WITNESS LIST
Natural Resources Committee
April 4, 2005-2:00P
HB 1222
For: Rothe, Gregory (San Antonio River Authority)
HB 1223
For: Baker, Carole D. (Texas Section American Water Works
Association)
Finch, PhD, Calvin R. (San Antonio Water System)
Hoffman, Bill (City of Austin - Austin Water Utility)
Kramer, Ken (Lone Star Chapter, Sierra Club)
Neighbors, Ronald (Harris-Galveston Coastal Subsidence
District)
HB 1518
For: Butler, Susan (San Antonio Water System)
Neighbors, Ronald (Greater Houston Partnership)
Against: Grant, John (Colorado River Municipal Water District &
Region F Regional Water Planning Group)
Stroder, Robert (Lower Neches Valley Authority)
On: Hess, Myron (National Wildlife Federation)
HB 1644
For: Corbett, Tony (Self and Freeman and Corbett)
HB 2047
For: Armstrong, Vickie (Rose Hill Water Supply)
Burke, John (Aqua Water Supply Corporation)
Daniel, P.E., Eddy (Self and Daniel & Brown Engineering)
Hodges, Clay (Cash Special Utility District)
MacManus, Brian E. (East Rio Hondo Water Supply
Corporation)
Petersen, Ken (Texas Rural Water Association)
Rothe, Gregory E. (San Antonio River Authority)
Watson, Kent (Wickson Creek Special Utility District)
Zeppa, Mark (Law Offices of Mark H. Zeppa, PC)
On: Jennings, Bart (Austin Water Utility)
HB 2079
For: Dougal, Leonard (Stephens County Rural Water Supply
Company)
Taylor, Phil (Stephens County Rural Water Supply
Corporation)
HB 2541
For: Butler, Susan (San Antonio Water System)
Against: Blackburn, Jim (D.M. O'Connor Ranches)
Grant, John (Colorado River Municipal Water District and
Region F Regional Water Planning Group)
James, Jerry (City of Victoria)
Stroder, Robert (Lower Neches Valley Authority)
On: Hess, Myron (National Wildlife Federation)
HB 2542
For: Butler, Susan (San Antonio Water System)
Rochelle, Martin (San Antonio Water System)
West, Jr., W.E. (Bill) (Guadelupe-Blanco River
Authority)
Against: Blackburn, Jim (D.M. O'Connor Ranches)
Grant, John (Colorado River Municipal Water District &
Region F Water District)
James, Jerry (City of Victoria)
Jones, William (D.M. O'Connor Ranches)
Stroder, Robert (Lower Neches Valley Authority)
On: Hess, Myron (National Wildlife Federation)
Kramer, Ken (Lone Star Chapter, Sierra Club)
HB 2876
For: Allen, Joe B. (Landowners of Texas)
Box, James C. (Self and Texas Association of Builders)
Forsythe, Richard W. (The Forsythe Company)
Holcomb, Jim (Self)
Hudson, William (Self)
Page, Michael G. (BST Timberlands of Texas, L.P.)
Sadler, Alan (Self and Montgomery County)
Sahs, Mary (Dick Forsythe and The Forsythe Company)
Schwertner, Jim (Schwertner Farm, Inc.)
Stepherson, Angela (Law Offices of Clay E. Crawford,
P.C.)
Against: Burke, John (Aqua Water Supply Corporation)
Chapman, Jerry (Greater Texoma Utility Authority)
Cooney, Stephen (Nitsch and Son Utilities and Southern
Water Corporation)
Dyer, J.W. (East Rio Hondo Water Supply Company)
Hodges, Clay (Cash Special Utility District)
Neumann, Kelley (San Antonio Water System)
Petersen, Ken (Texas Rural Water Association)
Sprinkle, G.K. (Daily Court Review)
Watson, Kent (Wickson Creek Special Utility District)
Zeppa, Mark (Law Offices of Mark H. Zeppa, PC)
On: Combs, Commissioner Susan (Texas Department of
Agriculture)
Jennings, Bart (Austin Water Utility)
Nelson, Paul R. (City of Houston)
Rothe, Gregory (San Antonio River Authority)
HB 2898
For: Browning, Charles (North Alamo Water Supply Corporation
& South Texas Water Utilities Managers Association)
Daniel, Adam (Texas Land Developers Association)
Dyer, J.W. (Shagland WSC, El Jardin WSC, S. Texas Water
Utility Mgr. Assoc., North Alamo WSC, E. Rio Hondo
WSC)
Ecion, III, James R. (Olmito Water Supply Corporation
and South Texas Managers Association)
Jones, Kenneth (Texas Land Developers Association, Ken
Jones Construction Ken Wood Development)
MacManus, Brian E. (East Rio Hondo Water Supply
Corporation)
McClelland, Jack (Texas Land Developers Association)
Ruppert, Richard W. (Self and Santa Cruz Properties)
Sturgis, Wendy Smith (City of Edinburg)
Against: Allen, Troy (Delta Lake Irrigation District)
Barrera, Joe A. (Brownsville Irrigation District)
Halbert, Wayne (Self and Harlingen Irrigation District,
Adams Gardens Irrigation District, Texas Irrigation
Council)
Hill, Gordon R. (Bayview Irrigation District #11)
Hinojosa, Sonny (Hidalgo County Irrigation District #2)
Jarvis, Glenn (Texas Irrigation Council)
Nieto, Tito (Hidalgo County Water Improvement #3)
Nieto, Tito (United Irrigation District and Hidalgo
County Irrigation District #16)
Ruiz, Frank (Cameron County Irrigation District #6)
Steidinger, Jimmie (Self)
White, Jo Jo (Hidalgo & Cameron Counties Irrigation
District #9)
HB 2915
For: Rochelle, Martin (San Antonio Water System)
Rothe, Gregory (San Antonio River Authority)
West, Jr., W.E. (Bill) (Guadelupe-Blanco River
Authority)
Against: Blackburn, Jim (D.M. O'Connor Ranches and Matagorda Bay
Foundation)
Griffith, Jr., Judge Carl R. (Self and Jefferson County)
James, Jerry (City of Victoria)
Jones, William (D.M. O'Connor Ranches)
On: Chenoweth, Todd (Texas Commissioner Environmental
Quality)
Hess, Myron (National Wildlife Federation)
Howe, Billy (Texas Farm Bureau)
Schwartz, Suzanne (Texas Water Development Board)
HB 3476
For: Todd, Jr., Tyler Dean (Todd Land Company)
HB 3477
For: Kithil, David (Burnet County Commissioners Court)