WITNESS LIST
Local Government Ways and Means Committee
March 13, 2003-8:00A
HB 86
For: Achee, Mary (Self)
Cowgill, Jim (Texas Silver Haired Leg.)
Hart, Dan (Self)
Higgins, Carlos (Self and Teas Silver-Haired
Legislature)
Kyker, Chris (Texas Silver-Haired Legislature)
Tyson, Estella (Self)
Against: Scheps, Philip (City of Houston)
HB 136
For: Cummings, Bill (Texas Silver Haired Legislator)
Gammon, Maxine (Self)
Hart, Dan (Self and Taxpayers for Equal Appraisal)
Lee, Byron (Self)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Shields, Cory (Self)
Taylor, Charlotte (Self)
Turner, Lucille (Self and Seniors)
Wentworth, Zevertine A. (Self)
Against: Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Nitschke, Milo (City of San Antonio)
Rhodes, Karen (City of Plano)
On: Flowers, Lee (Self)
Scheps, Philip B. (City of Houston)
HB 216
For: Bettencourt, Hon. Paul (Self)
Hammerlein, George (Harris County Tax Office)
Hart, Dan (Self and Taxpayers for Equal Appraisal)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Morales, Johnnie (Self)
Robinson, Jim (Self)
Schwartz, Jonas (Advocacy, Incorporated)
On: Flowers, Lee (Self)
Maxwell, Susan (Self and Texas Council for Developmental
Disabilities)
HB 217
For: Bettencourt, Hon. Paul (Self)
Hammerlein, George (Harris County Tax Office)
Morales, Johnnie (Self)
Robinson, Jim (Self)
Schwartz, Jonas (Advocacy, Incorporated)
On: Flowers, Lee (Self)
HB 474
For: Bennett, Gilbert (Self)
Berry, Joshua (Self)
Bettencourt, Hon. Paul (Hon. Jeff Shadwick, HISD
Trustee)
Gates, Gary (Texas Center for Family Rights)
German, Jim (Self)
Hart, Dan (Self and Taxpayers For Equal Appraisal)
Higgins, Carlos (Self and Texas Silver-Haired
Legislature)
Knobloch, Charles (Self)
Koenning, Court (Self)
Meyers, W. A. "Andy" (Self)
Patrick Goeb, Dan (Self)
Against: Allaway, Bill (TX Taxpayers and Research Assn)
Clark, Catherine (Texas Association of School Boards and
Texas Association of School Administrators)
Clark, Jeffrey (National Federation of Independent
Business - Texas)
Hammond, Bill (TX Assoc of Business)
Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
McDaniel, Mark (City of Corpus Christi, TX)
Nitschke, Milo (City of San Antonio)
Rhodes, Karen (City of Plano, Texas)
Scheps, Philip (City of Houston)
Steenson, Richard (Self)
On: Flowers, Lee (Self)
Lebas, James (Texas Comptroller)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Mitchell, Jr., Foy (Dallas Central Appraisal District)
Morgan, Tom (Texas Association of Realtors)
Pierce, Wayne (Equity Center)
Robinson, Jim (Self)
Wooten, Tim S. (Texas Comptroller)
Wyatt, Jr., Joe (Self)
HB 846
For: aigler, Kathy (Self)
Bennett, Gilbert (Self)
Bettencourt, Hon. Paul (Self)
Cummings, Bill (Texas Silver Haired Legislator)
Gates, Gary (Texas Center for Family Rights)
German, Jim (Self)
Hart, Dan (Self and Taxpayers for Equal Appraisal)
Higgins, Carlos (Self and Texas Silver-Haired
Legislature)
Meyers, W. A. "Andy" (Self)
Morgan, Ray (Self)
Against: Allaway, Bill (TX Taxpayers and Research Assn)
Clark, Catherine (Texas Association of School Boards and
Texas Association of School Administrators)
Clark, Jeffrey (National Federation of Independent
Business)
Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
McDaniel, Mark (City of Corpus Christi, TX)
Nitschke, Milo (City of San Antonio)
Scheps, Philip (City of Houston)
On: Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Mitchell, Jr, Foy (Dalas Central Appraisal District)
Morgan, Tom (Texas Association of Realtors)
Pierce, Wayne (Equity Center)
Wyatt, Joe (Self)
HJR 16
For: Carter, Jim (Self)
Cummings, Bill (Texas Silver Haired Legislator)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Shields, Cory (Self)
Taylor, Charlotte (Self)
Turner, Lucille (Self and Seniors)
Wentworth, Zevertine A. (Self)
Against: Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
McDaniel, Mark (City of Corpus Christi, TX)
Nitschke, Milo (City of San Antonio)
On: Scheps, Philip (City of Houston)
HJR 21
For: Bettencourt, Hon. Paul (Self)
Hammerlein, George (Harris County Tax Office)
HJR 32
For: Berry, Joshua (Self)
Bettencourt, Hon. Paul (Self)
Gates, Gary (Texas Center for Family Rights)
Knobloch, Charles (Self)
Meyers, W.A. "Andy" (Self)
Against: Allaway, Bill (TX Taxpayers and Research Assn.)
Clark, Catherine (Texas Association of School Boards and
Texas Association of School Administrators)
Clark, Jeffrey (Nationalk Federation of Independent
Business)
Hammond, Bill (TX Assoc of Business)
Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Policy Priorites)
McDaniel, Mark (City of Corpus Christi, TX)
Nitschke, Milo (City of San Antonio)
Rhodes, Karen (City of Plano, TX)
Scheps, Philip (City of Houston)
On: Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Morgan, Tom (Texas Association of Realtors)
HJR 45
For: Bettencourt, Hon. Paul (Self)
Gates, Gary (Texas Center for Family Rights)
Meyers, W.A. "Andy" (Self)
Morgan, Ray (Self)
Against: Allaway, Bill (TX Taxpayers and Research Assn)
Clark, Catherine (Texas Association of School Boards and
Texas Association of Administrators)
Clark, Jeffrey (National Federation of Independent
Business)
Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
McDaniel, Mark (City of Corpus Christi, TX)
Nitschke, Milo (City of San Antonio)
Scheps, Philip (City of Houston)
On: Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Morgan, Tom (Texas Association of Realtors)
HJR 60
For: Kyker, Chris (Texas Silver-Haired Legislature)
Against: Scheps, Philip (City of Houston)