WITNESS LIST
Natural Resources Committee
March 18, 2015 - 2:00 PM or upon adjournment
TCEQ Watermaster Program
On:
Ramos, Steve (TCEQ)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Rila, Kellye (TCEQ)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baggett, Donnis (Texas Press Association)
Garza, Steven (Texas Association of REALTORS)
Shannon, Kelley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
On:
Walker, Jeff (TWDB)
For:
Archuletaa, Ed (Utep)
Shephard, Les (Utsa)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Chimene, Grace (League of Women Voters of Texas)
Franco, Brie (City of El Paso)
Pearson, Dan (El Paso Water Utility)
Shields, Chris (San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)
For:
Porter, Charles (Self; Austin Board of Realtors)
Sledge, Brian (Co-Chair, TWCA Groundwater Legislative Stakeholders Committee; Lone Star
GCD;Prairielands GCD; Upper Trinity GCD; and Barton Springs-Edwards Aquifer GCD)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Ellis, Gregory (Harris Galveston Subsidence District)
Everheart, Harvey (Mesa Underground Water Conservation District)
Garza, Steven (Texas Association of REALTORS)
Holland, Zach (Bluebonnet GCD)
Steinbach, Stacey (Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts)
Tagliabue, Tom (City of Corpus Christi)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Turco, Michael (The Harris - Galveston Subsidence District)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Williams, C.E. (Self; Panhandle Groundwater Conservation District)
On:
Ellis, Gregory (Bandera County River Authority and Groundwater District)
Robbins, Dean (Twca)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Kramer, Ken (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter)
Lieberknecht, Chloe (The Nature Conservancy)
Mast, Brian (San Antonio River Authority)
Wyatt, Ward (Central Texas Water Coalition)
On:
Mauk, David (Self; Bandera County River Authority and Groundwater District)
Schlessinger, Sarah Rountree (Self; Bandera County River Authority and Groundwater
District)
Stiernberg, Michael (State Auditor's Office)
For:
Peacock, Bill (Texas public policy foundation)
On:
Ellis, Gregory (Bandera County River Authority and Groundwater District)
Levine, Ken (Sunset Commission)
Robbins, Dean (Twca)
Wilson, Phil (Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Howe, Billy (Texas Farm Bureau)
Kramer, Ken (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter)
Lieberknecht, Chloe (The Nature Conservancy)
Mast, Brian (San Antonio River Authority)
Wyatt, Ward (Central Texas Water Coalition)
On:
Mauk, David (Self; Bandera County River Authority and Groundwater District)
Schlessinger, Sarah Rountree (Self; Bandera County River Authority and Groundwater
District)
For:
Frazier, Kyle (Texas Desalination Association)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Murphy, James (Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority)
Schuster, Stefan (GBRA)
Sledge, Brian (STW Resources)
Votteler, Todd (Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority)
Against:
Hess, Myron (National Wildlife Federation)
Kramer, Ken (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter)
On:
Lieberknecht, Chloe (The Nature Conservancy)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Ellmer, Mindy (Poseidon Water)
Ellmer, Mindy (Gulf Coast Water Authority)
Garcia, Buddy (Self; Brownsville Public Utilities Board)
Hayes, Patricia (Texas Association of Groundwater Owners and Producers)
Igo, Shanna (Texas Municipal League)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Porter, Charles (Self)
On:
Mace, Robert (TWDB)
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