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                                                                              WITNESS LIST

            Business & Commerce

            April 30, 2013 8:00 AM

            HB 584

                  FOR:

                                 Rickers, Emily  (Alliance for Texas Families), Austin, TX

            HB 949

                  FOR:

                                 Phillips, Karen  (Texas Automobile Dealers Association), Austin, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Loftis, Lee  (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas), Austin, TX

                                 Wendell, Ware V.  (Texas Watch), Austin, TX

                  ON:

                                 Hurley, Leslie  (TDI), Austin, TX

            HB 994

                  ON:

                                 Reed, Cyrus  (Sierra Club, Lone Star Chapter), Austin, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Fainter Jr., John W.  (AECT), Austin, TX

                                 McCollough, Parker  (NRG Energy, Inc.), Austin, TX

                                 Nathan, Robert  (CPS Energy), Austin, TX

                                 Stewart, Scott  (Zachry Industrial), Austin, TX

                                 Zachary, Mance  (Luminant), Dallas, TX

                                 Zion, Mark  (Texas Public Power Association), Austin, TX

                  AGAINST:

                                 Metzger, Luke  (Environment Texas), Austin, TX

                  ON:

                                 Tietjen, Darryl  (PUC), Austin, TX

            HB 1305

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Loftis, Lee  (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas), Austin, TX

                  ON:

                                 Jonon, Margaret  (TDI), Austin, TX

            HB 1685

                  FOR:

                                 Owen, Bob  (Texas Society of CPAs), Austin, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Chadwick, Ashley B.  (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas), Austin, TX

                                 Lancaster, David  (Texas Society of Architects), Austin, TX

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


                                                                              WITNESS LIST

            Business & Commerce

            April 30, 2013 8:00 AM

                  ON:

                                 Hendricks, Cathy L.  Executive Director (Texas Board of  Architectural Examiners), Austin,

                                 TX

                                 Kinney, Lance  (Texas Board of Professional Engineers), Austin, TX

                                 Ogle, Steven  (Sunset Commission), Austin, TX

                                 Treacy, William  (Texas State Board of Public Accountancy), Austin, TX

            HB 2095

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  AGAINST:

                                 Mahoney, Annie  (Texas Conservative Coalition), Austin, TX

                  ON:

                                 Kuntz, William  (Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation), Austin, TX

            HB 2548

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Scurlock, Steve  (Independent Bankers Association of Texas), Austin, TX

                  ON:

                                 Hutchings, Sealy  (OCCC), Austin, TX

            SB 295

                  FOR:

                                 Hewitt, Todd   (Self), Austin, TX

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

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

                  AGAINST:

                                 Heasley, John  (Texas Bankers Association), Austin, TX

                                 Munoz, Ned  (Texas Association of Builders), Austin, TX

                                 Scurlock, Steve  (Independent Bankers Association of Texas), Austin, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Chatron, Michael J.  (AGC Texas Building Branch), Austin, TX

                                 Doyle, Brendan P.  (Marek Brothers Systems), Buda, TX

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

                                 Morgan, Carol  (Texas Contractors Association of Texas), Colleyville, TX

                                 Morgan, Eugene J.  (Texas Construction Association), Colleyville, TX

                                 Shelley, Dan  (Plumbing Heating Cooling Contractors), Austin, TX

                                 Smith, Charles D.  (Maxim Crane Works), San Diego, TX

                                 White, Michael  (Texas Construction Association), Austin, TX

                  AGAINST:

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

                                 Lee, Randy  (Stewart Title Guaranty Co.), Austin, TX


                                                                              WITNESS LIST

            Business & Commerce

            April 30, 2013 8:00 AM

            SB 1081

                  FOR:

                                 Luke, Joseph J.  (Structural Engineers Association of Texas), Austin, TX

                                 Navarro, Robert   (Self; Structural Engineers Association of Texas), El Paso, TX

                  AGAINST:

                                 Cobb, Harold  (Texas Society of Professional Engineers), Houston, TX

                                 Harrod, Julia  (MWM Design Group), Austin, TX

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

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  AGAINST:

                                 Bell, Doug  (Texas Society of Professional Engineers), Austin, TX

                                 Khoury, Sandra  (Cobb Fendley), Cedar Park, TX

                                 Martinez, Roberto O.  (Texas Society of Professional Engineers), Austin, TX

                                 Tanksley, Dan  (Texas Society of Professional Engineers, Halff Associates, INC.),

                                 Southlake, TX

                  ON:

                                 Kinney, Lance  (Texas Board of Professional Engineers), Austin, TX

            SB 1359

                  FOR:

                                 Garey, Glen  (Texas Restaurant Association), Austin, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Gardner, Melissa  (Texans Care for Children), Austin, TX

                                 Romo, Joel  (American Heart Association), Austin, TX

                                 Sperry, Bryan  (Children's Hospital Association of Texas), Austin, TX

            SB 1397

                  FOR:

                                 Flack Jr., Joe F.   (Self), Austin, TX

                                 Hammond, Bill  (Texas Association of Business), Austin, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  ON:

                                 Hunt, Jeff  (TDI), Austin, TX

            SB 1478

                  FOR:

                                 Carr, Snapper  (City of El Paso), Austin, TX

                                 McNabb, Charlie  (City of El Paso), El Paso, TX

                                 Reinhart, Patrick  (El Paso Electric Co.), Austin, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Reed, Cyrus  (Sierra Club, Lone Star Chapter), Austin, TX

                  AGAINST:

                                 Simpson, Stephanie  (Texas Association of Manufacturers), Austin, TX


                                                                              WITNESS LIST

            Business & Commerce

            April 30, 2013 8:00 AM

                  ON:

                                 Kelly, Bryan  (PUC), Austin, TX

            SB 1895

                  FOR:

                                 Lara, Rene   (also providing written testimony)  (Self), Austin, TX

                                 Valencia, Blanca   (Self), Austin, TX

                  AGAINST:

                                 Barber, Kathy  (NFIB/Texas), Austin, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Quinzi, Patty  (Texas American Federation of Teachers), Austin, TX

                                 Williams, Paige  (Texas Classroom Teacher's Association), Austin, TX

                  AGAINST:

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

                  Providing written testimony:

                  FOR:

                                 Aravjo Iracheta, Rosa   (Self), San Antonio, TX