WITNESS LIST

            Natural Resources Committee

            March 29, 2017 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess

            HB 31

                 For:

                                 Harden, Bob (Texas Association of Groundwater Owners and Producers)

                                 Puente, Robert (San Antonio Water System (SAWS))

                                 Schlessinger, Sarah (Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts)

                                 Shaw, Doug (Upper Trinity Groundwater Conservation District)

                 Against:

                                 McGeary, Judith (Self; Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance)

                 On:

                                 Kramer, Ken (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cammack, Kerry (SouthWest Water Company)

                                 Carmichael, Katherine (Panhandle Producers & Royalty Owners Association)

                                 Conkwright, Jim (Prairielands Groundwater Conservation District)

                                 Doyel, Elizabeth (Self; Texas League of Conservation Voters)

                                 Fitzsimmons, Shauna (Benbrook Water Authority; North Texas Groundwater Conservation

                                 District; Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District)

                                 Flatten, Charles (Self; Hill Country Alliance)

                                 Floerke Gouak, Sarah (Lower Colorado River Authority)

                                 Frazier, Kyle (Texas Desalination Association)

                                 Garcia, Buddy (Aqua Texas)

                                 Geary, Michael (The Texas Conservative Coalition)

                                 Howard, Jay (Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority)

                                 Kosub, Steve (San Antonio Water System (SAWS))

                                 Mccarthy, Ed (Fort stockton holdings Lp; Clayton Williams Farms, inc.)

                                 Minick, Stephen (Texas Asssociation of Business)

                                 Pomeroy, Cory (Texas Oil and Gas Association)

                                 Reaves, Jim (Texas Farm Bureau)

                                 Satterwhite, Kent (Canadian River Municipal Water Authority)

                                 Skaggs, Jason (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)

                                 Stevens, Bill (Texas Alliance of Energy Producers)

                                 Williams, C.E. (Self; Panhandle Groundwater Conservation District)

                                 Wright, Felicia (Texas Assn. of Builders)

                 Against:

                                 Barba, Michael (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

                                 Ross, Robyn (Self)

                                 Simpson, Ryan (League of Independent Voters)

                                 Walton Jr, Conrad (Self)

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            HB 180

                 For:

                                 Sledge, Brian (Texas Water Conservation Association)

                                 Steinbach, Stacey (Texas Water Conservation Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allison, Jim (Victoria County Groundwatwe Conservation Distict)

                                 Conkwright, Jim (Prairielands Groundwater Conservation District)

                                 Frazier, Kyle (Texas Desalination Association)

                                 Garcia, Buddy (Aqua Texas)

                                 Harward, Heather (Brazos Valley GCD)

                                 Robbins, Dean (Texas Water Conservation Assn.)

                                 Russell, Claudia (Brush Country Groundwater Conservation District)

                                 Satterwhite, Kent (Canadian River Municipal Water Authority)

                                 Schlessinger, Sarah (Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts)

                                 Shaw, Doug (Upper Trinity Groundwater Conservation District)

                                 Stevens, Bill (Texas Alliance of Energy Producers)

                                 Townsend, Trent (The Nature Conservancy)

                                 Williams, C.E. (Self; Panhandle Groundwater Conservation District)

            HB 1115

                 Against:

                                 Landwehr, Martha (Texas Chemical Council)

                                 Wisdom, Christina (Texas Association of Manufacturers)

                 On:

                                 Martinez, Robert (TCEQ)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allison, Jim (Victoria County Groundwatwe Conservation Distict)

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Green, Joseph (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                                 Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Mullins, Christopher (Sierra Club)

                                 Ozuna, Jesse (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)

                                 Simpson, Ryan (League of Independent Voters)

                                 Todzia, Carol (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)

                                 Warndof, Donna (Harris County)

                 Against:

                                 Beinke, Allen (Texas Aggregates and Concrete Association)

                                 Brown, Jay (Valero Energy Corporation)

                                 Ellmer, Mindy (Anadarko petroleum)

                                 Gibbs, Gary (AEP Southwestern Electric Power Company)

                                 Hutchinson, Scott (Association of Electric Companies of Texas AECT)

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                 Against:

                                 Meroney, Mike (Huntsman Corp.)

                                 Minick, Stephen (Texas Asssociation of Business)

                                 Pomeroy, Cory (Texas Oil and Gas Association)

            HB 1920

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Russell, Claudia (Palo Duro River Authority)

                 On:

                                 Kirkle, Sarah (Sunset Advisory Commission)

                                 Vaughan, Dee (Commissioner, Moore County)

            HB 1921

                 For:

                                 Brown, Chuck (Upper Colorado River Authority)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Kirkle, Sarah (Sunset Advisory Commission)

            HB 1946

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 Schwertner, Ray (City of Garland)

                 On:

                                 Crawford, Amanda (Office of the Attorney General)

                                 Lary, Trey (Allen Boone Humphries Robinson LLP)

            HB 1964

                 For:

                                 Bookstaff, Howard (Self; Texas Apartment Association)

                                 Hicks, Clay (Self; Texas Apartment Association)

                                 Medrano, Andres (RealPage)

                                 Reeve, Lana (Realpage, Inc.)

                 Against:

                                 Gonzales, Juliana (Austin Tenants' Council)

                                 Monts, Britton (Self)

                                 Roach, Nelson (Self; TTLA)

                                 Weber, Martin (Self)

                 On:

                                 Benter, Tammy (Public Utility Commission)

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                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Jackson, Frank (Texas Affiliation of Affordable Housing Providers)

                                 Matz, Laura (Texas Community Association Advocates)

                                 Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)

                                 Pendleton, DJ (Texas Manufactured Housing Association)

                                 Wright, Felicia (Texas Assn. of Builders)

                 Against:

                                 Snell, Jason (Self)

                                 Sommerman, Victoria (Texas Watch)

                                 Sullo, Andrew (Self)

                                 Walker, Nate (Texas Low Income Housing Information Service)

            HB 2180

                 For:

                                 Jarvis, John (SRBA)

                                 Kraft, Wally (Self; SRBA)

                                 Milton, Fred (Self; Riverbend water resources district)

                                 Milton, Fred (Self; Riverbend Water Resources District)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 McCoy, Bret (Sulphur River Basin Authority)

                 On:

                                 Kirkle, Sarah (Sunset Advisory Commission)

            HB 2378

                 For:

                                 Harden, Bob (Texas Association of Groundwater Owners and Producers)

                                 Wells, Hope (Texas Water Conservation Association and San Antonio Water System)

                 Against:

                                 McGeary, Judith (Self; Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance)

                 On:

                                 Kramer, Ken (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cammack, Kerry (SouthWest Water Company)

                                 Conkwright, Jim (Prairielands Groundwater Conservation District)

                                 Dodge, Megan (City of San Antonio)

                                 Ellis, Gregory (Self)

                                 Floerke Gouak, Sarah (Lower Colorado River Authority)

                                 Frazier, Kyle (Texas Desalination Association)

                                 Garcia, Buddy (Aqua Texas)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Harward, Heather (Brazos Valley GCD)

                                 Kosub, Steve (San Antonio Water System)

                                 Mccarthy, Ed (Fort stockton holdings Lp; Clayton Williams Farms, inc.)

                                 Minick, Stephen (Texas Asssociation of Business)

                                 Robbins, Dean (Texas Water Conservation Assn.)

                                 Russell, Claudia (Central Texas Regional Water Supply Corporation)

                                 Satterwhite, Kent (Canadian River Municipal Water Authority)

                                 Schlessinger, Sarah (Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts)

                                 Shaw, Doug (Upper Trinity Groundwater Conservation District)

                                 Skaggs, Jason (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)

                                 Snowden, Tara (Capitol Aggregates, Inc.)

                                 Steinbach, Stacey (Texas Water Conservation Association)

                                 Williams, C.E. (Self; Panhandle Groundwater Conservation District)

                 Against:

                                 Ross, Robyn (Self)

                                 Simpson, Ryan (League of Independent Voters)

                                 Walton Jr, Conrad (Self)

                 On:

                                 Flatten, Charles (Self; Hill Country Alliance)

            HB 2943

                 For:

                                 Bradbury, Jim (Self; Talt. Tltc)

                                 Sansom, Andrew (Self)

                 On:

                                 Bruun, Bech (TWDB)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 (Andy Jones), Vanessa Hague (Andy Jones) (Self; The Conservation Fund)

                                 Boullion, Jill (Bayou Land Conservancy)

                                 Brown, Kirby (Ducks Unlimited)

                                 Fitzsimons, Blair (Self; Texas Agricultural Land Trust)

                                 Flatten, Charles (Self; Hill Country Alliance)

                                 Floerke Gouak, Sarah (Lower Colorado River Authority)

                                 Hufford, Ronald (Texas Forestry Association)

                                 Mccarthy, Ed (Fort stockton holdings Lp; Clayton Williams Farms, inc.)

                                 Mullins, Christopher (Sierra Club)

                                 Olson, Lori (Texas Land Trust Council)

                                 Ozuna, Jesse (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)

                                 Park, Joey (Texas Wildlife Association)

                                 Reaves, Jim (Texas Farm Bureau)

                                 Shepperd, John (Texas Foundation for Conservation)

                                 Skaggs, Jason (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Townsend, Trent (The Nature Conservancy)

                 Against:

                                 Simpson, Ryan (League of Independent Voters)

                 On:

                                 Zuba, Jessica (Texas water development board)

            HB 2948

                 For:

                                 Harden, Bob (Texas Association of Groundwater Owners and Producers)

                                 Khan, Imaad (Texas Impact)

                                 Kramer, Ken (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter)

                                 Rubinstein, Carlos (Self)

                                 Williams, C.E. (Self; Region A Water Group)

                 On:

                                 Bruun, Bech (TWDB)

                                 Nelson, Matt (Texas water dev board)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Conkwright, Jim (Prairielands Groundwater Conservation District)

                                 Doyel, Elizabeth (Self; Texas League of Conservation Voters)

                                 Flatten, Charles (Self; Hill Country Alliance)

                                 Floerke Gouak, Sarah (Lower Colorado River Authority)

                                 Frazier, Kyle (Texas Desalination Association)

                                 Garcia, Buddy (Aqua Texas)

                                 Harward, Heather (Texas Water Supply Partners)

                                 Howard, Jay (San Jacinto River Authority)

                                 Lewis, Ron (North Texas Municipal Water District)

                                 Mccarthy, Ed (Fort stockton holdings Lp; Clayton Williams Farms, inc.)

                                 Minick, Stephen (Texas Asssociation of Business)

                                 Olson, Lori (Texas Land Trust Council)

                                 Satterwhite, Kent (Canadian River Municipal Water Authority)

                                 Townsend, Trent (The Nature Conservancy)

                                 Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)

                                 Zerrenner, Kate (Environmental Defense Fund)

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