WITNESS LIST

            Natural Resources Committee

            April 16, 2013 - 8:00 AM

            HB 693

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 De Leon, Marty (Texas Library Association)

            HB 841

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Gonzalez, Hector (El Paso water utilities)

                                 Hess, Myron (National Wildlife Federation)

                                 Kramer, Ken (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter)

                                 Lieberknecht, Chloe (Thw Nature Conservancy)

                                 McCarthy, Ed (Self; Fsh holdings lp)

                                 Ross, Susan (TREIA)

                 On:

                                 Hall, Darrin (University of Houston)

            HB 841 - Committee Substitute

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Gonzalez, Hector (El Paso water utilities)

                                 Howe, Billy (Texas Farm Bureau)

                                 Kramer, Ken (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter)

                 On:

                                 Brookins, Linda (Tceq)

            HB 1173

                 On:

                                 Caraway, Luanne (Self; Tax assessor collector Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Beving, Rita (Self)

                                 Hodges, Ken (Texas Farm Bureau)

                                 Howard, Mark (Self)

                                 Howe, Billy (Texas Farm Bureau)

                                 Kramer, Ken (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter)

                                 Lieberknecht, Chloe (Thw Nature Conservancy)

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)

                                 Metzger, Luke (Environment Texas)

                                 Munoz, Ned (Texas Association of Builders)

                                                                                               1


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Profilet, Charles (SouthWest Water Company)

                                 Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)

                                 White, Kaiba (Self; Public Citizen)

                                 Williams, C. E. (Self; Panhandle Groundwater Conservation District)

                 Against:

                                 Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)

            HB 1189

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Hess, Myron (National Wildlife Federation)

                                 Holt, David (Permian basin petroleum association)

                                 Kramer, Ken (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter)

                                 Lieberknecht, Chloe (Thw Nature Conservancy)

                                 Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)

                                 Profilet, Charles (SouthWest Water Company)

                                 Rickman, Mike (North Texas Municipal Water District)

                                 Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)

                 On:

                                 Chenoweth, Todd (TCEQ)

                                 Hilderbran, Vic (Self)

            HB 2033

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Ellmer, Mindy (Gulf Coast Water Authority)

            HB 2133

                 For:

                                 Everheart, Harvey (Mesa UWCD)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Adams, Janet (Jeff Davis County Underground Water Conservation District)

                                 Frazier, Kyle (Texas desalination assoc.)

                                 Hess, Myron (National Wildlife Federation)

                                 Holland, Scott (Irion County Water Conservation District and Sterling County Underground

                                 Water Conservation District)

                                 Howe, Billy (Texas Farm Bureau)

                                 Kosub, Steve (San Antonio Water System)

                                 Kramer, Ken (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter)

                                 Lieberknecht, Chloe (The Nature Conservancy)

                                 Mahoney, Mike (Evergreen Underground Water Conservation District)

                                                                                               2


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 McCarthy, Ed (Self; Fsh holdings lp)

                                 Metzger, Luke (Environment Texas)

                                 Norris, Bill (Self)

                                 Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)

                                 Peckham, Darrell (Self)

                                 Profilet, Charles (SouthWest Water Company)

                                 Skaggs, Jason (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)

                                 Steinbach, Stacey (Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts)

                                 Stewart, Lonnie (Self)

                                 Sutherland, Justin (Self)

                                 Weatherby, Cindy (Santa Rita Underground Water Conservation District)

                                 Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)

                                 Williams, C. E. (Self; Panhandle Groundwater Conservation District)

            HB 2142

                 For:

                                 Williams, C. E. (Self; Panhandle Groundwater Conservation District)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Beving, Rita (Self)

                                 Hess, Myron (National Wildlife Federation)

                                 Kramer, Ken (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter)

                                 Lieberknecht, Chloe (The Nature Conservancy)

                                 Metzger, Luke (Environment Texas)

                                 Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)

                 On:

                                 Ellis, Ron (TCEQ)

                                 Mace, Robert (Texas Water Development Board)

                                 Moore, Patrick (Legislative Budget Board)

            HB 2143

                 On:

                                 Williams, C. E. (Self; Panhandle Groundwater Conservation District)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Eckstein, Deece (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                                 Hess, Myron (National Wildlife Federation)

                                 Kramer, Ken (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter)

                                 Lieberknecht, Chloe (The Nature Conservancy)

                                 Metzger, Luke (Environment Texas)

                                 Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)

                                 Profilet, Charles (SouthWest Water Company)

                                 Turner, Bob (West Texas Ground Water Management Alliance)

                                                                                               3


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Ellis, Ron (TCEQ)

                                 Mace, Robert (Texas Water Development Board)

            HB 2334

                 For:

                                 Neeley, Josiah (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                 Against:

                                 Everheart, Harvey (Mesa UWCD)

                                 Hess, Myron (National Wildlife Federation)

                                 Holland, Kirk (Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District)

                                 Kramer, Ken (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter)

                                 McGuire, Mike (Self; Rolling Plains GCD)

                                 Sahs, Mary (Kenedy County Groundwater Conservation District)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Howe, Billy (Texas Farm Bureau)

                                 McCarthy, Ed (Self; Fsh holdings lp)

                                 Perry, Steve (Chevron USA)

                                 Profilet, Charles (SouthWest Water Company)

                                 Skaggs, Jason (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)

                                 Williams, Julie (Chevron USA, Inc.)

                 Against:

                                 Aaron, Dirk (Clearwater UWCD)

                                 Mahoney, Mike (Evergreen Underground Water Conservation District)

                                 Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)

                                 White, Kaiba (Self; Public Citizen)

                 On:

                                 Arroyo, Jorge (Twdb)

                                 Arroyo, Jorge (Texas Water Development Board)

                                 Brookins, Linda (Tceq)

                                 Ellis, Ron (TCEQ)

            HB 2334 - Committee Substitute

                 For:

                                 Neeley, Josiah (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                                 Sahs, Mary (Kenedy County Groundwater Conservation District)

                 Against:

                                 Embrey, Ty (Multiple groundwater conservation districts (Panola County GCD, Middle Trinity

                                 GCD, Middle Pecos GCD))

                                 Kramer, Ken (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter)

                 On:

                                 Holland, Kirk (Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District)

                                 Steinbach, Stacey (Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts)

                                                                                               4


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Friberg, Marc (Edwards Aquifer Authority)

                                 Kosub, Steve (San Antonio Water System)

                                 McCarthy, Ed (Self; Fsh holdings lp)

                                 Ruiz, Roland (Edwards Aquifer Authority)

                 Against:

                                 Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)

                 On:

                                 Arroyo, Jorge (Texas Water Development Board)

                                 Williams, C. E. (Self; Panhandle Groundwater Conservation District)

            HB 2382

                 For:

                                 Knight, Alexa (Walton Development & Management (USA), Inc.)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Collins, Becky (Walton Development & Management)

                                 Collins, Sharlene (Walton Development)

            HB 2382 - Committee Substitute

                 For:

                                 Knight, Alexa (Walton Development & Management (USA), Inc.)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Collins, Becky (Walton Development & Management)

                                 Collins, Sharlene (Walton Development)

            HB 2577

                 Against:

                                 Everheart, Harvey (Mesa UWCD)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Carter, Teddy (TIPRO-Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association)

                                 Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas ASsociation of REALTORS)

                                 Kramer, Ken (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter)

                                 Metzger, Luke (Environment Texas)

                                 Thomas, Chelsey (Texas Association of Realtors)

                                 Thompson, Matthew (Apache Corporation)

                                 Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)

                                                                                               5


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Howe, Billy (Texas Farm Bureau)

            HB 2577 - Committee Substitute

                 Against:

                                 Everheart, Harvey (Mesa UWCD)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Carter, Teddy (TIPRO- Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association)

                                 Kramer, Ken (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter)

                                 Lieberknecht, Chloe (The Nature Conservancy)

                                 Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)

                                 White, Kaiba (Self; Public Citizen)

                 Against:

                                 McGuire, Mike (Self; Rolling Plains GCD)

                 On:

                                 Howe, Billy (Texas Farm Bureau)

            HB 2578

                 For:

                                 Kosub, Steve (San Antonio Water System)

                 Against:

                                 Embrey, Ty (Multiple groundwater conservation districts (Panola County GCD, Middle Trinity

                                 GCD, Middle Pecos GCD))

                                 McGuire, Mike (Self; Rolling Plains GCD)

                                 Sahs, Mary (Kenedy County Groundwater Conservation District)

                 On:

                                 Arroyo, Jorge (Texas Water Development Board)

                                 Arroyo, Jorge (Twdb)

                                 Holland, Kirk (Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District)

                                 Kramer, Ken (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter)

                                 Mace, Robert (Texas Water Development Board)

                                 Steinbach, Stacey (Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts)

                                 Williams, C. E. (Self; Panhandle Groundwater Conservation District)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Carter, Teddy (TIPRO-Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association)

                                 Coyle, Jeff (City of San Antonio)

                                 Gutierrez, Hugo (Marathon Oil)

                                 Howe, Billy (Texas Farm Bureau)

                                 McCarthy, Ed (Self; Fsh holdings lp)

                                 Skaggs, Jason (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)

                                 Thompson, Matthew (Apache Corporation)

                                                                                               6


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Aaron, Dirk (Clearwater UWCD)

                                 Aaron, Dirk (Clearwater Underground Water Conservation District)

                                 Stewart, Lonnie (Self)

                 On:

                                 French, Larry (TWDB)

                                 Friberg, Marc (Edwards Aquifer Authority)

                                 Ruiz, Roland (Edwards Aquifer Authority)

            HB 2578 - Committee Substitute

                 For:

                                 Kosub, Steve (San antonio water system)

                 On:

                                 Holland, Kirk (Barton springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District)

                                 Mace, Robert (Texas Water Development Board)

                                 Sahs, Mary (Kenedy County Groundwater Conservation District)

            HB 2624

                 Against:

                                 Embrey, Ty (Multiple groundwater conservation districts (Panola County GCD, Middle Trinity

                                 GCD, Middle Pecos GCD))

                                 Everheart, Harvey (Mesa UWCD)

                                 McGuire, Mike (Self; Rolling Plains GCD)

                 On:

                                 Parham, Lee (Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation)

                                 Sahs, Mary (Kenedy County Groundwater Conservation District)

                                 Savage, Leslie (Railroad Commission of Texas)

                                 Thornhill, Michael (Self)

                                 Tintera, John (Self)

                                 Vining, Mark (Railroad commission of texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Gutierrez, Hugo (Marathon Oil)

                                 Hess, Myron (National Wildlife Federation)

                                 Kramer, Ken (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter)

                 Against:

                                 Stewart, Lonnie (Self)

                 On:

                                 Arroyo, Jorge (Texas Water Development Board)

                                 Arroyo, Jorge (Texas Water Development Board)

                                 Arroyo, Jorge (Twdb)

                                 Steinbach, Stacey (Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts)

                                 Williams, C. E. (Self; Panhandle Groundwater Conservation District)

                                                                                               7


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 2739

                 For:

                                 Kosub, Steve (San Antonio Water System)

                 Against:

                                 Steinbach, Stacey (Texas alliance of groundwater districts)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Oldham, Melanie (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Adams, Janet (Jeff Davis County Underground Water Conservation District)

                                 Mahoney, Mike (Evergreen Underground Water Conservation District)

                                 Weatherby, Cindy (Santa Rita Underground Water Conservation District)

            HB 2752

                 For:

                                 Freeland, Joe (NRG Texas)

                                 Sutherland, Justin (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Everheart, Harvey (Mesa UWCD)

                                 McGuire, Mike (Self; Rolling Plains GCD)

                                 Sahs, Mary (Kenedy County Groundwater Conservation District)

                 On:

                                 Craven, Eric (Texas Electric Cooperatives)

                                 Zion, Mark (Texas public power association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Frazier, Kyle (Texas desalination assoc.)

                                 Holt, David (Colorado river municipal water district Board Member)

                                 McCarthy, Ed (Self; Fsh holdings lp)

                                 Norris, Bill (Self)

                                 Ross, Susan (TREIA)

                                 Skaggs, Jason (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)

                 Against:

                                 Holland, Kirk (Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District)

                                 Stewart, Lonnie (Self)

                 On:

                                 Arroyo, Jorge (Twdb)

                                 Arroyo, Jorge (Texas Water Development Board)

                                 Brookins, Linda (Tceq)

                                 Friberg, Marc (Edwards Aquifer Authority)

                                 Ruiz, Roland (Edwards Aquifer Authority)

                                                                                               8


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 2752 - Committee Substitute

                 For:

                                 Freeland, Joe (NRG)

                 Against:

                                 Embrey, Ty (Multiple groundwater conservation districts (Panola County GCD, Middle Trinity

                                 GCD, Middle Pecos GCD))

                 On:

                                 Craven, Eric (Texas Electric Cooperatives)

                                 Everheart, Harvey (Mesauwcd)

                                 Steinbach, Stacey (Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Howe, Billy (Texas Farm Bureau)

                                 Peckham, Darrell (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Aaron, Dirk (Clearwater UWCD)

                                 Allen, Tom (GDF Suez)

                                 Orr, John (Exelon Corp.)

                 On:

                                 Friberg, Marc (Edwards Aquifer Authority)

                                 Ruiz, Roland (Edwards Aquifer Authority)

            HB 2764

                 For:

                                 Brown, Tim (City of Corpus Christi)

                                 Tagliabue, Tom (City of Corpus Christi)

            HB 2781

                 Against:

                                 Lowell, Monty (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Caraway, Kippy (City of houston)

                                 Hess, Myron (National Wildlife Federation)

                                 Kramer, Ken (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter)

                                 Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)

                                 Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)

            HB 2781 - Committee Substitute

                 For:

                                 Kight, John (Self)

                                 Wheeler, Joe (Texas rainwater catchment association)

                                                                                               9


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Howe, Billy (Texas Farm Bureau)

                                 Kramer, Ken (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter)

                                 Metzger, Luke (Environment Texas)

                                 Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)

            HB 3013

                 For:

                                 Dwyer, James (Self)

                                 Kosub, Steve (San Antonio Water System)

                                 McCarthy, Ed (Self)

                 On:

                                 Steinbach, Stacey (Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Coyle, Jeff (City of San Antonio)

                                 Howe, Billy (Texas Farm Bureau)

                                 Satterwhite, Kent (Canadian River Municipal Water Authoriy)

                                 Tagliabue, Tom (City of Corpus Christi)

                 Against:

                                 Hess, Myron (National Wildlife Federation)

                                 Kramer, Ken (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter)

                                 Metzger, Luke (Environment Texas)

                                 Stewart, Lonnie (Self)

                 On:

                                 Arroyo, Jorge (Twdb)

                                 Arroyo, Jorge (Texas Water Development Board)

                                 Ellis, Ron (TCEQ)

                                 Friberg, Marc (Edwards Aquifer Authority)

                                 Ruiz, Roland (Edwards Aquifer Authority)

            HB 3073

                 For:

                                 McDonald, Andre (Self; Fort Bend County Levee Imprvment District #2)

            HB 3114

                 For:

                                 Lange, Allan (Self; Lipan-Kickapoo Water Conservation District)

                                 Runge, Caroline (Menard County Underground Water Districy)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Huie, David (Hickory UWCD)

                                                                                              10


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Turner, Bob (West Texas Ground Water Management Alliance)

            HB 3137

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas ASsociation of REALTORS)

                                 Thomas, Chelsey (Texas Association of Realtors)

                 Against:

                                 Kramer, Ken (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter)

            HB 3137 - Committee Substitute

                 For:

                                 Barrera, Joe (Rio Grande Regional Water Authority)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas ASsociation of REALTORS)

                 Against:

                                 Kramer, Ken (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter)

            HB 3167

                 For:

                                 Wingert, Chris (West Central Texas Municipal Water District)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 McMahan, Lewis (TWDB)

                                 Trevino, Rebecca (Tx Water Development Board)

            HB 3212

                 For:

                                 Chapman, Jerry (Greater texoma utility authority)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Rickman, Mike (North Texas Municipal Water District)

                 On:

                                 Chenoweth, Todd (TCEQ)

                                 Gordon, Jeff (General Land Office)

            HB 3250

                 For:

                                 Gaines, Jimmy (Texas landowners council)

                                 Graham, Bill (Self)

                                                                                              11


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Embrey, Ty (Multiple groundwater conservation districts (Panola County GCD, Middle Trinity

                                 GCD, Middle Pecos GCD))

                                 Embrey, Ty (Middle trinity gcd, middle pecos gcd, panola county gcd)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Fitzsimons, Patrick (Self; Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance)

                                 Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas ASsociation of REALTORS)

                                 Mccown, Bill (Self)

                                 McCown, Cathie (Self)

                                 Thomas, Chelsey (Texas Association of Realtors)

                 Against:

                                 Aaron, Dirk (Clearwater Underground Water Conservation District)

                                 Adams, Janet (Jeff Davis County Underground Water Conservation District)

                                 Holland, Kirk (Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District)

                                 Holland, Scott (Irion County Water Conservation District and Sterling County Underground

                                 Water Conservation District)

                                 Howe, Billy (Texas Farm Bureau)

                                 Jones, Kathy Turner (Lone Star GroundwaterConservation District)

                                 Mahoney, Mike (Evergreen Underground Water Conservation District)

                                 McGuire, Mike (Self; Rolling Plains GCD)

                                 Skaggs, Jason (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)

                                 Weatherby, Cindy (Santa Rita Underground Water Conservation District)

                                 Williams, C. E. (Self; Panhandle Groundwater Conservation District)

            HB 3250 - Committee Substitute

                 For:

                                 Gaines, Jimmy (Texas landowners council)

                                 Graham, Bill (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Embrey, Ty (Middle pecos gcd, middle trinity gcd, panola county gcd)

                                 Everheart, Harvey (Mesa UWCD)

                                 Steinbach, Stacey (Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas ASsociation of REALTORS)

                                 Mccown, Bill (Self)

                                 McCown, Cathie (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Aaron, Dirk (Clearwater Underground Water Conservation District)

                                 Adams, Janet (Jeff Davis County Underground Water Conservation District)

                                 Holland, Kirk (Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District)

                                 Howard, Mark (Self)

                                                                                              12


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Jones, Kathy Turner (Lone Star GroundwaterConservation District)

                                 Mahoney, Mike (Evergreen Underground Water Conservation District)

                                 McGuire, Mike (Self; Rolling Plains GCD)

                                 Stewart, Lonnie (Self)

                                 Walthour, Steven (North Plains Groundwater Conservation District)

                                 Weatherby, Cindy (Santa Rita Underground Water Conservation District)

            HB 3317

                 For:

                                 Carter, Teddy (TIPRO-Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association)

                                 Holt, David (Permian basin petroleum association)

                                 Holt, David (Pbpa)

                                 Pomeroy, Cory (Texas Oil and Gas Association)

                 Against:

                                 Embrey, Ty (Multiple groundwater conservation districts (Panola County GCD, Middle Trinity

                                 GCD, Middle Pecos GCD))

                                 Everheart, Harvey (Mesa UWCD)

                                 Sahs, Mary (Kenedy County Groundwater Conservation District)

                                 Steinbach, Stacey (Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts)

                 On:

                                 Mahoney, Mike (Evergreen Underground Water Conservation District)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Brown, Jay (Concho Resources)

                                 Gipson, Mark (Devon Energy)

                                 Golemon, Kinnan (Shell Oil Company)

                                 Gutierrez, Hugo (Marathon Oil)

                                 Howe, Billy (Texas Farm Bureau)

                                 Perry, Steve (Chevron USA)

                                 Sellers, Tom (Conocophillips)

                                 Skaggs, Jason (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)

                                 Stevens, Bill (Texas Alliance of Energy Producers)

                                 Thompson, Matthew (Apache Corporation)

                                 Williams, Julie (Chevron USA, Inc.)

                 Against:

                                 Aaron, Dirk (Clearwater Underground Water Conservation District)

                                 Adams, Janet (Jeff Davis County Underground Water Conservation District)

                                 Forbes, Tom (North plains groundwater conservation district)

                                 Hess, Myron (National Wildlife Federation)

                                 Holland, Kirk (Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District)

                                 Kramer, Ken (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter)

                                 McGuire, Mike (Self; Rolling Plains GCD)

                                 Metzger, Luke (Environment Texas)

                                                                                              13


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Weatherby, Cindy (Santa Rita Underground Water Conservation District)

                                 Weatherby, Cindy (Santa Rita Underground Water Conservation District)

                                 Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)

                                 Williams, C. E. (Self; Panhandle Groundwater Conservation District)

                 On:

                                 Parham, Lee (Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation)

            HB 3511

                 For:

                                 Arnold, Joe (Self; BASF)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Hazlewood, Steve (Dow Chemical)

                                 Simpson, Stephanie (Texas association of manufacturers)

            HB 3511 - Committee Substitute

                 For:

                                 Arnold, Joe (Self; BASF)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Meroney, Mike (Self; Huntsman Corp.)

                                 Simpson, Stephanie (Texas association of manufacturers)

                                 Womack, Daniel (Texas chemical council)

            HB 3604

                 For:

                                 Kramer, Ken (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter)

                 On:

                                 Moore, Patrick (Legislative Budget Board)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Hess, Myron (National Wildlife Federation)

                                 Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)

            HB 3604 - Committee Substitute

                 For:

                                 Kramer, Ken (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter)

                 On:

                                 Moore, Patrick (Legislative Budget Board)

                                                                                              14


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Lieberknecht, Chloe (The Nature Conservancy)

                                 Metzger, Luke (Environment Texas)

                                 Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)

                                 White, Kaiba (Self; Public Citizen)

                 On:

                                 Ellis, Ron (TCEQ)

                                 Mace, Robert (Texas Water Development Board)

            HB 3605

                 For:

                                 Kramer, Ken (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter)

                 On:

                                 Moore, Patrick (Legislative Budget Board)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Hess, Myron (National Wildlife Federation)

                                 Lieberknecht, Chloe (The Nature Conservancy)

                                 Metzger, Luke (Environment Texas)

                                 Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)

                                 White, Kaiba (Self; Public Citizen)

                 On:

                                 Mace, Robert (Texas Water Development Board)

            HB 3608

                 For:

                                 Kramer, Ken (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Hess, Myron (National Wildlife Federation)

                                 Lieberknecht, Chloe (The Nature Conservancy)

                                 Metzger, Luke (Environment Texas)

                                 Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)

                                 White, Kaiba (Self; Public Citizen)

                 On:

                                 Mace, Robert (Texas Water Development Board)

            HB 3718

                 Against:

                                 McGuire, Mike (Self; Rolling Plains GCD)

                                 Sahs, Mary (Kenedy County Groundwater Conservation District)

                                                                                              15


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Sahs, Mary (Kenedy County Groundwater Conservation District)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 Aaron, Dirk (Clearwater UWCD)

                                 Aaron, Dirk (Clearwater UWCD)

                                 Adams, Janet (Jeff Davis County Underground Water Conservation District)

                                 Mahoney, Mike (Evergreen Underground Water Conservation District)

                                 Steinbach, Stacey (Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts)

                                 Weatherby, Cindy (Santa Rita Underground Water Conservation District)

                 On:

                                 Everheart, Harvey (Mesa UWCD)

                                 Williams, C. E. (Self; Panhandle Groundwater Conservation District)

            HB 3718 - Committee Substitute

                 For:

                                 Kosub, Steve (San Antonio Water System)

                 Against:

                                 Embrey, Ty (Middle Pecos GCD, Middle Trinity GCD, and Panola County GCD)

                                 McGuire, Mike (Self; Rolling Plains GCD)

                 On:

                                 Sahs, Mary (Kenedy County Groundwater Conservation District)

                                 Sahs, Mary (Kenedy County Groundwater Conservation District)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Coyle, Jeff (City of San Antonio)

                 Against:

                                 Mahoney, Mike (Evergreen Underground Water Conservation District)

                                 Stewart, Lonnie (Self)

            HB 3898

                 For:

                                 Ellis, Gregory (Bandera County River Authority and Groundwater District)

                                 Harris, Bobby (Self; Bandera County)

                                 Sloan, Don (Self; Bandera County River Authority and Groundwater District)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Mauk, David (Self; Bandera County River Authority and Groundwater District)

                                 Ripley, Karen (Self; Bandera river authority and groundwater district)

                                 Sides, Jerry (Self; Bandera County River Authority and Groundwater District)

                                 Sloan, Sharon (Self)

                                 Spoerl, Burt (Self)

                                                                                              16


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 3902

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Stone, Travis (Aliana Development Company)

                 On:

                                 Green, Timothy (Coats rose law firm)

            HB 3903

                 On:

                                 Ellis, Gregory (Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District)

            HB 3903 - Committee Substitute

                 On:

                                 Ellis, Gregory (Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District)

            HB 3910

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Green, Tim (Coats rose law firm)

            HB 3915

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allison, Jim (Victoria County GCD and Texana GCD)

            HB 3923

                 For:

                                 Lary, Trey (Toll Houston TX, LLC)

            HB 3925

                 For:

                                 Cornelius, James (Sowell Company)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Green, Tim (Coats rose law firm)

            HCR 59

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Frazier, Kyle (Texas desalination assoc.)

                                 Norris, Bill (Self)

                                                                                              17


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HCR 59 - Committee Substitute

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Howe, Billy (Texas Farm Bureau)

                                 Winder, David (Dow Chemical)

            SB 302

                 Against:

                                 Conkwright, Jim (High Plains UWCD No. 1)

                                 Howard, Mark (Self; Corn Producers Association of Texas)

                                 Vaughan, Dee (Self; Plains Cotton Growers, Inc and Corn Producers Association of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Everheart, Harvey (Mesauwcd)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Kramer, Ken (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter)

                 Against:

                                 Howe, Billy (Texas farm bureau)

                 On:

                                 French, Larry (TWDB)

                                 Williams, C. E. (Self; Panhandle Groundwater Conservation District)

            SB 1212

                 For:

                                 Chapman, Jerry (Greater texoma utility authority)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Rickman, Mike (North Texas Municipal Water District)

            SB 1241

                 For:

                                 Buckner, Luana (Edwards Aquifer Authority)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Friberg, Marc (Edwards Aquifer Authority)

                                 James, Jerry (City of Victoria)

                                 Kramer, Ken (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter)

                                 Ruiz, Roland (Edwards Aquifer Authority)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            SB 1299

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Kramer, Ken (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter)

                                 Lary, Trey (West Harris County Regional Water Authority)

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