WITNESS LIST
Business & Commerce Committee
April 17, 2001 - 8:00A
SB 275
FOR: Lavine, Dick (Self), Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
Against: Allaway, Bill (Tx Taxpayers and Research
Association), Austin, TX
Shields, Chris (Tx Economic Development Sales Tax
Association), Austin, TX
SB 957
FOR: Denison, Bradley W. (Rent-A-Center, Inc.), Plano, TX
Harper, Mamie Salazar (Tx Association of Rental
Agencies), El Paso, TX
AGAINST: Schneider, Rob (Consumers Union), Austin, TX
ON: Durden, David (Tx Department of Insurance), Austin,
TX
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Deloach, Clyde (Tx Association of Rental Dealers
Agencies), Irving, TX
SB 1268
FOR: Avila, John President/CEO Thos. S. Byrne Const. Co.
(Self), Ft. Worth, TX
Bass, Robert (Tx Coalition of Sureties), Austin, TX
Dominguez, Angela (Renaissance Contractors, Inc.),
Justin, TX
Risk, Raymond (Tx Construction Association), Austin,
TX
Ward, John (Ward Insurance), Gatesville, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Adler, Elizabeth M. (Zurich North America
Surety/Fidelity & Deposit Companies),
Richardson, TX
Dodson, Derrell C. (Dodson-Bateman & Co.), Dallas,
TX
Gilbert, Bo (Independent Insurance Agents of Tx),
Austin, TX
Lesch, Pauline L. (PCL Contract Bonding Agency),
Valley View, TX
Searcey, Steven W. (Self), Austin, TX
Tucker, Tracy (Tucker Agency, Inc.), Ft. Worth, TX
Williams, Audrey (Surety Industry), Austin, TX
SB 1514
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Bow, Jonathan D. (SORM), Austin, TX
English, Richard P. (Comptroller), Austin, TX
Holthaus, Barbara (Tx. Department of Insurance),
Austin, TX
Schlomach, Byron (Tx Comptroller), Austin, TX
Sims, Edwin (Tx Department of Transportation),
Austin, TX
SB 1516
ON: Hunt, Darrel (Tx Department of Transportation),
Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Berasley, Ann (Comptroller's Office), Austin, TX
SB 1555
FOR: Gadberry, Gavin (Tx Health Care Association),
Amarillo, TX
Hooser, Greg (Tx Association of Homes & Services for
the Aging), Austin, TX
AGAINST: Bragg, David (AARP), Austin, TX
Collins, Tara (Self), Portland, TX
Demings, Gale (AARP), El Paso, TX
Edwards, Libby (Tx Advocates for Nursing Home
Residents), Corpus Christi, TX
Ferris, Beth (Tx Advocates for Nursing Home
Residents), Austin, TX
Gipson, Susy (Self), Corpus Christi, TX
Gladden, Wilhelmina (AARP), Ft. Worth, TX
Harper, Gay Nell (AARP), Houston, TX
Klein, Jr., Eugene H. (Self), Amarillo, TX
Slack, Mike (Tx Trial Lawyers Association), Austin,
TX
Young, Eva (Self), Aransas Pass, TX
ON: Davis, Will D. (Tx Medical Liability Underwriting
Association), Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Graves, Tim (Tx Health Care Association), Austin, TX
Against: Alexander, Robert R. (AARP), Dallas, TX
Alix, Noble J. (AARP), Houston, TX
Bryson, Donna J. (AARP), Hurst, TX
Bryson, Robert (AARP), Hurst, TX
Carter, Candice (AARP), Austin, TX
Cogburn, Fee (AARP), Houston, TX
Davila, Alex (AARP), Somerset, TX
Davila, Elida (AARP), Somerset, TX
Glueck, Fred (AARP), San Antonio, TX
Glueck, Shirley (AARP), San Antonio, TX
Hammack, Julius (Self), Killeen, TX
Harris, Bill (AARP), Duncanville, TX
Hathaway, Laguita R. (AARP), San Antonio, TX
Holder, Ken (AARP), Humble, TX
Horn, Billy (AARP), Houston, TX
Kinnear, Elizabeth (AARP), Houston, TX
Martinez, Lydia V. (AARP), San Antonio, TX
Noches, Ramon (AARP), Austin, TX
Norman, Joann (AARP), Ft. Worth, TX
Sandlin, Abby (Texas Watch), Austin, TX
Shaw, Elfreda F. (Self), Troup, TX
Shaw, Lewis C. (AARP), Troup, TX
Shelley, Bonnie (AARP), Austin, TX
Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights),
Austin, TX
Wilkinson, Jim (AARP), Seabrook, TX
Williams, Frank (AARP), Buna, TX
Wood, Norma (AARP), Austin, TX
On: Chilton, Joe (Tx Medical Liability Underwriting
Association), Austin, TX
Hamilton, Marilyn (TDI), Austin, TX
Mah, C. H. (TDI), Austin, TX
Presley, Philip (TDI), Austin, TX
SB 1571
FOR: Barron, Connie (Tx Medical Association), Austin, TX
Bubis, Leonard (Tx Medical Association, Dallas
County Medical Society), Dallas, TX
Katz, Hal (Hilgers and Watkins), Austin, TX
AGAINST: Kloster, Jeff (Humana, Health Insurance Association
of America), Austin, TX
Taylor, William J. (Aetna), Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Herzog, Greg (Tx Academy of Family Physicians),
Austin, TX
Against: Glenn, Eric (Humana), Austin, TX
Pollard, Mike (Tx Association of Life and Health
Insurers), Austin, TX
Rummel, Leah (Tx Association of Health Plans),
Austin, TX
Treadwell, Janet (Tx Association of Preferred
Provider Organizations), Lubbock, TX
On: Bow, Jonathan D. (SORM), Austin, TX
Holthaus, Barbara (Tx Department of Insurance),
Austin, TX
Wilson, Sheri (Tx Department of Health - Bureau of
Managed Care), Austin, TX
SB 1598
FOR: Thompson, Jay (GPM Life), Austin, TX
ON: Crawford, Denny (State Securities Board), Austin, TX
Schneider, Rob (Consumers Union), Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Brady, Kevin (Tx Department of Insurance), Austin,
TX
SB 1740
FOR: Vetters, Bob (Tx Warehouse Association), San
Antonio, TX
SB 1793
Registering, but not testifying:
Against: Ruggiero, Denise (State Farm Insurance), Austin, TX
On: Brady, Kevin (Tx Department of Insurance), Austin,
TX