WITNESS LIST

            Ways & Means Committee

            March 14, 2011 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess

             

            HB 11

                 For:

                                 Gray, Alan (Licensed Beverage Distributors)

                                 Hamilton, Billy (Texas Hospitality Association)

                                 Klein, Michael (Texas Bar & Nightclub Alliance)

                 On:

                                 Reissig, Mike (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Glenn, Eric (DIAGEO)

                                 Igo, Shanna (Texas Municipal League)

                                 Rudd, Jim (California Wine Institue)

                                 Szyndrowski, Dale (Distilled Spirits Council of US (DISCUS))

                                 Townes, Ralph (Licensed Beverage Distribution)

                 Against:

                                 Frazier, Kyle (Texas Wine & Grape Growers Association)

            HB 533

                 For:

                                 Popp, Jim (Popp Gray & Hutcheson)

                                 Turk, Russell (HEB Grocery Co.)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Holmes, Glenda (Texas Apartment Association)

                                 Igo, Shanna (Texas Municipal League)

            HB 533 - Committee Substitute (Hilderbran)

                 For:

                                 Popp, Jim (Popp Gray & Hutcheson)

                                 Turk, Russell (HEB Grocery Co.)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Brusniak, John (Brusniak  Blackwell PC & National Assn of Property Tax Attys)

                                 Kennedy, John (Texas Taxpayers & Research Assoc)

                                 LeBas, James (Texas Chemical Council)

                                 Robinson, Jim (Self; Texas Assn. of Appraisal Districts)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 896

                 For:

                                 Robinson, Jim (Self; Texas Assn. of Appraisal Districts)

                 On:

                                 Cartwright, Debbie (Comptroller of Public Accounts)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Igo, Shanna (Texas Municipal League)

            HB 896 - Committee Substitute (Hilderbran)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Kennedy, John (Texas Taxpayers & Research Assoc.)

            HB 930

                 For:

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

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Igo, Shanna (Texas Municipal League)

            HB 975

                 For:

                                 Provost, Georgia (Self)

                 On:

                                 Cartwright, Debbie (Comptroller of Public Accounts)

            HB 1088

                 For:

                                 Robinson, Jim (Self; Texas Assn. of Appraisal Districts)

                 Against:

                                 Lavine, Dick (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Holmes, Glenda (Texas Apartment Association)

                                 Kennedy, John (Texas Taxpayers & Research Assoc)

                                 LeBas, James (Association of Electric Companies of Texas Texas Oil & Gas Association)

            HB 1263

                 For:

                                 Leatherberry, Jonathan (Vinson & Elkins LLP)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 2045

                 For:

                                 Betzen, Bill (Self)

                                 Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                 Against:

                                 Kennedy, John (Texas Taxpayers & Research Assoc.)

                                 Volkening, Ronnie (Texas Retailers Association)

                                 Zakrzewski, Wayne (J.C. Penney Corp)

                 On:

                                 Reynolds, Brad (Comptroller of Public Accounts)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Melina Raab, Ted (Texas American Federation of Teachers)

                 Against:

                                 Barber, Kathy (NFIB/TX)

                                 Chiodo, Dana (Technology Association of America)

                                 DuBois, Doug (Texas Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Associations)

                                 Garey, Glen (Texas Restaurant Assn.)

                                 Gonzalez, Celinda (Texas Cable Association)

                                 LeBas, James (Association of Electric Companies of Texas Texas Oil & Gas Association)

                                 Peterson, Michael (AT&T)

                                 Reagan, Karen (Walgreen Company)

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