WITNESS LIST
HB  1511
HOUSE COMMITTEE REPORT
Insurance Committee
March  10, 2009 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess
 
 
For:
Bekker, Brian  (Self and Meritage Homes)
 
 
 
Connally, Ron  (Self and Texas Association of Builders)
 
 
 
Dence, Chip  (Self and Builders Assn. of Victoria)
 
 
 
Drozd, Victor B Jr  (Self and Bryan-College Station Home Builders Ass.)
 
 
Against:
Broome, Terry (FPANT
Fire Pervention asso. of North Texas)
 
 
 
Calagna, Anthony (Texas Fire Chiefs Association)
 
 
 
Carlin, Debra (Dallas Fire-Rescue Dept.
Dallas, TX)
 
 
 
Dossett, Steve (Texas Fire Marshal's Association)
 
 
 
Gardner, J.D. (Killeen Fire Department
Texas Fire Chiefs Assn
International Assn of Fire Chiefs)
 
 
 
Jansen, Don (Texas Fire Marshal's Assoc.)
 
 
 
New, Edd (Travis County ESD #3)
 
 
 
Pierce, Joe (Int'l Assoc of Fire Chiefs, Fire And Life Safety Section)
 
 
 
Safer, Randy (National Fire Protection Association (NFPA))
 
 
 
Shapiro, Jeff (Lake Travis Fire Rescue/IRC Fire Sprinkler Coalition)
 
 
 
Smith, Donald (Austin Fire Department)
 
 
 
Wilson, Don  (Self and Town of West Lake, TX)
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
 
For:
Aschmann, Adam (Greater Houston Builders Association)
 
 
 
Baker, Carol (Capitol City Insurance Agency)
 
 
 
Barton, Bill  (Self)
 
 
 
Bayer, Randy  (Self and Greater Houston Builders Association)
 
 
 
Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas Association of Realtors)
 
 
 
Livingston, Sherry  (Self)
 
 
 
Loftis, Lee (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas)
 
 
 
Place, Allen (Texas Land Title Association)
 
 
 
Privett, Tony  (Self)
 
 
 
Schwartz, Mitch (Meritage Homes)
 
 
Against:
Blocker, Trey (State Firemen's and Fire Marshals' Associations)
 
 
 
Chism, James (City of Killeen, TX)
 
 
 
Crane, Thomas (Travis County Emergency Services District #2)
 
 
 
DeFoy, Rusty  (Self and Westlake Fire Dept
RCESD #9)
 
 
 
Evans, Harry (Austin Fire Department)
 
 
 
Groman, Walter J (Volente Fire Dept
Travis County ESD 14)
 
 
 
Higgins, Mike (Texas State Association of Fire Fighters)
 
 
 
Lord, Rick (Southwest Pipe Trades)
 
 
 
McCain, Carol (Texas Fire Sprinkler Contractors Association)
 
 
 
Miller, Bill (Travis County ESD#6/Lake Travis Fire Rescue)
 
 
 
Sands, Joel  (Self)
 
 
 
Shelton, Russell (Plumbers & Pipefitters Local Union 286)
 
 
 
Smith, Bill (Sprinklerfitters Local 669)
 
 
 
Stone, David  (Self and American Fire Systems
Texas Fire Sprinkler Contractors Assoc.)
 
 
 
Warren, Gary (Travis County ESD #9 & Travis County ESD #3)
 
 
 
Wittig, Jeffrey (Travis County ESD #3/Oak Hill Fire Dept.)

 
 
Against:
Workman, Jay (Texas Fire Sprinkler Assoc
Argyle Fire Protection Inc.)
 
 
 
Wren, Carl  (Self)
 
 
On:
Durso, Susan (Texas Residential Construction Comm'n)
 
 
 
Gallagher, Janet (Texas Residential Construction Commission)
 
 
 
Maldonado, Paul (Texas Department of Insurance State Fire Marshal Office)