WITNESS LIST

            Appropriations - S/C on Articles I, IV & V Committee

            February 21, 2017 - 7:30 AM

            Commission on State Emergency Communications

                 On:

                                 Merriweather, Kelli (Commission on State Emergency Communications)

                                 Smith, Jordan (Legislative Budget Board)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Velasco, Nora (Legislative Budget Board)

            Commission on the Arts

                 On:

                                 Gibbs, Gary (Texas Commission on the Arts)

                                 Graham, Ann S (Self; Texans for the arts)

                                 Saxe, Avery (Legislative Budget Board)

                                 Weaver, Grant (Texas Commission on the Arts)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Velasco, Nora (Legislative Budget Board)

            Comptroller of Public Accounts

                 On:

                                 Conklin, Lena (Legislative Budget Board)

                                 Hegar, Glenn (Comptroller)

                                 Montgomery, John (Legislative budget board)

                                 Smith, Zelma (Legislative budget board)

                                 Viktorin, Richard (Self; Audits in the public interest)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Ashley, Phillip (CPA)

                                 Chapa, Robert (CPA)

                                 Curtis, Shari (Comptroller of Public Accounts)

                                 Reissig, Mike (Comptroller of Public Accounts)

                                 Velasco, Nora (Legislative Budget Board)

                                 Wood, Robert (CPA)

                                 Woodruff, Sandra (CPA)

            Emergency Services Retirement System

                 On:

                                 Deiters, Kevin (Texas Emergency Services Retirement System)

                                 Fallon, Katy (Legislative Budget Board)

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                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Torres, Frank (Self)

                                 Velasco, Nora (Legislative Budget Board)

            Employees Retirement System

                 On:

                                 Fallon, Katy (Legislative Budget Board)

                                 Hamilton, Bill (Self; Retired State Employees Association)

                                 Hiner, Harrison (Texas state employees union)

                                 Wilson, Porter (ERS)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Kukla, Robert (ERS)

                                 Pharr, Machelle (Employees Retirement System)

                                 Tull, Tom (ERS)

                                 Velasco, Nora (Legislative Budget Board)

            Fiscal Programs, Comptroller of Public Accounts

                 On:

                                 Conklin, Lena (Legislative Budget Board)

                                 Hegar, Glenn (Comptroller)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Ashley, Phillip (CPA)

                                 Chapa, Robert (CPA)

                                 Curtis, Shari (Comptroller)

                                 Heimlich, Ed (Self)

                                 Heimlich, Ed (Self)

                                 Reissig, Mike (Comptroller)

                                 Velasco, Nora (Legislative Budget Board)

                                 Wood, Robert (CPA)

                                 Woodruff, Sandra (CPA)

            Historical Commission

                 On:

                                 Crain, John (Texas Historical Commission)

                                 Culp, Tim (Self; Deer Park Chamber of Commerce)

                                 Ellington, Kay (Texas heritage trails)

                                 McWhorter, William (Texas Holocaust & Genocide Commission)

                                 Ransleben, Susan (Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission)

                                 Saxe, Avery (Legislative Budget Board)

                                 Thompson, Evan (Self; Preservation Texas)

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                 On:

                                 Wolfe, Mark (Texas historical commission)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Singleton, Kate (Self; Preservation austin)

                                 Velasco, Nora (Legislative Budget Board)

            Library and Archives Commission

                 On:

                                 Betts, Walter (Self; Texas Library Association)

                                 Calzada, Becky (Self)

                                 Gogonas, George (Legislative Budget Board)

                                 Pruett, Gretchen (Self)

                                 Smith, Mark (Texas State Library and Archives Commission)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Meraz, Gloria (Texas State Library and Archives Commission)

                                 Osborne, Donna (Texas State Library and Archives Commission)

                                 Velasco, Nora (Legislative Budget Board)

            Office of the Attorney General

                 On:

                                 Friesen, Mara (Office of the Attorney General)

                                 Mateer, Jeff (Office of the Attorney General)

                                 Paxton, Ken (Office of the Attorney General)

                                 Setliff, Aaron (The Texas Council on Family Violence)

                                 Smith, Jordan (Legislative Budget Board)

                                 Velasco, Nora (Legislative Budget Board)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Corbell, Richard (Legislative Budget Board)

                                 Rodriguez, Eduardo (Legislative Budget Board)

            Pension Review Board

                 On:

                                 Anumeha, Anu (State Pension Review Board)

                                 Brainard, Keith (State pension review board)

                                 Fallon, Katy (Legislative Budget Board)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 May, Bob (State Pension Review Board-- resource only)

                                 Velasco, Nora (Legislative Budget Board)

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            Preservation Board

                 On:

                                 Conklin, Lena (Legislative Budget Board)

                                 Welsh, Rod (Texas State Preservation Board)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Cash, Bob (State Preservation Board)

                                 Provine, Cynthia (State Preservation Board)

                                 Velasco, Nora (Legislative Budget Board)

            Social Security and Benefit Replacement Pay

                 On:

                                 Fallon, Katy (Legislative Budget Board)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Velasco, Nora (Legislative Budget Board)

            State Cemetery

                 On:

                                 Bayless, James (Texas State Cemetery Committee)

                                 Conklin, Lena (Legislative Budget Board)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Bradley, Harry (Texas state cemetery)

                                 Walker, Jason (Texas State Cemetery)

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