WITNESS LIST

            Ways & Means Committee

            March 24, 2015 - 8:30 AM

            HB 82

                 For:

                                 Bristol, George (Self)

                                 Merz, Evelyn (Lone star chapter sierra club)

                                 Swigert, Scott (Self; Texas Recreation and Parks Society)

                 On:

                                 Smith, Carter (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Baker, Lindsey (City of Denton)

                                 Beinke, Allen (San Antonio River Authority)

                                 Coyle, Jeff (City of San Antonio)

                                 Hinkle, Ron (Texas travel industry association)

                                 Igo, Shanna (Texas Municipal League)

                                 John, Conrad (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                                 John, Conrad (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                                 Lanagan, Lindsay (City of Houston)

                                 Lieberknecht, Chloe (The Nature Conservancy)

                                 Lucero, Homero (Texas Travel Industry Association)

                                 McLaurin, Kaleb (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)

                                 Park, Joey (Texas Wildlife Association)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter sierra club)

                                 Sinclair, David (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)

                                 Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)

                 On:

                                 Reynolds, Brad (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)

                                 Stearns, Eric (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)

            HB 85

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Kamerman, Lyn (Texas telephone association)

                                 McLaurin, Kaleb (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)

                                 Pacheco, Michael (Texas Farm Bureau)

                                 Propes, Jay (Western Equipment Dealers association)

                                 Randolph, Ian (Texas Telephone Association)

                 On:

                                 Stearns, Eric (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)

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            HB 158

                 For:

                                 Bristol, George (Self)

                 On:

                                 Smith, Carter (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Baker, Lindsey (City of Denton)

                                 Beinke, Allen (San Antonio River Authority)

                                 Coyle, Jeff (City of San Antonio)

                                 Hinkle, Ron (Texas travel industry association)

                                 Igo, Shanna (Texas Municipal League)

                                 Jones, Max (The Greater Houston Partnership)

                                 Lieberknecht, Chloe (The Nature Conservancy)

                                 McLaurin, Kaleb (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)

                                 Merz, Evelyn (Lone star chapter sierra club)

                                 Park, Joey (Texas Wildlife Association)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter sierra club)

                                 Sinclair, David (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)

                                 Swigert, Scott (Texas Recreation And Parks Society)

                                 Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)

                 On:

                                 Reynolds, Brad (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)

                                 Stearns, Eric (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)

            HB 286

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Lindner, Ray (National Guard Association of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Esparza, Mike (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)

                                 Mann, Laurie (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)

            HB 633

                 On:

                                 Reynolds, Brad (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Choate, Elizabeth (Texas Veterinary Medical Association (TVMA))

                                 Hubbard, John (Self)

                 On:

                                 Stearns, Eric (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)

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            HB 1625

                 On:

                                 Reynolds, Brad (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bonham, Jeff (CenterPoint Energy, Inc.)

                                 Munoz, Ned (Texas Association of Builders)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)

                                 Sheer, Jim (Texas Retailers Association)

                                 Yarbrough, Brian (The Home Depot)

                 On:

                                 Stearns, Eric (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)

            HB 1717

                 For:

                                 Bragiel, Justin (Texas hotel and lodging association)

                                 Caputo, Cobby (City of South Padre Island)

                                 LaMure, Julee (City of South Padre Island)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Garcia, Buddy (Self)

                 On:

                                 Dillard, Donald (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)

                                 Reynolds, Brad (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)

            HB 1915

                 For:

                                 Joslove, Scott (Texas Hotel & Lodging Assn)

                                 McMullin, Keith (City of. port Aransas)

                                 Tagliabue, Tom (City of Corpus Christi)

                                 Vaughan, Ann (Port aransas chamber of commerce)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Parsons, David (City of Port Aransas)

                 On:

                                 Dillard, Donald (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)

                                 Reynolds, Brad (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)

            HB 1933

                 For:

                                 Harris, J. R. (Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector's Office)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Kieschnick, Kevin (Self; Nueces County Tax Assessor Collector office)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Ericksson-Wood, Tanya (Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP)

                                 Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas association of realtors)

                                 Laborde, Blanca (The Real Estate Council)

                                 Scurlock, Stephen (Independent Bankers Association of Texas)

                                 Short, Jim (The linebarger law firm)

                                 Young, Chris (Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP)

                 On:

                                 Esparza, Mike (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)

                                 Mann, Laurie (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)

            HB 1946

                 For:

                                 LeBas, James (TxOGA)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Acevedo, Adrian (Anadarko Petroleum Corp.)

                                 Greytok, John (National Association of Mass Appraisal)

                                 Nolan, Ken (Texas Association of Appraisal Districts)

                 On:

                                 Simmons, Clint (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)

            HB 1964

                 For:

                                 Bragiel, Justin (Texas hotel and lodging association)

                                 Jeffers, Jim (City of Nacogdoches)

                                 Sullivan, Brian (Texas Hotel & Lodging Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Dillard, Donald (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)

                                 Reynolds, Brad (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)

            HB 2019

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bragiel, Justin (Texas hotel and lodging association)

                                 Pardue, Craig (Midland, County)

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                 On:

                                 Dillard, Donald (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)

            HB 2083

                 For:

                                 Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas Association of REALTORS)

                                 Popp, James (Self; Popp hutcheson)

                 On:

                                 Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)

                                 Altinger, Roland (Harris County Appraisal District)

                                 Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 Bennett, Richard A. (Tony) (Texas Assn of Manufacturers)

                                 Bragiel, Justin (Texas hotel and lodging association)

                                 Casey, Daniel (Texas School Alliance)

                                 Garza, Steven (Texas Association of REALTORS)

                                 Giarratani, Dominic (Texas Association of School Boards)

                                 Igo, Shanna (Texas Municipal League)

                                 Jones, Neal "Buddy" (Western refinery)

                                 Kennedy, John (Texas Taxpayers & Research Association)

                                 LeBas, James (Texas Apartment Association, and TxOGA)

                                 Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                                 Morrison, Chet (Texas Association of Property Tax Professionals)

                                 Munoz, Ned (Texas Association of Builders)

                                 Nolan, Ken (Texas Association of Appraisal Districts)

                                 Pate, Gardner (Texas Building Owners & Managers Association (Texas BOMA))

                                 Reed, Charles (Dallas County)

                                 Reed, Ender (Texas Association of Counties)

                                 Spilman, Annie (National Federation of Independent Business/TX)

                                 Stewart, Todd (Harris county appraisal district)

                                 Warndof, Donna (Harris County)

                 On:

                                 Esparza, Mike (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)

                                 Mann, Laurie (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)

            HB 2199

                 For:

                                 Haverlah, Sandra (Texas Consumer Association)

                                 Howden, Robert (Texans for Economic Progress)

                                 Kennedy, John (Texas Taxpayers & Research Association)

                                 Lawson, Richard (Verizon)

                                 LeBas, James (Texas Cable Association)

                                 Mackey, Scott (AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile US, US Cellular, Verizon Wireless)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Ward, Leslie (AT&T)

                 On:

                                 Reynolds, Brad (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Baxter, Todd (Time Warner Cable)

                                 Belcher, Nora (Texas e-Health Alliance)

                                 Burdett, Jeff (Texas Cable Association)

                                 Cruz, Velma (Sprint)

                                 Dewitt, Cathy (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Doerr, Douglas (Self; Texas Technology Consortium)

                                 Fagan, Jennifer (Windstream Communications)

                                 Gray, Weldon (TExas Statewide Telephone Cooperative, Inc.)

                                 Hallford, Currie (CWA -TPLC Texas Political Legislative Comittee)

                                 Joiner, Caroline (TechNet)

                                 Jones, Max (The Greater Houston Partnership)

                                 Kamerman, Lyn (Texas telephone association)

                                 Laborde, Blanca (Level 3 Communications)

                                 Matz, Sarah (TechAmerica)

                                 Munoz, Leo (Comcast)

                                 Peavler, E. jason (Communications Workers of America local 6132)

                                 Randolph, Ian (Texas Telephone Association)

                                 Shields, Chris (San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)

                 Against:

                                 Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                 On:

                                 Stearns, Eric (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)

            HB 2400

                 For:

                                 McKelvey, Steve (Toyota Motor North America)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Devany, Tom (Toyota Motor Sales USA)

                                 Doran, Laird (Gulf States Toyota and The Friedkin Group)

                                 Shields, Chris (Toyota Motor Corporation North America)

                 On:

                                 Stearns, Eric (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)

            HB 2506

                 For:

                                 Miles, Garry (HCA)

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                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Reynolds, Brad (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)

                                 Stearns, Eric (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)

            HB 2709

                 For:

                                 Craymer, Dale (Texas taxpayers and research association)

                 Against:

                                 Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                 On:

                                 Hockenyos, Jon (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Curbow, Kelly (AT&T)

                                 Geske, Matt (Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce)

                                 LeBas, James (Rackspace)

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)

                                 Minick, Stephen (Texas Asssociation of Business)

                 On:

                                 Wood, Robert (Comptroller of Public Accounts)

            HB 2712

                 For:

                                 Kennedy, John (Texas Taxpayers & Research Association)

                 Against:

                                 Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Geske, Matt (Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce)

                                 LeBas, James (Rackspace)

                                 Minick, Stephen (Texas Asssociation of Business)

                 On:

                                 Hockenyos, Jon (Self)

                                 Reynolds, Brad (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)

                                 Stearns, Eric (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)

            HB 2826

                 For:

                                 Bennett, Richard A. (Tony) (Texas Assn of Manufacturers)

                                 Casey, Daniel (Self)

                                 Craymer, Dale (Texas taxpayers and research association)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 DePriest, Heath (Phillips 66)

                                 LeBas, James (TxOGA, and Texas Chemical Council)

                                 Newman, Joe (Self; Elgin Economic Dev't Corp)

                 Against:

                                 Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Anderson, David (Texas Fast Growth School Coalition)

                                 Cagnolatti, David (Phillips 66)

                                 Dewitt, Cathy (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Giarratani, Dominic (Texas Association of School Boards)

                                 Harris, Dana (Austin Chamber of Commerce)

                                 Jones, Max (The Greater Houston Partnership)

                                 Jones, Max (The METRO Eight Chambers of Commerce:  Arlington, Austin, Corpus Christi,

                                 Dallas, El Paso, Ft. Worth, Houston, San Antonio)

                                 Matz, Sarah (TechAmerica)

                                 Meroney, Mike (Self; Huntsman Corp., BASF Corp., and Sherwin Alumina, Co.)

                                 Schwab, Carlton (Texas Economic Development Council)

                                 Shannon, Fred (Hewlett Packard)

                                 Shields, Chris (San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)

                                 Sutherland, Mike (Association of Rural Communities in Texas)

                                 Womack, Daniel (The Dow Chemical Company)

                 On:

                                 Wood, Robert (Comptroller of Public Accounts)

            HB 3052

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bragiel, Justin (Texas hotel and lodging association)

                                 Bragiel, Justin (Texas hotel and Lodging Association)

                 On:

                                 Dillard, Donald (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)

                                 Reynolds, Brad (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)

            HJR 33

                 For:

                                 Bristol, George (Self)

                                 Merz, Evelyn (Lone star chapter sierra club)

                                 Swigert, Scott (Self; Texas Recreation and Parks Society)

                 On:

                                 Smith, Carter (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Baker, Lindsey (City of Denton)

                                 Hinkle, Ron (Texas travel industry association)

                                 Igo, Shanna (Texas Municipal League)

                                 Lanagan, Lindsay (City of Houston)

                                 Lucero, Homero (Texas Travel Industry Association)

                                 McLaurin, Kaleb (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)

                                 Park, Joey (Texas Wildlife Association)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter sierra club)

                                 Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)

                 On:

                                 Reynolds, Brad (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)

                                 Stearns, Eric (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)

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