WITNESS LIST

State Affairs Committee
March 26, 2001-2:00P


HB 1300
    Against:  Arnold, W. D. (Texas Cable and Telecommunications
                   Association)
              Burt, Helen (Association of Electric Companies of Texas)
              Jewell, Michael (AT&T)
              Leahy, Timothy (Southwestern Bell)
  Registering, but not testifying:
    For:      Briesemeister, Janee (Consumers Union)
              Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizen)
    Against:  Zion, Mark (Texas Public Power Association)

HB 1692
    For:      Gibson, Gary (Southwestern Public Service)
    On:       Hudson, David (Southwestern Public Service)
  Registering, but not testifying:
    For:      Bornsheuer, Jack (IBEW Local 716)
              Briesemeister, Janee (Consumers Union)
              Cooke, Alex "Ty" (CIty of Lubbock and West Texas
                   Municipal Power Agency)
              Craven, Eric (Texas Electric Cooperatives)
              Dreyspring, Michael (Lea County Electric Cooperative)
              Fainter, John (Association of Electric Companies of
                   Texas)
              Landry, Richard (Paper Allied Industrial Chemical and
                   Energy Workers International Union)
              Levy, Rick (Texas State Association of Electric Workers
                   and IBEW)
              Miller, Neal (The Chevron Companies)
              Moore, Julie (Occidental Petroleum Corp.)
              Oldham, Phillip (Texas Indutrial Energy Consumers in the
                   SPS Service Territory)
              Oliver, Derrell (Lubbock Power and Light)
              Perry, Steve (Texaco Exploration and Production, Inc.
                   and Texaco, Inc.)
              Rigsbee, Ken (Phillips Petroleum Company)
              Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizen)
              Tilley, Danny (Texas Building and Trades Council)
              Zion, Mark (Texas Public Power Association)

HB 1736
    For:      Arnold, W. D. (Texas Cable and Telecommunications
                   Association)
              Chapman, Randy (Texas Legal Services)
              Comedy, Don (Self)
              Craven, Eric (Texas Electric Cooperatives)
              Easum, Bryan (City of Tulia)
              Feldman, Lowell (Self)
              Harting, Sue Ann (Mayor Robert Campbell of Crawford)
              Honold, Brad (Self)
              McMillan, David (Floresville Electric Light and Power
                   System)
              Melchior, Rick (Self and Texas Rural Development
                   Council)
              Montgomery, Monty (Development Corporation of Haskell,
                   Inc.)
              Nobles, Amanda (Self and Texas Economic Development
                   Sales Tax Association)
              O'Brien, Philip (Hughes Network Systems)
              Thompson, Larry (Coleman Development Corporation)
    Against:  Atwell, Larry (Verizon)
              Erhart, Carl (Verizon)
              Gray, Weldon (Eastex Telephone Cooperative, Texas
                   Telephone Association and TSTCI)
              Lopez, Dave (Southwestern Bell)
    On:       Clark, Candice (Southwest Competitive Telecommunications
                   Association)
              Combs, Susan (Texas Department of Agriculture)
              Crick, Gene (TeleCommunity Resource Center)
              Perlman, Brett (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
              Ratliff, Thomas (Western Wireless)
              Sharp, Kent (Self)
              Tessen, Robert "Sam" (Telecommunications Infrastructure
                   Fund)
              Walker, Craig (Health Care Computer Corporation)
              Whittington, Pam (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
              Willis, D. L. "Dally" (Texas Political & Legislative
                   Committee of the Communications Workers of America)
  Registering, but not testifying:
    For:      Briesemeister, Janee (Consumers Union)
              Crutchfield, John (Harlingen Area Chamber of Commerce
                   and Development Corporation of Harlingen)
              Darte, Tom (Greenville Electric Utility System)
              Delabarre, Ed (Texas Association of Telecommunication
                   Officers)
              Igo, Shanna (Texas Municipal League)
              Jones, John (State Bar of Texas Legal Services to the
                   Poor in Civil Committee)
              Meraz, Gloria (Texas Library Association)
              Schwab, Carlton (Texas Economic Development Council)
              Shochet, Eileen (TIF Library Working Group)
              Strover, Sharon (Self)
    Against:  Camacho, Jose (Valor Telecom)
              Jones, Tom (Sprint)
              Wyatt, Mark (Texas Telephone Association)
    On:       Brown, William (CWA Local 6171)
              Bugher, Lourdes (Communications Workers of America)
              Cortez, Ralph (CWA Local 6143)
              Davis, W. L. (Communications Workers of America)
              Deviney, Lee (Texas Department of Agriculture and Texas
                   Agriculture Finance Authority)
              Estrada, Jose (CWA Local 6132)
              Fleming, Gary (SBC Communications)
              Flores, Raymond (Communications Workers of America)
              Garza, Alicia (CWA Local 6143)
              Garza, John (Communications Workers of America)
              Guthrie, Darrell (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
              Hallford, Currie (Communications Workers of America)
              Jewell, Michael (AT&T)
              Jimenez, Maria (CWA Local 6132)
              Kelly, Brian (General Services Commission)
              King, Clarence (Communications Workers of America)
              Lanford, Lane (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
              May, Steve (CWA Local 6171)
              Mueller, Paula (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
              Pinkley, Craig (Texas Department of Economic
                   Development)
              Ramos, Andres (Communications Workers of America)
              Saucedo, Robert (CWA Local 6143)

HB 2107
    For:      Briesemeister, Janee (Consumers Union)
              Galloway, Carol (Self)
              Gay, Geoffrey (Steering Committees of Cities served by
                   TXU, CPL & TNMP)
              Hall, Jr., Alton (City of Houston)
    Against:  Baker, Thomas (TXU and Association of Electric Companies
                   of Texas)
              Roberson, Mark (American Electric Power)
              Schaeffer, Steve (Reliant Energy and Association of
                   Electric Companies of Texas)
    On:       Perlman, Brett (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
              Wood, Pat (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
  Registering, but not testifying:
    For:      Biedrzycki, Carol (Texas Ratepayers Organization to Save
                   Energy)
              Carter, Candice (AARP)
              Deike, Bobby (Economic Opportunity Advancement
                   Corporation - Waco)
              Franke, Kelly (Combined Community Action, Inc.)
              Jocho, Sheila (Economic Opportunity Advancement
                   Corporation - Waco)
              Landrum, Carla (Economic Opportunity Advancement
                   Corporation - Waco)
              Landry, Richard (Paper Allied Industrial, Chemical and
                   Energy Workers International Union)
              Lemieux, Kerrin (Texas Alliance for Human Needs)
              Littles, Paula (Texas AFL-CIO)
              Mardiros, Lara (Self and Texas Association of Community
                   Action Agencies)
              Rodriguez, Stella (Texas Association of Community Action
                   Agencies)
              Smith, Mark (Texas Industries)
              Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizen)
              Stange, Darlene (Combined Community Action, Inc.)
              Stone, Shelly (Economic Opportunity Advancement
                   Corporation - Waco)
              Summers, Glenn (Economic Opportunity Advancement
                   Corporation - Waco)
    On:       Bornsheuer, Jack (IBEW Local 716)
              Levy, Rick (Texas State Assoication of Electric Workers
                   and IBEW)
              Tilley, Danny (Texas Building & Trades Council)

HB 2156
    For:      Chapman, Randall (Texas Legal Sevices Center)
    On:       Perlman, Brett (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
  Registering, but not testifying:
    For:      Biedrzycki, Carol (Texas Ratepayers Organization to Save
                   Energy)
              Briesemeister, Janee (Consumers Union)
    On:       Durso, Susan (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
              Ervin, Janis (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
              Essler, Jim (Texas Department of Human Services)
              Fagan, Jennifer (Public Utility Commission of Texas)

HB 2262
    For:      Coble, John (Texas Optometric Association)
    Against:  Canada, Don (Texas Association of Optometrists)
              Glene, Donald (Self and Texas Association of
                   Optometrists)
              Hanna, Mark (Texas Association of Optometrists)
              Richardson, C. Bruce (Opticians Association of Texas)
              Zweig, Brian (Self)
  Registering, but not testifying:
    For:      Avery, B. J. (Texas Optometric Association)
              Niemann, Fred (Texas Optometric Association)
              Sorrenson, Laurie (Texas Optometric Association)
    Against:  Schwartz, A. R. "Babe" (Texas Association of Retail
                   Optical Companies)

HB 2388
    For:      Briesemeister, Janee (Consumers Union)
    On:       Brown, Brook (Texas Telephone Association)
              Cohen, Bruce (Verizon)
              Lopez, Dave (Southwestern Bell)
  Registering, but not testifying:
    For:      Ratliff, Thomas (Western Wireless)
    On:       Camacho, Jose (Valor Telecom)
              Durso, Susan (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
              Srininasa, Nara (Public Utility Commission of Texas)

HB 2519
    For:      Brown, Steve (Self)
              Hudgeons, Jerry (Self)
    Against:  Bornsheuer, Jack (International Brotherhood of
                   Electrical Workers)
              Tilley, Danny (Texas Building and Trades Council)
  Registering, but not testifying:
    Against:  Landry, Richard (Paper Allied Industrial, Chemical and
                   Energy Worker International Union)
              Pomikahl, Randy (IEC of Texas)

HB 2589
  Registering, but not testifying:
    On:       Purcell, Carolyn (Department of Information Resources)

HB 2772
  Registering, but not testifying:
    For:      Woodford, Suzy (Self and Common Cause Texas)
    On:       Cook, Chris (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
              Esquivel, Eddie (Department of Information Resources)

HCR 116
  Registering, but not testifying:
    For:      Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizen)