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                                                                              WITNESS LIST

            Finance

            February 20, 2018 10:00 AM

            Business Personal Property Tax

                  ON:

                                 Altinger, Roland   (also providing written testimony) (Harris County Appraisal District)

                                 Bennett, Tony  President  (also providing written testimony) (Texas Assn of

                                 Manufacturers), Austin, TX

                                 Craymer, Dale  President  (also providing written testimony) (Texas Taxpayers and

                                 Research Association), Austin, TX

                                 Keleman, George  President & CEO  (also providing written testimony) (Texas Retailers

                                 Association), Austin, TX

                                 Newton, Will  Association Executive  (also providing written testimony) (NFIB), ATX

            Hurricane Harvey

                  ON:

                                 Kidd, Nim  Chief, Division of Emergency Management  (also providing written testimony)

                                 (Department of Public Safety, Division of Emergency Management)

                                 Phillips, Pete  State Employee  (also providing written testimony) (GLO)

                                 Strickland, Jerry  Exec. Director (Texas Office of State Federal Relations)

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  ON:

                                 McBride, Kelly  Director of Contract Management (General Land Office)

                                 Repp, David  CFO (General Land Office), Austin, TX

            Interest Rate Disparity

                  ON:

                                 Barton, Karey  Associate Deputy  (also providing written testimony) (Comptroller of Public

                                 Accounts), Austin, TX

                                 Christian, John  Tax Consultant (Ryan LCC), Austin

                                 Craymer, Dale  President  (also providing written testimony) (Texas Taxpayers and

                                 Research Association), Austin, TX

                                 French, Michelle  Tax Assessor Collector  (also providing written testimony) (Tax Assessor

                                 Collectors Association), TX

                                 Reynolds, Patrick J.  Senior Tax Counsel  (also providing written testimony) (Council on

                                 State Taxation), Washington, DC

            Sporting Goods Sales Tax

                  ON:

                                 Brown, Thomas  Analyst, Natural Resources & Judiciary Team  (also providing written

                                 testimony) (Legislative Budget Board)

                                 Brown, Thomas  Analyst, Natural Resources & Judicial Team  (also providing written

                                 testimony) (Legislative Budget Board)

                                 Duggins, Ralph  Chairman, Parks and Wildlife Commission  (also providing written

                                 testimony) (Parks and Wildlife Commission)

                                 Franke, Rob  Mayor, Board Chair (City of Cedar Hill and Chair), Cedar Hill

                                 McGeady, John  Asst. Director  (also providing written testimony) (Legislative Budget

                                 Board)

                                 McGuire, Brett E.  Sheriff, Palo Pinto County (Palo Pinto County), Palo Pinto, TX


                                                                              WITNESS LIST

            Finance

            February 20, 2018 10:00 AM

                                 Montford, John T.  Consultant/Private Citizen  (also providing written testimony)  (Self),

                                 San Antonio

                                 Nau III, John L.  Chairman, THC  (also providing written testimony) (THC)

                                 Pape, Paul  County Judge (Bastrop County), Bastrop, TX

                                 Reed, Cyrus  Conservation Director, Sierra Club  (also providing written testimony) (Sierra

                                 Club), Austin, TX

                                 Sheppard, John  Executive Director (Texas Foundation for Conservation), Austin, TX

                                 Smith, Carter  Executive Director TPWD  (also providing written testimony) (Parks and

                                 Wildlife Department), Austin, TX

                                 Trusty, Brian  Conservation (State Parks Advisory Committee), Dallas, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  ON:

                                 Wiles, Mark  Manager, Natural Resources & Judiciary Team (Legislative Budget Board)

                                 Wolfe, Mark  Executive Director (Texas Historical Commission), Austin