WITNESS LIST
Natural Resources Committee
May 6, 1999-2:00P
HB 2
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Grimm, James (Texas Poultry Federation - Ex. Vice President),
Austin
Horton, Ken (Texas Pork Producers Association - Executive Vice
President), Austin
Powers, Bill (Texas Farm Bureau - State Leg. Director), Austin
Small, Ed (Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association-
Attorney), Austin
Wilson, Ross (Texas Cattle Feeders Association - Vice
President), Amarillo
HB 801
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Allday, Marty (Coastal Corporation), Houston
Alvarez, Raul (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter - Environmental
Justice Dir.), Austin
Fisher, Jon (Texas Chemical Council - Sr. VP - Research),
Austin
Golemon, Kinnan (Brown McCarroll Clients), Austin
Head, J.D. (County of Chambers, TX - Attorney), Austin
James, Reggie (Consumers Union SWRO - Director), Austin
Miksa, Mary (Texas Association of Business & Chambers of
Commerce), Austin
Morphew, Cindy (Texas Oil & Gas Association-VP for
Environmental Affairs), Austin
Morriss, James (Thompson & Knight, P.C. - Attorney), Austin
Pearson, Dan (myself), Austin
Rigsbee, Ken (Phillips Petroleum Company - Director, Govt.
Relations), Austin
Schulle, Gerhardt (TX Society of Professional Engineers -
Executive Director), Austin
Seals, Paul (self), Austin
Stanhouse, William (DuPont - Manager/Govt. Affairs), Austin
White, Michael (The Greater Houston
Partnership-Attorney/Lobbyist), Austin
Wieting, Leroy (Wieting Consulting-Reynolds Metals/CITGO),
Portland
On: Lowerre, Richard (City of Del Rio, CARE...), Austin
Phillips, Jim (TNRCC - Deputy Director, Offices of Legal
Services), Austin
HB 1069
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Duck, Tommy (Texas Rural Water Association - Executive
Director), Austin
On: Jones, Sam (TNRCC - Manager, District Administration Section),
Austin
HB 1494
ON: Reid, Spencer (Texas General Land Office- Acting General
Counsel), Austin
HB 1592
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Small, Ed (Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association -
Attorney), Austin
On: McLaughlin, Laure (Comptroller - Research Analyst), Austin
HB 2199
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Harston, Ricky (Glasscock County U.W.C.D. - General Manager),
Garden City
Holland, Scott (Irion County Water Conservation District -
General Manager), Mertzon
On: Musick, Steve (TNRCC - Manager, Groundwater Assessment
Section), Austin
HB 2303
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Kennedy, Boyd (Texas Parks & Wildlife Dept. - Staff
Attorney), Austin
Sinclair, L. David (Texas Parks & Wildlife -Director of
Wildlife Enforcement), Pflugerville
HB 2572
ON: Neal, Don (TNRCC - Director, Water Quantity Division), Austin
HB 2597
FOR: Small, Ed (Rickitt & Colman - Attorney), Austin
HB 2599
FOR: Powers, Bill (Texas Farm Bureau - State Legislative Director),
Austin
Small, Ed (Texas Forestry Association - Consultant), Austin
ON: Young, Bobby (Texas Forest Service - Associate Director),
Lufkin
HB 2926
ON: Musick, Steve (TNRCC - Manager, Groundwater Assessment
Section), Austin
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Harston, Ricky (Glasscock County U.W.C.D. - General Manager),
Garden City
Holland, Scott (Irion County_Water Conservation District -
General Manager), Mertzon
Powers, Bill (Texas Farm Bureau - State Leg. Director), Austin
On: Jones, Sam (TNRCC - Manager - District Administration
Section), Austin
HB 2965
Registering, but not testifying:
For: White, Michael (The Greater Houston Partnership -
Attorney/Lobbyist), Austin
On: Jones, Sam (TNRCC - Manager, District Administration Section),
Austin
HB 3050
FOR: Cook, Si (Texas Farm Bureau - Director of Organization
Programs), Waco
AGAINST: Macik, Alan (Texas Young Farmers - Past State President), Frost
Rabroker, Ray (Vocational AG Teachers Assoc. - Vice
President), Lott
Smith, Jarrod (Texas FFA Association-First Vice President),
Temple
ON: Combs, Susan (Texas Department of Agriculture - Commissioner),
Austin
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Engelke, Tommy (Texas Agricultural Cooperative Council - Ex.
VP), Austin
Fisher, Jon (Texas Ag. Industries Assn. - VP - Govt. Affairs),
Austin
Grimm, James (Texas Poultry Federation - Ex. Vice President),
Austin
Horton, Ken (Texas Pork Producers Assn. - Executive VP), Austin
Miksa, Mary (Texas Assoc. of Business & Chambers of Commerce -
Govt. Affairs), Austin
Powers, Bill (TX Farm Bureau - State Legislative Director),
Austin
Presnal, James (Texas Nursery & Landscape Assn. - Attorney),
Austin
Small, Ed (Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Assn. -
Attorney), Austin
Wilson, Ross (Texas Cattle Feeders Association - Vice
President), Amarillo
Against: Macik, Charlene (Texas Young Farmers - member), Frost
On: Deviney, Lee (TX Dept. of Agriculture-Asst. Comm. for Finance
& Agribusiness), Austin
HB 3288
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Weber, Thomas (TNRCC - Manager, Standards & Assessment
Section-Water Quality), Austin
HB 3330
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Holland, Scott (Irion County Water Conservation District-GM),
Mertzon
Johnson, Karen (Texas Good Roads Association - Director of
Public Affairs), Austin
Powers, Bill (Texas Farm Bureau), Austin
On: Harston, Ricky (Glasscock County U.W.C.D. - General Manager),
Garden City
SB 1225
FOR: Hamala, Richard (City of Frisco - Collin County-Outside Legal
Counsel), Austin
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Jones, Sam (TNRCC - Manager, District Administration Section),
Austin
SB 1858
FOR: Henry, Daniel (Toledo Bend Bi-State Alliance-Delegate),
Hemphill
Kelly, Larry (Toledo Bend Bi-State Alliance - Co-Chairman),
Anacoco, LA
Lewis, William (Bi-State Alliance -South Toledo Bend Civic
Assoc.), Many, LA
Meyers, J.B. (Toledo Bend Bi-State Alliance - voting member),
Hemphill
Smith, Lynn (Sabine County - County Commissioner), Hemphill
Watson, Muriel (Toledo Bend Bi-State Alliance-Interested
Person), Hemphill
AGAINST: Ferguson, Jeff (Entergy - Manager - Generation Planning & Risk
Management), The Woodlands
ON: Montagne, David (Sabine River Authority of Texas-Controller),
Orange
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Buenger, Lucy (Toledo Bend Lake Alliance), Hemphill
Buenger, Otto (Toledo Bend Lake Alliance - member), Hemphill
Driscoll, Donald (Toledo Bend Bi-State Alliance-member),
Hemphill
Eccles, A. Earl (Bi-State Alliance), Hemphill
Eccles, Dot (Toledo Bend Bi-State Alliance), Hemphill
Ellis, Georgia (Toledo Bend Bi-State Alliance-member), Many, LA
Ellis, Howard (Toledo Bend Bi-State Alliance-member), Many, LA
English, Charles (Toledo Bend Bi-State Alliance-member),
Hemphill
Finley, John (self), Austin
Floyd, Mary (Toledo Bend Bi-State Alliance -Chairman/Toledo
Bend Comm. Club), Burkeville
Harris, Richard (Toledo Bend Bi-State Alliance-member),
Hemphill
Hellgel, William (Toledo Bend Bi-State Alliance), Hemphill
Johnson, William (Toledo Bend Bi-State Alliance-member),
Hemphill
Kelly, Uta (Toledo Bend Bi-State Alliance), Anacoco, LA
Lewis, Anne (Bi-State Alliance - South Toledo Bend Assoc. -
member), Many, LA
Luther, Thomas (Toledo Bend Bi-State Alliance), Many, LA.
Mauer, Linda (Hillside Inn & RV Park - owner/operator),
Hemphill
Maxwell, Claude (Toledo Bi State Alliance-member), Anacoco, LA
Maxwell, Theresa (Toledo Bend Bi-State Alliance - member),
Anacoco, LA
McCarty, Bill (South toledo Bend Property Owners Association,
Inc.-President), Burkeville
Needham, F. Gordon (Bi-State Alliance), Hemphill
Powell, Ben (Sabine Chamber of Commerce-VP), Hemphill
Schaefer, Patricia (Toledo Bend Bi-State Alliance - member),
Hemphill
Smith, Castella (Bi-State Alliance (Toledo Bend)), Hemphill
Smith, Donald (Toledo Bend Bi-State Alliance-member), Hemphill
Thibodeaux, Alexander (Toledo Bend Bi-State Alliance), Many, LA
Whiting, Gerald (Bi-State Alliance), Many, LA
Whitney, David (Toledo Bend Bi-State Alliance), Many, LA
SB 1901
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Powers, Bill (Texas Farm Bureau - State Legislative Director),
Austin