WITNESS LIST
Economic Development Committee
April 13, 1999-9:00A
SB 560
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Muscat, Richard (Greater Harris County 9-1-1 Emergency
Network), Austin
Perlman, Brett (Public Utilities Commission), Austin
SB 614
FOR: Waldrop, Alan (TABCC), Austin
AGAINST: Dillon, Lana (Self), Portland
ON: Bow, Jonathan (The State Office of Risk Management), Austin
SB 748
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Escobar, Bonnie (Greater El Paso Chamber of Commerce), El Paso
Henneberger, John (Texas Low Income Housing Information
Service), Austin
SB 781
FOR: Hanna, Mark (Texas Podiatry Association), Austin
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Canada, Don (Texas Podiatric Medical Association), Austin
Kincaid, Mark (Self), Austin
Leiferman, Cynthia (Advocacy, Inc.), Austin
Pollard, Mike (Texas Association of Life and Health Insurers),
Austin
Tolman, Gary (American National Insurance Co.), Galveston
Against: Davis, Will (Texas Association of Life and Health Insurers),
Austin
SB 890
FOR: Barron, Connie (Texas Medical Association), Austin
Patterson, Jerry (TAHP), Austin
SB 891
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Huffman, Jeff (Texas Credit Union League), Dallas
Lederer, John (Credit Union Legislative Coalition; Texas
Credit Union League), Dallas
On: Feeney, Harold (Credit Union Department), Austin
SB 956
FOR: Johnson, Julia (Advisory Committee on Agents & Agents' License
Statutes), Austin
Spilman, Wade (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas), Austin
Tooley, Ken (Texas Association of Life Underwriters), Austin
AGAINST: Garcia, Carol (Texas Protective Life Insurance Company), San
Antonio
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Davis, Will (Texas Association of Life & Health Insurers),
Austin
Gilbert, Bo (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas), Austin
Goeric, Elo (Catholic Union of Texas), Bryan
Kuehner, Oscar (Grand Lodge, Sons of Hermann), San Antonio
Mikeska, Leonard (SPJST- Slavonic Benevolent Order), Temple
Neeley, Karen (Independent Bankers Association of Texas),
Austin
Pollard, Mike (Texas Association of Life & Health Insurers),
Austin
Thompson, Jay (Texas Farm Bureau Insurance Co.), Austin
Tolman, Gary (American National Insurance Co.), Galveston
Yelkin, Kim (The Texas Surplus Lines Association), Austin
Against: Hooser, Greg (Texas Association of Insurance Officials), Austin
Munson, Tom (Landmark Life Insurance Co.), Brownwood
On: Davis, Brian (Directors Investment Group, Abilene, Tx.), Austin
Reeser, Rose (Texas Department of Insurance), Austin
SB 957
FOR: Johnson, Julia (Advisory Committee on Agent & Agents' License
Statutes), Austin
Price, Rayford (Consumers Credit Insurance Association), Austin
ON: Golden, Dolly (Travel Agents of Austin), Austin
Pace, Rose (American Society of Travel Agents), Austin
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Davis, Will (Texas Association of Life & Health Insurers),
Austin
Geiger, Richard (Zale Indemnity), Dallas
Goerig, Elo (Catholic Union of Texas), Bryan
Hooser, Greg (Republic Industries, Inc.), Austin
Kuehner, Oscar (Grand Lodge, Sons of Hermann), San Antonio
Mikeska, Leonard (SPJST), Temple
Neeley, Karen (Independent Bankers Association of Texas),
Austin
Pollard, Mike (Texas Association of Life & Health Insurers),
Austin
Tolman, Gary (American National Insurance Co.), Galveston
Tooley, Ken (Texas Association of Life Underwriters), Austin
Yelkin, Kim (The Texas Surplus Lines Association), Austin
On: Reeser, Rose (Texas Department of Insurance), Austin
SB 1020
FOR: Briesemeister, Janee (Consumers Union), Austin
Registering, but not testifying:
On: McClellan, Suzi (Office of Public Utility Counsel), Austin
SB 1114
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Howard, Jay (Distilled Spirits Council of the U.S.), Austin
Sparks, Robert (Licensed Beverage Distributing Inc.), Austin
Szyndrowski, Dale (Distilled Spirits Council of the U.S.),
Plano
On: Yarbrough, Randy (TABC), Austin
SB 1121
FOR: Szyndrowski, Dale (Distilled Spirits Council of the U.S.),
Plano
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Gray, Alan (Licensed Beverage Distributors), Austin
Howard, Jay (Distilled Spirits Council of the U.S.), Austin
Sparks, Robert (Licensed Beverage Distributing Inc.), Austin
On: Yarbrough, Randy (TABC), Austin
SB 1153
FOR: Buffington, Robert (Order of the Sons of Hermann in Texas),
San Antonio
Pogue, Woody (Natonal Fraternal Congress of America), Austin
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Goerig, Elo (Catholic Union of Texas), Bryan
Kuehner, Oscar (Grand Lodge, Sons of Hermann), San Antonio
Mikeska, Leonard (SPJST- Slavonic Benevolent Order), Temple
Pollard, Mike (Texas Association of Life & Health Insurers),
Austin
Tooley, Ken (Texas Association of Life Underwriters), Austin
On: Myron, Rhonda (Texas Department of Insurance), Austin
SB 1191
FOR: Dutton, Laura (Self), Fort Worth
Philleaux, Ronald (Self), Addison
Smalley, Roy (Texas Lone Star Collision Association),
Richardson
Walden, James (Direct Appraisal), Dallas
AGAINST: Talvarez, Robert (Automotive Service Professionals/ Southwest
Body & Paint), Austin
Watkins, Robert (State Farm Insurance Companies), Bloomington
ON: Durden, David (Texas Department of Insurance), Austin
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Brunz, Jeff (Texas Lone Star Collsion Association), Fort Worth
Ford, David (Automotive Service Professionals of Texas), Austin
Gabler, Herbert (Europa Paint & Collision Repair), Fort Worth
Hawker, David (Self), Fort Worth
Holt, Dona (Texas Lone Star Collision Association &
N.T.C.R.A.), Irving
James, Matt (Texas Lone Star Collision Association), Cedar Hill
Kincaid, Mark (Self), Austin
Olson, Tony (Self), Corinth
Prestridge, Jeanette (Texas Lone Star Collision Association),
Dallas
Skinner, Charles David (Skinner's Paint & Body, Inc.), Fort
Worth
Thedford, Wes (Texas Lone Star Collision Association), Fort
Worth
Warner, Freddy (Automotive Wholesalers of Texas), Wimberley
Williams, Kay (Kay's Paint & Body), Denton
Against: Huxel, Bob (Farmers Insurance Group), Austin
Thompson, Jay (AFACT, Farm Bureau Insurance Companies), Austin
SB 1251
FOR: Briesemeister, Janee (Consumers Union), Austin
Powers, D.J. (Self), Austin
ON: Flores, Henry (Texas Telephone Association), Austin
McClellan, Suzi (Office of Public Utility Counsel), Austin
SB 1384
AGAINST: Flores, Henry (Texas Telephone Association), Austin
ON: McClellan, Suzi (Office of Public Utility Counsel), Austin
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Briesemeister, Janee (Consumers Union), Austin
SB 1643
FOR: Kincaid, Mark (Self), Austin
AGAINST: Russell, Sam (Texas Manufactured Housing Association), Austin
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Briesemeister, Janee (Consumers Union), Austin
SB 1676
FOR: Bruno, Rocco (Self), Port Arthur
ON: Bright, Lou (TABC), Austin
Yarbrough, Randy (TABC), Austin
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Gray, Alan (Licensed Beverage Distributors), Austin
Sparks, Robert (Licensed Beverage Distributors), Austin
SB 1787
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Geiger, Richard (Association of Fire & Casualty Companies in
Texas), Dallas
Gilbert, Bo (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas), Austin
Huxel, Bob (Farmers Insurance Group), Austin
Watkins, Robert (State Farm Insurance Companies), Bloomington
On: Hunt, Darrel (Texas Department of Transportation), Lago Vista