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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            Government Efficiency & Reform Committee

            April 15, 2013 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess

            Periscope Holdings

                 On:

                                 Utley, Brian (Periscope Holdings)

            HB 193

                 Against:

                                 Howard, Curtis (City of Plano)

                                 Howard, Curtis (Texas Municipal League)

                                 STIDGER, ALLEN (Self; Texas association of licensed investigators)

                                 Tays, Steven (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Chadwick, Ashley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)

                                 Schneider, Michael (Texas Association of Broadcasters)

                                 Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Anderson, Jessica (Texas Police Chiefs Association)

                                 Craft, Lon (TMPA)

                                 Eppes, Brian (Tarrant County District Attorney's Office)

                                 Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas)

                                 Jones, James (San Antonio Police Department)

                                 Kildow, Randy (TALI Texas Association of Licensed Investigators)

                                 McKinney, Donald (Houston Police Department)

                                 Romero, Andrew (Austin Police Association)

                                 Shapleigh, Ballard C. (Jaime Esparza, District Attorney - 34th Judicial District (El Paso,

                                 Hudspeth, Culberson Counties))

                                 Sims, Randall (Self; 47thDistrict Attorney's office)

                                 Smith, James (San antonio police officers association)

            HB 2335

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)

                                 Reilly, Wendy (TechAmerica)

            HB 2698

                 On:

                                 Gear Jr., Bob (Texas Workforce Commission)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Sanderson, Josh (Association of Texas Professional Educators)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Williford, Jeff (Texas Veterans Commission)

            HB 3198

                 On:

                                 Harrison, Amy (TABC)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Adams, John (Office of the Attorney General)

                                 Franz, Bill (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)

                                 Weaver, Dan (Higher Education Coordinating Board)

                                 Weaver, Dan (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)

            HB 3202

                 For:

                                 Bailey, Peter (CDM Smith)

                                 Doller, John (Carollo Engineers)

                                 Olivares, Leonardo (City of Weslaco)

                                 Ross, Shirley (Wells Branch Municipal Utility District)

                                 Varner, Douglas (CDM Smith)

                 Against:

                                 Cobb, Harold (Self; Texas Society of Professional Engineers)

                                 Fowler, Perry (Self; BAR Constructors, Boyer Construction, Bryan Construction, CSA

                                 Construction, LEM Construction, Matous Construction, Pepper Lawson Waterworks)

                                 Fretwll, Bennie (Self)

                                 Guerra, Ricardo (Self; Texas Society of Professional Engineers)

                                 Rapier, Joseph (Self; Parkhill, Smith & Cooper engineers)

                                 Stringer, Ken (Self; LEM Construction Company)

                                 Tanksley, Dan (Self; Texas Society of Professional Engineers)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Herbst, Douglas (MWH Constructors and Southwest Region of the Design Build Institute of

                                 America)

                 Against:

                                 Austin, Rich (Self)

                                 Bell, Doug (Self; Self and TSPE)

                                 Bilderback, Terry (Self)

                                 Coyle, Jeff (City of San Antonio)

                                 Fendley, William (Self)

                                 Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)

                                 Garrett, David (Self; CobbFendley)

                                 Green, Dawn (Self; Halff Associates, Inc)

                                 Guerra, Jose (Self; Texas Society of Professional Engineers)

                                 Harrod, Julia (Self; MWM DesignGroup, Inc)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Hastings, Julie (Self; TSPE and CobbFendley)

                                 Lancaster, David (Texas Society of Architects)

                                 Moya, Michael (Self; Texas Society of Professional Engineers)

                                 Nichols, Michael (Self; Freese and Nichols, Inc.)

                                 Reddish, Harold (Self)

                                 Smith, Mark (Self; BAR Constructors)

                                 Stagner, Steve (American Council of Engineering Companies of Texas)

            HB 3203

                 For:

                                 Bailey, Peter (CDM Smith)

                                 Doller, John (Carollo Engineers)

                                 Olivares, Leonardo (City of Weslaco)

                                 Ross, Shirley (Wells Branch Municipal Utility District)

                                 Varner, Douglas (CDM Smith)

                 Against:

                                 Cobb, Harold (Self; Texas Society of Professional Engineers)

                                 Fowler, Perry (Self; BAR Constructors, Boyer Construction, Bryan Construction, CSA

                                 Construction, LEM Construction, Matous Construction, Pepper Lawson Waterworks)

                                 Guerra, Ricardo (Self; Texas Society of Professional Engineers)

                                 Harrod, Julia (Self; MWM DesignGroup, Inc)

                                 Rapier, Joseph (Self; Parkhill, Smith & Cooper engineers)

                                 Stagner, Steve (American Council of Engineering Companies of Texas)

                                 Stringer, Ken (Self; LEM Construction Company)

                                 Tanksley, Dan (Self; Texas Society of Professional Engineers)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)

                                 Herbst, Douglas (MWH Constructors and Southwest Region of the Design Build Institute of

                                 America)

                                 Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)

                 Against:

                                 Austin, Rich (Self)

                                 Bell, Doug (Self; Self and TSPE)

                                 Bilderback, Terry (Self)

                                 Bowman, Gordon (City of austin)

                                 Fendley, William (Self)

                                 Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)

                                 Garrett, David (Self; CobbFendley)

                                 Green, Dawn (Self; Halff Associates, Inc)

                                 Guerra, Jose (Self; Texas Society of Professional Engineers)

                                 Hastings, Julie (Self; TSPE and CobbFendley)

                                 Moya, Michael (Self; Texas Society of Professional Engineers)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Nichols, Michael (Self; Freese and Nichols, Inc.)

                                 Reddish, Harold (Self)

                                 Smith, Mark (Self; BAR Constructors)

                 On:

                                 Bowman, Gordon (City of austin)

            HB 3648

                 For:

                                 Kelly, Thomas (Fluor Corporation)

            HJR 112

                 Against:

                                 Fleming, John (Texas mortgage bankers association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 Brown, Sabrina (Acxiom)

                                 Calcote, Mary (Experian)

                                 Culley, Robert (Reed Elsevier/ Lexis Nexis)

                                 Johnson Jr., Robert E. (Consumer Data Industry Association)

                                 Ross, Susan (State Farm)

            SB 471

                 On:

                                 Winn, Elizabeth (Travis County Attorney's Office)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Chadwick, Ashley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)

                                 Eckstein, Deece (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                                 Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)

                                 Schneider, Michael (Texas Association of Broadcasters)

                                 Sisk, Cathy (Harris County)

            SB 700

                 On:

                                 Moore, Patrick (Legislative budget board)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Hess, Myron (National  Wildlife Federation)

                                 Lieberknecht, Chloe (The Nature Conservancy)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter, Sierra Club)

                                 Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)

                                 White, Kaiba (Self; Public Citizen)

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