WITNESS LIST State Affairs Committee April 22, 2003 - 8:00A HB 4 FOR: Cole, Keith H. (M & I Electric Industries, Inc.), Houston, TX Cooper, Brent (TAPA), Dallas, TX Crump, David (Crown Cork & Seal Co., Inc.), Houston, TX Gadberry, Gavin (Texas Health Care Association), Amarillo, TX Hull, Mike (TAPA), Austin, TX Lea, Joe (Texas Oil & Gas Association), Austin, TX Nelson, Steve (Associated General Contractors-TX Bldg. Branch), Austin, TX Stagner, Steve (Texas Council of Engineering Companies), Austin, TX Thomason, David (TX Association of Homes and Services for the Aging), Austin, TX Venable, Peggy M. (Citizens For A Sound Economy), Austin, TX AGAINST: Bragg, David (AARP), Austin, TX Choate, Guy (Texas Trial Lawyers Assoc.), San Angelo, TX Harvey, Jay (Texas Trial Lawyers Assoc.), Austin, TX Hile, Richard (Self), Austin, TX Jacks, Tommy (TTLA), Austin, TX Kelly, Christopher J. (Baron & Budd), Dallas, TX Perdue, Jr., Jim M. (Self), Houston, TX Rich, Alan (TTLA), Dallas, TX Slack, Michael L. (TTLA), Austin, TX Sweeney, Paula (TTLA), Dallas, TX ON: Presley, Philip (TX Dept. of Insurance), Austin, TX Registering, but not testifying: For: Allday, Marty (Enbridge Energy), Houston, TX Anderson, Clifford Chris (Retama Manor Nursing Center), Corpus Christi, TX Arnold, Jim (BMC Software, Inc.- Houston, TX), Austin, TX Bailey, Charles (Texas Hospital Association), Austin, TX Bailey, Chuck (TX Rental Assoc.), Austin, TX Berger, Ed (Seton Healthcare Network), Austin, TX Biggs, William (Biggs Plumbing Co., Inc.), Austin, TX Blanchard, William R. (DeTar Healthcare System), Victoria, TX Boucher, Terry (TX Osteopathic Medical Assn.), Austin, TX Bounds, Mackie (Texas Construction of Assn.), Axtell, TX Bousaid, Doug (NEF), Leander, TX Bowden, Dennis M. (State Electric Company), Arlington, TX Boyle, Mike (M.J. Boyle General Contractor, Inc.), San Antonio, TX Bruns, Richard M. (Southwest Terrazzo Assn.), Fredericksburg, TX Buhrow, Candace (Houston Associated General Contractors), Houston, TX Bunning, Bob (Tellepsen Corporation), Houston, TX Cates, Phil (TAHSA, Union Tank Car Co., Texas Paint Council, Railway Progress Inst.), Austin, TX Chalambaga, Gloria (Self), Odessa, TX Colbert, Cynthia (Catholic Health Association of TX), Austin, TX Coronado, Rogelio (Mariner Health Care), Corpus Christi, TX Cothern, Kathryn M. (Small Business Untied, Cothern Transporation, Inc.), Dripping Springs, TX Courtney, Chuck (Texas Retailers Association), Austin, TX Cox, Elise (Small Business & National Association of Women Business Owners), San Antonio, TX Dalrymple, Steve (Baptist Community Services), Amarillo, TX Dew, Bradley S. (Mariner Health Care), Robstown, TX Docis, Matthew J. (Craftsman Fabricated Glass), Houston, TX Evans, Richard (Tx. Assoc. of Business), Austin, TX Field, J. Eddie (Small Business United & Computer Consulting), Lakehills, TX Findeisen, Les (Texas Motor Transportation Association), Austin, TX Fox, Graciela (Grace) (T.A.S. Commercial Concrete Constr.), Spring, TX Freeman, Harold (Texas Construction Assoc.), Austin, TX Furr, LaMon (Mariner Healthcare), Weslaco, TX Garrett, Troy W. (Linbeck Construction Corporation), Houston, TX Gomez, Leo (San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce), San Antonio, TX Graves, Tim (Texas Health Care Association), Austin, TX Gutierrez, Hugo (Marathon Oil Company), Houston, TX Hamermesh, Frances W. (Self), Austin, TX Hansen, Brett (Harlingen Good Samaritan), Harlingen, TX Hardee, Mary (Mariner Healthcare, Inc.), Corpus Christi, TX Hazlewood, Steve (Dow Chemical Co.), Austin, TX Hyatt, Andrew J. (ASA, AGC, Dean Johnston, Inc.), Spicewood, TX Jamison, Mazie M. (Children's Medical Center of Dallas), Dallas, TX Kennedy, Linda (NAWBO/SA), San Antonio, TX Kessler, Ron (Civil Justice Reform Group, American Electronics Assoc.), Austin, TX Kiley, Pat (Houston Chapter AGC), Houston, TX Korsakov, Allan (Baker Concrete Construction), Houston, TX Krueger, Bill (FRACO Products), Shady Shores, TX Linial, George (Texas Association of Homes & Services for the Aging), Austin, TX Love, Tommy (First Air Express Inc.), Austin, TX Marshall, John (Satterfield & Pontikes Construction, Inc.), Houston, TX Martinez, Henry R. (Vento Creative), Austin, TX McCauley, Cindy (Lyondell Chemical Company), Houston, TX McKenna, Linda (Valley Baptist Health System), Harlingen, TX Milburn, Karen (SBU), Austin, TX Moore, Julie W. (Occidental Petroleum Corporation), Austin, TX Namboodiri, Hari K. (Mariner Health Care, Inc.), McAllen, TX Nichols, Bobbie (Golden Age Manor), Dublin, TX Noble, Shannon (Texas Air Conditioning Contractors Assoc.), Austin, TX O'Brien, Sister Michele (CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Healthcare), San Antonio, TX O'Neal, John P. (JPON Glass Co., Inc.), Garland, TX O'Neal, Melinda S. (JPON Glass Co., Inc.), Garland, TX Odom, Paul (P and S Masonry, Inc.), Hamilton, TX Olson, Kym (El Paso Corporation), Houston, TX Page, Nick (Austin Subcontractors Assoc., Central Texas Masonry Contractors Assoc.), Round Rock, TX Perry, Steve (ChevronTexaco), Austin, TX Pinkus, David (Small Business United of Texas), Austin, TX Porter, David (Small Business United), Austin, TX Rex, Glenn (Mechanical Contractors Assoc. of Houston), Houston, TX Rich, Sid (TX Assn. of Residential Care Communities), Austin, TX Richardson, Jody (Abitibi-Consolidated, Inc.), Austin, TX Rohm, Wanda (NFIB & NAWBO), San Antonio, TX Sabine, Myra (Small Business Day), Boerne, TX Sabine, R. Travis (Centurian Capitol), Boerne, TX Sanders, Leo (TAHSA & Good Samaritan Society), Brownsville, TX Sebree, Ben (Texas Oil & Gas Assoc.), Austin, TX Sellers, Tom (ConocoPhillips), Austin, TX Shilling, Mark (National Federation of Independent Business), Austin, TX Spencer, C. William (Texas Healthcare Coalition), Arlington, TX Sprinkle, G.K. (TX Ambulance Association), Austin, TX Taylor, Cindy (South San Antonio Chamber), Brooks City-Base, TX Tays, Sara (Katy Chamber of Commerce), Katy, TX Tays, Sara K. (Exxon Mobil Corporation), Austin, TX Thompson, Sallie Mullins (NFIB, NAWBO), Houston, TX Tolman, Russell K. (Cook Children's Health Care System), Fort Worth, TX Vaga, Daniel R. (National Nozzle), Austin, TX Volkening, Ronnie (7-Eleven, Inc.), Dallas, TX Waldrop, Alan (Texans for Lawsuit Reform), Austin, TX Weaver, A.G. (ChevronTexaco Corporation), Houston, TX White, Dale (Texas Chiropractic Assn.), Austin, TX Wickes, Ron (TX Construction Assoc./TX Masonry Council), Humble, TX Williams, David (Las Palmes Nursing Home-McAllen), McAllen, TX Williams, Ellen (Texas Hotel & Motel Association), Austin, TX Woodard, Shayne (Duke Energy, Sunoco, Inc.), Austin, TX Zafereo, Mark E. (DeTar Healthcare Systems), Victoria, TX Zepeda, Robert C. (Self), San Antonio, TX Against: Flores, Maria Luisa (Mexican American Bar Assn. of TX), Austin, TX Gallagher, Mike (Texas Trial Lawyers Association), Houston, TX Gerstenschlager, Merry Lynn (Texas Eagle Forum), Weatherford, TX Lewis, Bill (Mothers Against Drunk Driving), Keller, TX McLin, Amy M. (Self), Boerne, TX Metzger, Luke (Texas Public Interest Research Group), Austin, TX Riddering, Hannah (Texas National Organization for Women), Austin, TX Watford, Judy (Austin Council of the Blind), Austin, TX On: Butterworth, Shannon (Office of Public Insurance Counsel), Austin, TX Christian, George (Texas Association of Defense Counsel), Austin, TX