WITNESS LIST
Business & Commerce
May 17, 2007 - 09:00 AM
HB  550
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Levy, Rick    (TX AFL-CIO),  Austin, TX
 
Rodriguez, Ana    (Texas Council on Family Violence),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Riley, Steve    (Texas Workforce Commission),  Austin, TX
HB  581
 
FOR:
 
Whalen, Ken    (Texas Daily Newspaper Association/Texas Press Association),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
On:
 
Ramos, Jerry    (Texas Workforce Commission),  Austin, TX
HB  624
 
FOR:
 
Rozzell, Scott    (AECT (Association of Electrical Companies of Texas)),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
On:
 
Smitherman, Barry    (Public Utility Commission),  Austin, TX
HB  1205
 
FOR:
 
Barron, Chris    (State Firemen's and Fire Marshals' Association),  Austin, TX
HB  1214
 
FOR:
 
Meredith, Susan    (Self; HumanExcel (Corporate Educators)),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Metzger, Luke    (Environment Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Pitts, Jr., John    (Texas Renewable Energy Industries Assoc.),  Austin, TX
 
Reed, Cyrus    (Lone Star Chapter of Sierra Club),  Austin, TX
 
Stover, Mark    (Nacogdoches Power, AES Corporation, Vulcan Power, Hydro Green Energy),  Austin, TX
 
Against:
 
Oldham, Phillip    (Texas Association of Manufacturers),  Austin, TX
HB  1372
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
On:
 
Dick, Alexis    (Texas Department of Insurance),  Austin, TX
HB  1386
 
AGAINST:
 
Reed, Cyrus    (Lone Star Chapter of Sierra Club),  Austin, TX
 
ON:
 
Hudson, F. Paul    (Public Utility Commission of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
O'Neill, Tom    (Exelon),  Austin, TX
 
Oldham, Phillip    (Texas Association of Manufacturers),  Austin, TX
 
Porlier, Brad    (NRG Texas LLC),  Houston, TX
 
Smitherman, Barry    (Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT)),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Hazlewood, Steve    (Dow Chemical),  Austin, TX
 
Johnson, Jr., Robert E.    (Texas Business for Clean Air),  Austin, TX
 
Against:
 
Metzger, Luke    (Environment Texas),  Austin, TX
HB  2002
 
FOR:
 
Scurlock, Steve    (IBAT - Independent Bankers Association of Texas),  Austin, TX
HB  2308
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Mauldin, Sandra    (4B corporation (Lockhart EDC)),  Lockhart, TX
HB  2605
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Hall, Darrin    (City of Houston),  Houston, TX
 
Payne, Chris  Attorney  (Self; Greenberg Traurig LLP),  Houston, TX
HB  2660
 
FOR:
 
Turner, Bob    (National Rail Consultants),  Voss, TX
HB  2723
 
FOR:
 
Donley, Rick    (The Beer Alliance of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Johnson, Gordon    (Miller Brewing Company),  Austin, TX
 
Spilman, Tom    (Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas),  Austin, TX
HB  2783
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
On:
 
Fleming, John    (Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending),  Austin, TX
 
Ives, Everett    (Texas Association of Mortgage Brokers),  San Antonio, TX
 
Payne, Danny    (Texas Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending),  Austin, TX
HB  2820
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Smith, Patrick    (Texas Society of Professional Surveyors),  Austin, TX
HB  2936
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Carriker, Steven    (Texas Association of Community Development Corporations),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Waddill, Duane    (Texas Residential Construction Commission),  Austin, TX
HB  3101
 
FOR:
 
Doggett, Robert    (Texas Low Income Housing Information Service),  Austin, TX
 
Lehman, Mark    (Texas Association of Realtors),  Austin, TX
 
Mintz, David    (Texas Apartment Association),  Austin, TX
 
AGAINST:
 
Ferguson, William    (National Association of Residential Property Managers),  Duncanville, TX
 
Kreditor, Mark    (National Association of Residential Property Managers),  Dallas, TX
HB  3147
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Nelson, Steve    (Associated General Contractors - Texas Building Branch),  Austin, TX
 
Norman, Scott    (Texas Association of Builders),  Austin, TX
HB  3222
 
FOR:
 
Davis, Gary    (Texas Credit Union League),  Alvin, TX
 
Scurlock, Steve    (IBAT - Independent Bankers Association of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
AGAINST:
 
Courtney, Chuck    (Texas Retailers Association),  Austin, TX
 
Flores, Henry    (EMBARQ),  Austin, TX
 
ON:
 
Davies, Steve    (Spohn and Associates),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Stegall, Melodie    (Credit Union Legislative Coalition),  Austin, TX
 
Against:
 
Blanton, Tom    (Texas Automobile Dealers Association),  Austin, TX
 
Brown, Sabrina    (Acxiom),  Austin, TX
 
DuBois, Doug    (Texas Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association),  Austin, TX
 
Girard, Chuck    (Experian),  Austin, TX
 
McMahan, Joseph    (Texas Restaurant Association),  Austin, TX
 
Ratliff, Thomas    (T-Mobile),  Austin, TX
 
Providing written testimony:
 
Against:
 
Clark, Jeffrey    (American Electronics Association),  Austin, TX
HB  3271
 
FOR:
 
Lee, Randy M.    (Stewart Title Guaranty Company),  Austin, TX
HB  3358
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Woods, Joe    (Property Casualty Insurers Association of America),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Rigby, Michael    (Texas Department of Insurance),  Austin, TX
HB  3693
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Alvarez, Ph.D., Ramon    (Environmental Defense),  Austin, TX
 
Campbell, Jim    (CPS Energy),  San Antonio, TX
 
Jewell, Michael    (Direct Energy, CPL Retail Energy, WTU Retail Energy),  Austin, TX
 
Johnson, Jr., Robert E.    (Texas Business for Clean Air),  Austin, TX
 
Metzger, Luke    (Environment Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Oldham, Phillip    (Texas Association of Manufacturers),  Austin, TX
 
Pitts, Jr., John    (Texas Renewable Energy Industries Assoc.),  Austin, TX
 
Reed, Cyrus    (Lone Star Chapter of Sierra Club),  Austin, TX
 
Smith, Tom "Smitty"    (Public Citizen),  Austin, TX
 
Smolen, Paul    (Public Citizen),  Austin, TX
 
Stover, Mark R.    (Efficiency Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Williams, Mike    (Texas Electric Cooperatives),  Austin, TX
 
Zion, Mark    (Texas Public Power Association),  Austin, TX
 
Zottarelli, Sarah    (Bexar County Commissioners Court),  Austin, TX
HB  3694
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Payne, Chris    (Astrodome Redevelopment Company/Harris County),  Houston, TX
HB  4065
 
FOR:
 
Henning, Lori    (Texas Association of Goodwills),  Austin, TX
HCR 198
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
On:
 
Waddill, Duane    (Texas Residential Construction Commission),  Austin, TX