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                                                                              WITNESS LIST

            Business & Commerce

            April 19, 2011 8:00 AM

            SB 365

                  FOR BILL/FOR COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE (Substitute) :

                                 Boudreau, Pascal    (also providing written testimony) (Blaise Energy), Austin, TX

                                 Stevens, Bill   (Texas Alliance of Energy Producers), Austin, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  For Bill/For Committee Substitute (Substitute) :

                                 Gutierrez, Michael    (Self), San Antonio, TX

                  On Bill/On Committee Substitute (Substitute) :

                                 Patterson, Jerry   (General Land Office), Austin, TX

            SB 995

                  FOR:

                                 Barnes, Daniel   (Graham Barnes Distilling), Austin, TX

                                 Garrison, Dan   (Garrison Brothers Distillery), Hye, TX

                                 Germer, Stephen   (Balcones Distillery), Austin, TX

                                 Railean, Matt   (Railean Distillers, LLC), League City, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  Against:

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

                                 Spilman, Tom   (Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas), Austin, TX

                  On:

                                 Jones, Dexter   (Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission), Austin, TX

            SB 1227

                  AGAINST BILL/AGAINST COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE (Substitute) :

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

                                 Thompson, Jay   (AFACT), Austin, TX

                  ON BILL/ON COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE (Substitute) :

                                 Geeslin, Mike   (Texas Department of Insurance), Austin, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  Against Bill/Against Committee Substitute (Substitute) :

                                 Scott, Bruce   (State Farm Ins.), Austin, TX

                  On Bill/On Committee Substitute (Substitute) :

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

            SB 1375

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  For:

                                 Patterson, T.J.   (City of Fort Worth), Fort Worth, TX

                                 Spilman, Tom   (Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas), Austin, TX

                  On:

                                 Miles, Paul   (Secretary of State), Austin, TX

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                                                                              WITNESS LIST

            Business & Commerce

            April 19, 2011 8:00 AM

            SB 1388

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  For Bill/For Committee Substitute (Substitute) :

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

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

                                 Long, Wade   (Licensed Beverage Distributors), Austin, TX

                  On Bill/On Committee Substitute (Substitute) :

                                 Jones, Dexter   (Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission), Austin, TX

            SB 1409

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  For Bill/For Committee Substitute (Substitute) :

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

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

                                 Spilman, Tom   (Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas), Austin, TX

                  On Bill/On Committee Substitute (Substitute) :

                                 Cook, Sherry   (Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission), TX

            SB 1463

                  FOR:

                                 Johnson, Rob   (Consumer Data Information Association), Austin, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  For:

                                 Gutierrez, Michael    (Self), San Antonio, TX

                                 Hall, Kim   (First Data Corporation), Greenwood Village, CO

                                 Kemptner, Sara   (H-E-B), Austin, TX

            SB 1575

                  FOR BILL/FOR COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE (Substitute) :

                                 McElroy, Chip   (Live Oak Brewing Co.), Austin, TX

                                 Orf, Chris   (Orfin Magic Productions), Austin, TX

                  AGAINST BILL/AGAINST COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE (Substitute) :

                                 Yarbrough, Randy   (Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas), Austin, TX

                  ON BILL/ON COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE (Substitute) :

                                 Beck, Carolyn   (Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission), Austin, TX

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

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  For Bill/For Committee Substitute (Substitute) :

                                 Anderson, Steve   (Live Oak Brewing Co.), Austin, TX

                                 Ashley, Price   (Texas Association of Manufacturers), Austin, TX

                                 Blocker, Trey   (Texas Brewers' Institute), Austin, TX

                                 Bordeau, Shane   (Twisted X Brewing Co.), Cedar Park, TX

                                 Burnett, James   (South Austin Brewing Co.), Austin, TX

                                 Dicello, Louis    (Self), Austin, TX

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                                                                              WITNESS LIST

            Business & Commerce

            April 19, 2011 8:00 AM

                                 Eber, Marjorie   (Circle Brewing Co.), Austin, TX

                                 Fischer, Rachel    (Self), Austin, TX

                                 Ford, Ray    (Self), Austin, TX

                                 Graham, Michael   (Austin Beerworks), Austin, TX

                                 Hare, Josh   (Hops and Grain Brewing), Austin, TX

                                 Maddox, Jake   (Thirsty Planet Brewing Co.), Austin, TX

                                 Martin, Jack    (Self), Austin, TX

                                 Mulherin, Judson   (Circle Brewing Co.), Austin, TX

                                 Parker, Vicki    (Self), Austin, TX

                                 Peters, Edward   (Texas Craft Brewers Guild), Austin, TX

                                 Sabel, Benjamin   (Circle Brewing Co.), Austin, TX

                                 Sampson, Jim   (Twisted X Brewing Company), Lago Vista, TX

                                 Smittle, Brian   (Thirsty Planet Brewing Co.), Austin, TX

                                 Stuffings, Jeff   (Jester King Craft Brewery), Austin, TX

                                 Weeks, Jordan   (South Austin Brewing Co.), Austin, TX

                  Against Bill/Against Committee Substitute (Substitute) :

                                 Spilman, Tom   (Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas), Austin, TX

            SB 1743

                  FOR BILL/FOR COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE (Substitute) :

                                 Altgelt, Ernest    (also providing written testimony) (Owner/Member PEC Electric Co-op),

                                 Lakeway, TX

                                 Higgins, Carlos    (Self), Austin, TX

                  AGAINST BILL/AGAINST COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE (Substitute) :

                                 Wilson, Andy   (Public Citizen), Austin, TX

                  ON BILL/ON COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE (Substitute) :

                                 Sloan, RB   (Pedernales Electric Co-op), Johnson City, TX

                                 Williams, Michael   (Texas Electric Co-op's), Austin, TX

                  Providing written testimony:

                  For Bill/For Committee Substitute (Substitute) :

                                 Rodi, Robert   (PEC Owner/Member), Driftwood, TX

            SB 1812

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  For:

                                 Gutierrez, Michael    (Self), San Antonio, TX

                  On:

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

            SB 1849

                  FOR BILL/FOR COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE (Substitute) :

                                 Shultz, Michael   (Consolidated Communications), Conroe, TX

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                                                                              WITNESS LIST

            Business & Commerce

            April 19, 2011 8:00 AM

            SB 1863

                  FOR:

                                 Farbstein, Brad   (Real Ale Brewing Co.), Blanco, TX

                                 Rahr, Fritz   (Rahr and Sons Brewing Co.), Fort Worth, TX

                  AGAINST:

                                 Yarbrough, Randy   (Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas), Austin, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  For:

                                 Ashley, Price   (Texas Association of Manufacturers), Austin, TX

                                 Blocker, Trey   (Texas Brewers' Institute), Austin, TX

                                 Bordeau, Shane   (Twisted X Brewing Co.), Cedar Park, TX

                                 Burnett, James   (South Austin Brewing Co.), Austin, TX

                                 Eber, Marjorie   (Circle Brewing Co.), Austin, TX

                                 Ford, Ray    (Self), Austin, TX

                                 Graham, Michael   (Austin Beerworks), Austin, TX

                                 Hare, Josh   (Hops and Grain Brewing), Austin, TX

                                 Mulherin, Judson   (Circle Brewing Co.), Austin, TX

                                 Parker, Vicki    (Self), Austin, TX

                                 Peters, Edward   (Texas Craft Brewers Guild), Austin, TX

                                 Sabel, Benjamin   (Circle Brewing Co.), Austin, TX

                                 Sampson, Jim   (Twisted X Brewing Company), Lago Vista, TX

                                 Smittle, Brian   (Thirsty Planet Brewing Co.), Austin, TX

                                 Stuffings, Jeff   (Jester King Craft Brewery), Austin, TX

                                 Weeks, Jordan   (South Austin Brewing Co.), Austin, TX

                  Against:

                                 Grace, Jim   (Anheuser Busch), Houston, TX

                                 Spilman, Tom   (Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas), Austin, TX

                  On:

                                 Beck, Carolyn   (Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission), Austin, TX

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