WITNESS LIST
County Affairs Committee
April  18, 2007 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess
HB  573
 
    For:
Sepulveda, Jr., Pete (Cameron County Commissioner's Court)
 
 
Sesin, Raul (County of Hidalgo)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Savio, Harry (Home Builders Association of Greater Austin)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
de Lafuente, Veronica (Hidalgo County Commissioner's Court)
 
 
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)
 
 
 
 
HB  1314
 
    For:
Blount, John (Harris County)
 
 
Hawes, David  (Self and East Aldine Management District as Executive Director)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Urban, John Paul (Harris County)
 
 
 
 
HB  1407 - Committee Substitute  (Smith, Wayne)
 
    For:
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Sugg, Paul (Texas Association of Counties)
 
 
 
 
HB  1407
 
    For:
Love, Elizabeth (Harris County Public Health and Environmental Services)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)
 
 
Urban, John Paul (Harris County)
 
 
 
 
HB  1671
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges + Commissioners Assn. of TX)
 
 
Deadrick, June (Center Point Energy)
 
 
Thompson, John (County Judge + Comm. Association of TX)
 
 
 
 
HB  2156
 
     On:
Bacon, April (Texas Association of Co. Auditors)
 
 
 
 
HB  2653
 
    For:
Bartholow, Ralph (Harris County Precinct 4, County Commissioner Jerry Eversole)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Campbell, Ken  (Self)
 
 
Carlton, John (Texas State Association of Fire and Emergency Districts)
 
 
Katz, Howard (Harris County ESD No. 11)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Urban, John Paul (Harris County)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Smith, Don (Travis Co. Emergency Service Dist. #4)
 
 
 
 
HB  2917
 
    For:
Millikin, Jay (Comal County Commissioners Court)
 
 
Renken, David  (Self and Comal County Auditor's Office)
 
 
 
 
HB  3097
 
    For:
Cernosek, Larry (Texas Towing + Storage Assoc.)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Blanton, Tom (Texas Automobile Dealers Association)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Bray, Brett (Texas Department of Transportation as the Motor Vehicle Division Director)
 
 
 
 
HB  3211
 
    For:
Sisk, Cathy (Harris County Attorney and Harris County)
 
 
 
 
HB  3439
 
    For:
Brown, Cindy (County Treasurers Association of Texas)
 
 
Wells, James  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Crosswhite, Lesa (President of the County Treasurers Association of Texas)
 
 
Price, Mark  (Self)
 
 
Sugg, Paul (Texas Association of Counties)
 
 
Wilson, Ann  (Self)
 
 
 
 
HB  3439 - Committee Substitute  (Leibowitz)
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Rodriguez, Jennifer Shelley (County and District Clerks Association)
 
 
 
 
HB  3447
 
    For:
Barton, Jeff  (Self)
 
    For:
Ford, Karen  (Self and Hays County Commissioners Court)
 
 
Peace, Annalisa (Geater Edwards Aquifer Alliance)
 
 
Raymis, Bret  (Self)
 
 
Yates, Ira  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Gaines, Jimmy (Texas Landowners Council, Inc.)
 
 
Maddux, Austin  (Self)
 
 
Meyer, Larry  (Self and Blanco San Miguel, LTD)
 
 
Mortensen, Jayne (Building Industry Association of The Highland Lakes)
 
 
Smith, David  (Self)
 
 
Smith, Hank  (Self and Home Builders Association of Greater Austin)
 
 
Steele, J. Kelly  (Self)
 
 
Wheels, C. Daniel  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Ainsworth, Albert F.  (Self)
 
 
Backus, Andrew (Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District - I am Board President)
 
 
Baker, David  (Self and Wimberley Valley Watershed Association)
 
 
Beall, Jon  (Self)
 
 
Berry, Charles  (Self)
 
 
Bradford, Daniel C. (Travis County Commissioner Sarah Eckhardt (precinct 2))
 
 
Brickley, Maria  (Self)
 
 
Bristol, Valarie  (Self)
 
 
Church, Tom  (Self)
 
 
Cunningham, Dr. Sid  (Self)
 
 
Cunningham, Rose  (Self)
 
 
Dean, Eric  (Self)
 
 
Dudley, Brian (Friendship Alliance)
 
 
Gaster, Talia (Travis County Commissioners Court)
 
 
Gordon-Broadnay, Patricia (Kendal County Well Owners Association)
 
 
Hall, Terri  (Self)
 
 
Hardage, Lori  (Self)
 
 
Hawkins, Andrew (Preserve Our Water Inc.)
 
 
Holder, Kathleen  (Self)
 
 
Housson, Charla  (Self)
 
 
Howe, Darrel  (Self)
 
 
Kay, Charles  (Self)
 
 
Kay, Janie  (Self)
 
 
Kramer, Ken (Lone Star Chapter, Sierra Club)
 
 
Langmore, John  (Self)
 
 
Lessard, Joseph L.  (Self)
 
 
Lowenthal, Eugene (Hamilton Pool Road Scenic Corridor Coalition)
 
 
Metzger, Luke (Environment Texas)
 
 
Meyer, Grayden  (Self)
 
 
Muse, Christy  (Self and Hill Country Alliance)
 
 
Nester, Virginia  (Self)
 
 
Oberlin, Melanie  (Self and Scenic Loop-Boerne Stage Alliance)
 
 
Penridge, Eleanor L.  (Self)
 
 
Priour, Damian  (Self and Hill Country Alliance)
 
 
Reese, Pam  (Self)
 
 
Sawger, Mary (Environmental Defense)
 
 
Schneider, Carolynn  (Self)
 
 
Sikoski, John M.  (Self)
 
 
Slade, Jr, Raymond  (Self)
 
 
Smith, Craig (Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District)
 
    For:
Smith, Tom Smitty  (Self)
 
 
Spenrath, Brandon (Legue of Women Voters of Texas)
 
 
Stone, Joel  (Self)
 
 
Sugg, Paul (Texas Association of Counties)
 
 
Todd, Martha Jane  (Self)
 
 
Turner, Charles R.  (Self)
 
 
Turner, Jean  (Self)
 
 
Vogel, Carolyn (Texas Land Trust Council)
 
 
Weber, Carol  (Self)
 
 
Winters, Linda  (Self)
 
 
Winters, Mel A.  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Baker, Carol  (Self and HBA of Greater Austin Home Builders Association)
 
 
Kleeman, Robert (RGK Rentals, Ltd)
 
 
Noell, John  (Self)
 
 
Norman, Scott (Texas Association of Builders)
 
 
Parker, Richard (Texas Assn of Land Developers)
 
 
Savio, Harry (Home Builders Association Greater Austin)
 
 
 
 
HB  3447 - Committee Substitute  (No Author Indicated)
 
    For:
Millikin, Jay (Comal County Commissioners Court)
 
 
 
 
HB  3503
 
    For:
Wells, James  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Brown, Cindy  (Self)
 
 
Crosswhite, Lesa (County Treasurers Assoc. of Texas, President)
 
 
Price, Mark  (Self)
 
 
Wilson, Ann  (Self)
 
 
 
 
HB  3706
 
    For:
Houston, Juile (Winstead PC as bond consel to Denton County Development District No. 4)
 
 
McKnight, Tim (Rayzor Ranch, L.P. developer of the Lantana Master Planned Community)
 
 
 
 
HB  3834
 
    For:
Sesin, Raul (County of Hidalgo)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
de Lafuente, Veronica (Hidalgo County Commissioner's Court)
 
 
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)
 
 
 
 
HB  4036
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Turk, H. A. (Sweeny Hospital District)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Ozmun, Scott (Texas Trial Lawyers Association)