rosa (Self)

                                 Garza, Amado P. (Self)

                                 Garza, Mary (Self)

                                 Guillen, Abelia S. (Self)

                                 Hyett, Sharon (Self)

                                 Lopez, Cenaida A (Self)

                                 Lucio, Abel (Self)

                                 Lucio, Jaun (Self)

                                 Lucio, Jose (Self)

                                 Lucio Serrato, Leslie (Self)

                                 Mendoza, Sylvia (Self)

                                 Romero, Jesse (Self)

                                 Uribe, Hector (Texas Land Grant Justice Association)

                                 Vanhoy, Orlia (Self)

                                 Velasquez, Hilda (Self)

                                 Zepeda, Janie (Self)

            HB 2682

                 For:

                                 Barron, Chris (State Firemen's & Fire Marshals' Association of Texas)

                                 Connealy, Chris (Texas Fire Chiefs Association)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 2761

                 For:

                                 Denton, Sandra (Texas Comm. Assoc. Advocates)

                                 Smith, David (Texas Neighborhoods Together)

                                 Wright, Susan (Texas Assn of Builders)

                 Against:

                                 Jones, Harvella (The Texas Homeowners Advocate Group; The National Homeowners

                                 Advocate Group, LLC; The National HAGS Coalition)

                                 Silva, Yvonne (Self)

                 On:

                                 Silva Adams, Sylvia (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bailey, Pamela (Chaparral Management Company)

                                 Harris, Elaine (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Adolph, Irene (Self; Coalition HOA Reform; HOADATA.ORG)

                                 Ahmad, Janet (Home Owners for Better Building, President; HOA Reform Coalition)

                                 Carlson, Pat (Texas Eagle Forum)

                                 Lent, Robin (HOA Reform Coalition)

                                 Walshak, Lynn (Self; HOA Reform Coalition)

            HB 2989

                 For:

                                 Capece, Matthew (United Brotherhood of Carpenters on behalf of the Texas Carpenters

                                 Regional Council)

                                 Doyle, Brendan (Self)

                                 Grainey, Allen (Southeast Texas Chapter NECA; NECA Chapters of Texas)

                                 Timm, Emily (Workers Defense Project, Build a Better Texas Coalition)

                                 Vela, Saul (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cobb, Ronald (American Ins. Association)

                                 Cunningham, Michael (Texas State Building and Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO)

                                 Levy, Rick (Texas AFL-CIO)

                                 Litz, Suzanne (Self)

                                 Rex, Glenn (Mechanical Contractors Assoc. of Texas)

                                 Serna, Joe (Texas Carpenters Regional Council)

                                 White, Michael (Texas Construction Association)

                 Against:

                                 Barber, Kathy (NFIB)

                                 DeWitt, Cathy (Texas Association of Business)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 2991

                 For:

                                 Night, Scott (Texas Business Law Foundation)

            HB 3011

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 Gonzalez, Celinda (Texas Cable Association)

                                 Volkening, Ronnie (Texas Retailers Association)

            HB 3116

                 For:

                                 Jones, Harvella (The Texas Homeowner's Advocate Group; The National Homeowners

                                 Advocate Group, LLC; The National HAGS Coalition)

                                 Rickers, Emily (Texas Low-Income Housing Info. Service)

                                 Silva, Yvonne (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Adolph, Irene (Coalition for HOA Reform; HOADATA.ORG)

                                 Carlson, Pat (Texas Eagle Forum)

                                 Doggett, Robert (Texas Housing Justice League)

                                 Silva Adams, Sylvia (Self)

            HB 3116 - Committee Substitute (Deshotel)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Scurlock, Steve (Independent Bankers Association of Texas)

            HB 3347

                 For:

                                 Austin, Judd (Texas Community Association Advocates)

                                 Gore, Marta (Texas Community Association Advocates)

                                 Smith, David (Texas Neighborhoods Together)

                 Against:

                                 Adolph, Irene (Self; Coalition for HOA Reform; HOADATA.org)

                                 Durham, Mary (Self)

                                 Jones, Harvella (The Texas Homeowner's Advocate Group; The National Homeowners

                                 Advocate Group, LLC; The National HAGS)

                                 Lent, Robin (HOA Reform Coalition)

                                 Levy, Lori (Texas Assoc. of Realtors)

                                 Silva, Yvonne (Self)

                                 Silva Adams, Sylvia (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bailey, Pam (Windrose Commuinty Association)

                                 Bailey, Pam (Wimbledon Estates Homeowners Association)

                                 Bailey, Pamela (Chaparral Management Company AAMC)

                                 Daugherty, Gerald (The Ridge HOA (Austin/Travis County))

                                 Denton, Sandra (Texas Comm Assoc Advocates)

                                 Leck, Ashlei (Texas Association of Builders)

                                 Rex, Glenn (Self)

                                 Wright, Susan (Texas Assn of Builders)

                 Against:

                                 Ahmad, Janet (Home Owners for Better Building, President; HOA Reform Coalition)

                                 Carlson, Pat (Texas Eagle Forum)

                                 Walshak, Lynn (Self; HOA Reform Coalition)

            HB 3348

                 Against:

                                 Durham, Mary (Self)

                                 Jones, Harvella (The Texas Homeowner's Advocate Group; The National Homeowners

                                 Advocate Group, LLC; The National HAGS coalition)

                                 Silva, Yvonne (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Austin, Judd (Texas Community Association Advocates)

                                 Bailey, Pamela (Chaparral Management Company AAMC)

                                 Daugherty, Gerald (The Ridge HOA (Austin/Travis County))

                                 Leck, Ashlei (Texas Association of Builders)

                                 Smith, David (Texas Neighborhoods Together)

                 Against:

                                 Adolph, Irene (Self; Coalition For HOA Reform; HOADATA.ORG)

                                 Ahmad, Janet (Home Owners for Better Building, President & HOA Reform Coalition)

                                 Carlson, Pat (Texas Eagle Forum)

                                 Lent, Robin (HOA Reform Coalition)

                                 Silva Adams, Sylvia (Self)

                                 Walshak, Lynn (Self; HOA Reform Coalition)

            HJR 90

                 Against:

                                 Levy, Lori (Texas Assoc. of Realtors)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Sandberg, Eric (Texas Bankers Assn)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Morgan, Tom (Texas Association of REALTORS®)

                                 Rickers, Emily (Texas Low-Income Housing Info Svc.)

            HJR 90 - Committee Substitute (Deshotel)

                 For:

                                 Scurlock, Steve (Independent Bankers Association of Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Fleming, John (TX Mortgage Bankers)

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