WITNESS LIST
Ways & Means Committee
March 25, 2013 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess
For:
Lavers, Bill (The development corporation of snyder)
Pratt, Jack (Self; City of kerrville)
Wortham, Gregory (City of Sweetwater)
Against:
Allen, George (Texas Apartment Association)
Joslove, Scott (Texas hotel and lodging assn)
Patel, Rick (Self; Local hotel association.)
On:
Davila, Yolanda (Texas Legislative Budget Board)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Igo, Shanna (Texas Municipal League)
Against:
Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Hinkle, Ron (Texas Travel Industry Association)
Kearns, Dennis (Texas Railroad Association)
Richie, Carl (United Airlines)
Swan, Shannon (Southwest Airlines)
For:
Caraway, Luanne (Self; Tax Assessor Collector Association)
Hunt, Deborah (Tax Assessor Collectors Association)
Porter, Scott (Self; Tax Assessor-Collectors Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Ames, John (Self; Tax Assessor/Collector Association & Dallas County)
Barber, Gary (Self; Tax Assessor Collector Assn. of Texas)
Biscamp, Bobbby (Self; Tax assessor collector asso.)
French, Michelle (Self; Tax assessor collector association)
Gaddes, Larry (Tax assessor/collectors association - williamson county)
Garrett, RoVin (Self; Tax assessor collectors assoc.)
Garvey, Teri (Self; Tax Assessor Collectors Association of Texas)
Kasal, Norman (Self; Dallas county tax office)
Palacios, Stephen (Self; Bexar tax assessor)
Pardue, Craig (Dallas County)
Porter, Lewis (Self; Tax assessor collectors asso.)
Reed, Ender (Texas Association of Counties)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Sagebiel, Dexter (Self; T a c a)
Shaw, Monte (Self; Tax assessor collector. Wise county)
Sullivan, Mike (Self; Harris County Tax Assessor Collector)
Talcott, Cathy (Tax assessor/collector assoc - Comal County)
Uresti, Albert (Self; Taca)
Watson, Becky (Self; Tax Assessor Collectors Association of Texas)
Willey, Terry (Self; Texas assessor collector assoc.)
For:
Woodruff, Matt (Texas Waterway Operators Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Flores, Robert (Texas Association of Mexican-American Chambers of Commerce)
Fore, Delbert (Enterprise Products)
On:
Bostick, Teresa (Comptroller)
Warren, Ed (Comptroller)
For:
Blanke, Laura (Texas Pediatric Society)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association & Texas Public Health Coalition)
Blanke, Laura (Texas Pediatric Society)
Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Kenderdine, Marshall (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Nakra, Nidhi (The Immunization Partnership)
Reynolds, David (Texas Medical Association)
Sperry, Bryan (Children's Hospital Association of Texas)
Willmann, James (Texas Nurses Association)
On:
Bostick, Teresa (Comptroller)
Warren, Ed (Comptroller)
For:
Grissom jr., Lonnie (Self)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Small, Ed (Texas Forestry Association)
On:
Bostick, Teresa (Comptroller)
Warren, Ed (Comptroller)
For:
Grissom jr., Lonnie (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Small, Ed (Texas Forestry Association)
On:
Bostick, Teresa (Comptroller)
Warren, Ed (Comptroller)
For:
Kroll, John (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Barber, Kathy (NFIB/Texas)
Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Matocha, Dustin (Texans for Fiscal Responsibility)
Owen, Bob (Texas Society of CPAs)
On:
Bostick, Teresa (Comptroller)
Warren, Ed (Comptroller)
For:
Kolkhorst, Jim (Self; Texas food and fuel assoc)
Maxey, Terry (Self; Texas Food and Fuel Association)
Polk, Carl ray (Self; Brookshire brothers polk oil)
Rabb, Cary (Self; Wagabag inc)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Barber, Kathy (NFIB/Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)
DuBois, Jr., Doug (Texas Food & Fuel Association)
Garey, Glen (Texas Restaurant Association)
Kroll, John (Michaels Stores Inc.)
Volkening, Ronnie (Texas Retailers Association)
Wilkes, Morris (United Supermarkets)
On:
Bostick, Teresa (Comptroller)
Warren, Ed (Comptroller)
For:
Kroll, John (Self; MuniServices, Inc.)
Against:
Kennedy, John (Texas taxpayers and research association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Greytok, Marta (City of. Stafford tx)
Greytok, Marta (City of austin tx)
Against:
Reilly, Wendy (TechAmerica)
Volkening, Ronnie (Texas Retailers Association)
For:
Chase, Brian (Bell Helicopter and Texas Defense Aerospace Aviation Alliance)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Barber, Kathy (NFIB/Texas)
Chiodo, Dana (Raytheon)
Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Deadrick, June (CenterPoint Energy)
Dodson, Jeffrey (The Boeing Company)
Flores, Robert (Texas Association of Mexican-American Chambers of Commerce)
Hench, Marina (Texas Association for Home Care and Hospice)
Rodriguez, Jennifer (Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company)
Russell, Claudia (Owens-Illinios, Inc.)
Volkening, Ronnie (Texas Retailers Association)
On:
Bostick, Teresa (Comptroller)
Warren, Ed (Comptroller)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Rafferty, Joseph (HealthBridge Children's Hospital)
On:
Bostick, Teresa (Comptroller)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Apodaca, Michelle (Tenet Healthcare Corporation)
Beinke, Allen (Baptist Health System)
Capelo, Jaime (Texas Society of Ambulatory Surgery Centers)
Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Girard, Chuck (HCA - Hospital Corporation of America)
Hawkins, John (Texas Hospital Association)
Hench, Marina (Texas Association for Home Care and Hospice)
Hutto, Kathy (Community Health Systems)
Schauer, Tim (Nexus Health System)
On:
Warren, Ed (Comptroller)
For:
Hendrix, Chris (Walmart)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Vane, Mark (Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP)
Volkening, Ronnie (Texas Retailers Association)
Wylie, Ben (Walmart)
On:
Bostick, Teresa (Comptroller)
Warren, Ed (Comptroller)
For:
Eden, Greg (Self; National Campus and Community Development Corp.)
Robertson, Janet (Self; Haynes and Boone)
For:
Chase, Brian (Bell Helicopter and Texas Defense Aerospace and Aviation Alliance)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Chiodo, Dana (Raytheon)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Dodson, Jeffrey (The Boeing Company)
Rodriguez, Jennifer (Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company)
On:
Bostick, Teresa (Comptroller)
Warren, Ed (Comptroller)
For:
Cox, Charles (City of Farmers Branch)
Scott, Robert (City of carrollton, TX)
Yeary, Christopher (MuniServices)
Against:
Kennedy, John (Texas taxpayers and research association)
On:
Lomax, Bryant (Comptroller)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Igo, Shanna (Texas Municipal League)
Kroll, John (Self; MuniServices, Inc.)
Shields, Chris (Fort Worth Transportation Authority)
Sturzl, Frank (City of Arlington, Texas)
Against:
DuBois, Jr., Doug (Texas Food & Fuel Association)
Reilly, Wendy (TechAmerica)
Volkening, Ronnie (Texas Retailers Association)
For:
Christian, George (National Association of Publicly Traded Partnerships)
On:
Warren, Ed (Comptroller)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allday, Marty (Enbridge Energy)
Billingsley, Anne (ONEOK, Inc.)
Cagnolatti, David (Self)
Cagnolatti, David (Phillips 66)
Cannon, Thure (Texas Pipeline Association)
Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Ellmer, Mindy (NuStar Energy)
Fore, Delbert (Enterprise Products)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Grace, Jim (Centerpoint Energy)
Holt, David (Permian Basin Petroleum Association)
LeBas, James (TxOGA)
Sander, Lindsay (Markwest Energy)
Sander, Lindsay (National Association of Publicly Traded Partnerships)
Stegall, Justin (Enbridge Energy)
On:
Bostick, Teresa (Comptroller)
For:
Johnson, Karisa (Texas Building Owners and Managers Association (Texas BOMA))
Kelley, John (Texas Building Owners and Managers Association (Texas BOMA))
McMahon, Linda (The Real Estate Council - Dallas and The Real Estate Councils of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Calcote, Mary (Real Estate Council of San Antonio)
Carson, Bradley (Real Estate Council of San Antonio)
Chiodo, Dana (International Council of Shopping Centers)
Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas association of realtors)
Short, Jim (Houston Real Estate Council)
Thomas, Chelsey (Texas Association of Realtors)
On:
Bostick, Teresa (Comptroller)
Warren, Ed (Comptroller)
For:
Hall, Joseph (Self; Texas chapter of National Association of Theater Owners & Rio
Entertainment, Inc)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)
On:
Bostick, Teresa (Comptroller)
Warren, Ed (Comptroller)
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