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                                                                              WITNESS LIST

            Business & Commerce

            March 15, 2011 8:00 AM

            SB 17

                  ON BILL/ON COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE (Substitute) :

                                 Foster, Doug   Commissioner (Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending), Austin, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  For Bill/For Committee Substitute (Substitute) :

                                 Doggett, Robert   (Texas Housing Justice League), Austin, TX

                                 Embrey, Celeste   (Texas Bankers Association), Austin, TX

                                 Fleming, John   (Texas Mortgage Bankers), Austin, TX

                                 Neeley, Karen   (Independent Bankers Association of Texas), Austin, TX

                                 Rodgers, Kelly   (Wells Fargo Bank, NA), Austin, TX

            SB 411

                  FOR:

                                 Perrenoud, Bret   (Becker Vineyards), Johnson City, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  For:

                                 Bright, Lou   (Texas Wine and Grape Growers Association), Austin, TX

                                 Elliott, Gary   (Texas Wine and Grape Growers Association), Driftwood, TX

                                 Heath, Brian   (Grape Creek Vineyards), Fredericksburg, TX

                                 Perrenoud, Chris   (Becker Vineyards), Johnson City, TX

                                 Switzer, Cord   (Fredericksburg Winery), Fredericksburg, TX

                  Against:

                                 Lively, Lance   (Texas Package Stores Association), Austin, TX

                                 Short, Jim   (Spec's Wines Spirits and Finer Foods), Fulshear, TX

            SB 576

                  FOR:

                                 Hamilton, Billy   (Texas Hospitality Association), Austin, TX

                                 Klein, Michael   (Texas Bar and Nightclub Alliance), Austin, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  For:

                                 Calcote, ML   (Republic National Distributing Co.), Austin, TX

                                 Donley, Rick   (The Beer Alliance of Texas), Austin, TX

                                 Grey, Alan   (Licensed Beverage Distributors), Austin, TX

                                 Long, Wade   (L.B.D.), Austin, TX

                                 Rudd, Jim   (California Wine Institute), Austin, TX

                                 Szyndrowski, Dale   (Distilled Spirits Council), Plano, TX

                  On:

                                 Reissig, Mike   (Comptroller's Office), Austin, TX

            SB 590

                  FOR BILL/FOR COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE (Substitute) :

                                 Fox, Elisa   (Cummings Electrical, Inc.), Fort Worth, TX

                                 Hewitt, Todd   (Texas Fifth Wall Roofing Systems, Inc.), Austin, TX

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                                                                              WITNESS LIST

            Business & Commerce

            March 15, 2011 8:00 AM

                                 Lewis, Dennis   (Potter Concrete, LTD.), Rockwall, TX

                                 Loper, Kenneth   (TAS Commercial Concrete Construction), Houston, TX

                                 Thomas, Richard   (Texas Construction Association), Richardson, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  For Bill/For Committee Substitute (Substitute) :

                                 Douglas, Barbara   (Lumbermens Association of Texas), Austin, TX

                                 Finucane, James   (Western States FP), San Antonio, TX

                                 Fisher, Jon   (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas), Austin, TX

                                 McCain, Carol   (TXFSCA and Urban Fire Protection), Kingwood, TX

                  Against Bill/Against Committee Substitute (Substitute) :

                                 Van Arsdale, Corbin   (AGC-TBB), Austin, TX

                  Providing written testimony:

                  Against Bill/Against Committee Substitute (Substitute) :

                                 Pate, Gardner   (Texas Building Owners and Managers Association (Texas BOMA)),

                                 Austin, TX

            SB 782

                  FOR:

                                 Akins, Jackie   (Texas Business Law Foundation), San Antonio, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  For:

                                 Embrey, Celeste   (Texas Bankers Association), Austin, TX

                                 Neeley, Karen   (Independent Bankers Association of Texas), Austin, TX

                                 Rodgers, Kelly   (Wells Fargo Bank), Austin, TX

            SB 855

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  For:

                                 Skaggs, Jason   (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association), Austin, TX

                  On:

                                 Givens, Sheri   Public Counsel (Office of Public Utility Counsel), Austin, TX

            SB 918

                  FOR:

                                 Thompson, Jay    (also providing written testimony) (NICB), Austin, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  For:

                                 Floyd, Beaman   (Texas Coalition for Affordable Insurance Solutions), Austin, TX

                                 Lohmann, Fred   (National Insurance Crime Bureau), Grapevine, TX

                                 Ratliff, Thomas   (American Insurance Association), Austin, TX

            SB 944

                  FOR:

                                 Cernosek, Larry   (Texas Towing and Storage Assoc., Houston Auto Body Assoc.),

                                 Pasadena, TX

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                                                                              WITNESS LIST

            Business & Commerce

            March 15, 2011 8:00 AM

                  ON:

                                 Floyd, Beaman   (Texas Coalition for Affordable Insurance Solutions), Austin, TX

                                 Hurley, Leslie   (Texas Department of Insurance), Austin, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  For:

                                 Brown, J.E. Buster   (Texas Storage and Collision Association), Austin, TX

            SB 980

                  FOR:

                                 Bell, Spencer    (also providing written testimony) (Rio Grande Valley Partnership),

                                 Harlingen, TX

                                 Digneo, Bob    (also providing written testimony) (AT & T), Austin, TX

                                 Erhart, Carl    (also providing written testimony) (Verizon), Austin, TX

                                 Gartman, Donald    (also providing written testimony) (Galveston County Economic

                                 Alliance), Texas City, TX

                                 Herrera, Gene    (also providing written testimony) (Board of the Alliance of Minority

                                 Contractors of Houston), Houston, TX

                                 Howden, Robert    (also providing written testimony) (Texans for Economic Progress),

                                 Austin, TX

                                 Jurey, Wes   (Arlington Chamber of Commerce), Arlington, TX

                                 Lopez, Al    (also providing written testimony)  (Self; Economic Growth Business

                                 Incubator), Austin, TX

                                 Peacock, Bill    (also providing written testimony) (Texas Public Policy Foundation),

                                 Austin, TX

                                 Richardson, Glenn    (also providing written testimony) (Voice on the Net Coalition),

                                 Washington, DC

                                 Roth, John    (also providing written testimony)  (Self), Lipan, TX

                  AGAINST:

                                 Gillan, Joseph    (also providing written testimony) (Texas Cable Association and TW

                                 Telecom of Texas), Daytona Beach, FL

                                 Land, Charles   (TEXALTEL), Austin, TX

                  ON:

                                 Givens, Sheri   Public Counsel (Office of Public Utility Counsel), Austin, TX

                                 Gray, Weldon   (Eastex Telephone Cooperative and Texas Statewide Telephone

                                 Cooperative), Henderson, TX

                                 Smitherman, Barry T.   Chair (Public Utility Commission), Austin, TX

                                 Whittington, Pam   (Public Utility Commission of Texas), Austin, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  For:

                                 Chiodo, Dana   (Technology Association of America), Austin, TX

                                 Connett, Brent   (Texas Conservative Coalition Research Institute), Austin, TX

                                 Dewitt, Cathy   (Texas Association of Business), Austin, TX

                                 Haverlah, Sandra   (Texas Consumer Association), Austin, TX

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                                                                              WITNESS LIST

            Business & Commerce

            March 15, 2011 8:00 AM

                                 Mock, Bill   (Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce), San Antonio, TX

                                 Wurzel, Geoff   (Technet), Austin, TX

                  Against:

                                 Ince, Kristie   (TW Telecom of Texas), Plano, TX

            SB 982

                  FOR:

                                 Peacock, Bill    (also providing written testimony) (Texas Public Policy Foundation),

                                 Austin, TX

                  ON:

                                 Givens, Sheri   Public Counsel (Office of Public Utility Counsel), Austin, TX

                                 Gray, Weldon   (Eastex Telephone Cooperative and Texas Statewide Telephone

                                 Cooperative), Henderson, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  For:

                                 Camacho, Jose   (Windstream Communications), Austin, TX

                                 Dewitt, Cathy   (Texas Association of Business), Austin, TX

                                 Digneo, Bob   (AT & T), Austin, TX

                                 Stringer, Scott   (Century Link), Austin, TX

                  Against:

                                 Gillan, Joseph   (Texas Cable Association and TW Telecom of Texas), Daytona Beach, TX

                                 Ince, Kristie   (TW Telecom of Texas), Plano, TX

                  Providing written testimony:

                  For:

                                 Erhart, Carl   (Verizon), Austin, TX

            SB 983

                  FOR:

                                 Peacock, Bill    (also providing written testimony) (Texas Public Policy Foundation),

                                 Austin, TX

                  ON:

                                 Givens, Sheri   Public Counsel (Office of Public Utility Counsel), Austin, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  For:

                                 Camacho, Jose   (Windstream Communications), Austin, TX

                                 Dewitt, Cathy   (Texas Association of Business), Austin, TX

                                 Digneo, Bob   (AT & T), Austin, TX

                                 Stringer, Scott   (Century Link), Austin, TX

                  Against:

                                 Gillan, Joseph   (Texas Cable Association and TW Telecom of Texas), Daytona Beach, FL

                                 Ince, Kristie   (TW Telecom of Texas), Plano, TX

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                                                                              WITNESS LIST

            Business & Commerce

            March 15, 2011 8:00 AM

                  Providing written testimony:

                  For:

                                 Erhart, Carl   (Verizon), Austin, TX

            SB 984

                  FOR:

                                 Peacock, Bill    (also providing written testimony) (Texas Public Policy Foundation),

                                 Austin, TX

                  AGAINST:

                                 Land, Charles   (TEXALTEL), Austin, TX

                  ON:

                                 Givens, Sheri   Public Counsel (Office of Public Utility Counsel), Austin, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  For:

                                 Camacho, Jose   (Windstream Communications), Austin, TX

                                 Dewitt, Cathy   (Texas Association of Business), Austin, TX

                                 Stringer, Scott   (Century Link), Austin, TX

                  Against:

                                 Gillan, Joseph   (Texas Cable Association and TW Telecom of Texas), Daytona Beach, TX

                                 Ince, Kristie   (TW Telecom of Texas), Plano, TX

                  Providing written testimony:

                  For:

                                 Erhart, Carl   (Verizon), Austin, TX

            SB 985

                  FOR:

                                 Richards, Glenn    (also providing written testimony) (Voice on the Net Coalition),

                                 Washington, DC

                  AGAINST:

                                 Land, Charles   (TEXALTEL), Austin, TX

                  ON:

                                 Givens, Sheri   Public Counsel (Office of Public Utility Counsel), Austin, TX

                                 Gray, Weldon   (Eastex Telephone Cooperative and Texas Statewide Telephone

                                 Cooperative), Henderson, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  For:

                                 Chiodo, Dana   (Technology Association of America), Austin, TX

                                 Dewitt, Cathy   (Texas Association of Business), Austin, TX

                                 Digneo, Bob   (AT & T), Austin, TX

                                 Wurzel, Geoff   (Technet), Austin, TX

                  Against:

                                 Gillan, Joseph   (Texas Cable Association and TW Telecom of Texas), Daytona Beach, FL

                                 Ince, Kristie   (TW Telecom of Texas), Plano, TX

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                                                                              WITNESS LIST

            Business & Commerce

            March 15, 2011 8:00 AM

                  Providing written testimony:

                  For:

                                 Erhart, Carl   (Verizon), Austin, TX

            SB 986

                  FOR:

                                 Digneo, Bob    (also providing written testimony) (AT & T), Austin, TX

                                 Erhart, Carl    (also providing written testimony) (Verizon), Austin, TX

                                 Peacock, Bill    (also providing written testimony) (Texas Public Policy Foundation),

                                 Austin, TX

                  AGAINST:

                                 Gillan, Joseph    (also providing written testimony) (Texas Cable Association and TW

                                 Telecom of Texas), Daytona Beach, FL

                                 Land, Charles   (TEXALTEL), Austin, TX

                  ON:

                                 Givens, Sheri   Public Counsel (Office of Public Utility Counsel), Austin, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  For:

                                 Camacho, Jose   (Windstream Communications), Austin, TX

                                 Dewitt, Cathy   (Texas Association of Business), Austin, TX

                                 Stringer, Scott   (Century Link), Austin, TX

                  Against:

                                 Ince, Kristie   (TW Telecom of Texas), Plano, TX

            SB 1000

                  FOR:

                                 Levy, Lori   (Texas Association of Realtors), Austin, TX

                                 Stewart, Joe   (Texas Association of Realtors), Austin, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  For:

                                 Gonzalez, Daniel   (Texas Association of Realtors), Austin, TX

                  On:

                                 Oldmixon, Douglas   (Texas Real Estate Commission), Austin, TX

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