WITNESS LIST
Ways & Means Committee
April  8, 2009 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess
HB  146
 
    For:
Vaky, Peter (City of Fort Worth)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas Association of Realtors)
 
 
 
 
HB  413
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Floyd, Robert (City of Lubbock)
 
 
 
 
HB  702
 
    For:
Mendiola, Brenda (Irion Co ISD)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
Against:
Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
 
 
 
 
HB  752
 
    For:
ONeal, Bob (City of Grand Prairie)
 
 
 
 
HB  1004
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Floyd, Robert (City of Lubbock)
 
 
 
 
HB  1134
 
    For:
Nelson, Robert (Dallas County Flood Control Dist #1)
 
 
Putnam, Foe (Dallas County Flood Control Dist. No. 1)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Cates, Phil (Dallas County Flood Control District #1)
 
 
 
 
HB  1159
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Palmer, Tom (City of Mequite)
 
 
 
 
HB  1237
 
    For:
Palmer, Tom (City of Mesquite)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Castro, Larry (City of Dallas)
 
 
 
 
HB  2276
 
    For:
Kovacs, Michael (City of Port Aransas)
 
 
Vaughan, Ann (Port Aransas Chamber of Commerce)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Berlanga, Hugo (City of Port Aransas)
 
 
 
 
HB  2316
 
    For:
Shannon, Melissa (County of Bexar)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Igo, Shanna (Texas Municipal League)
 
 
 
 
HB  2878
 
    For:
Listi, Sam (City of Belton)
 
 
 
 
HB  2908
 
    For:
Brown, Charles (Texas Property Tax Lenders Association)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Pettijohn, Leslie (Consumer Credit Commissioner)
 
 
 
 
HB  3111
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Wolff, Nelson (Bexar County)
 
 
 
 
HB  3222
 
    For:
Turnage, Scott (North Richland Hills City Council)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Bostic, Karen (City of North Richland Hills)
 
 
Igo, Shanna (Texas Municipal League)
 
 
 
 
HB  3477
 
    For:
Campbell, Ken  (Self and State Association of Fire & Emergency Services Districts)
 
 
Katz, Howard (Harris County ESD 28)
 
 
Kerwood PhD, Scott  (Self)
 
 
Lewis, Keith (SAFE-D State Associations of Fire & Emergency Districts)
 
 
Linardos, James (Lake Travis Fire & Rescue Travis Co. ESD #6)
 
    For:
Moellenberg, Ron (Travis County Emergency Services Dist. 2)
 
 
Smith, Don (Williamson County ESD #8)
 
 
Tanner-Jacobs, Debbie (Lake Travis Fire & Rescue, Travis Cty ESD #6)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Carlton, John (Texas State Association of Fire & Emergency Districts)
 
 
DeWitt, Jim (Resource Only! Travis County ESD #6)
 
 
Grasshoff, John (Travis County ESD #2)
 
 
Keith II, Barker (Lake Travis Fire Rescue Travis County ESD #6)
 
 
Kiracofe, John (Williamson Co. ESD No. 1)
 
 
Lewis, Donna  (Self)
 
 
Marzean, Barbara (VFIS of Texas)
 
 
Reid, Glen (Travis Co. ESD #10)
 
 
Robert, Shelton (Williamson County ESD 7 Florence Fire Dept.)
 
 
Struble, Terry L. (Travis County Emergency Services District #2)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Fish, Paige (Conoco Phillips)
 
 
Gregg, Michele (Texas Apartment Assn)
 
 
Strama, Virginia (Texas Oil & Gas Association)
 
 
 
 
HB  3699
 
    For:
Eugene, Darrick (Texas Carbon Capture & Storage Association)
 
 
Evans, Ronald (Denbury Resourcess Inc)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter, Sierra Club)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Davis, Tricia (American Royalty Council)
 
 
Fish, Paige (Conoco Phillips)
 
 
Strama, Virginia (Texas Oil & Gas Association)
 
 
Zachary, Mance (Luminant)
 
 
 
 
HB  3765
 
    For:
Purefoy, George (City of Frisco)
 
 
Russell, Kerry (City of Frisco)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
     On:
Wade, Brent (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) Resource)
 
 
 
 
HB  3983
 
     On:
Eckstein, Deece (Travis County Commissioners Court)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Brady, Hugh (City of Austin)
 
 
 
 
HB  4613
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Anderson, Larry (San Antonio River Authority)
 
 
Austin, Timothy (GR-M1, LP)
 
 
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
 
 
Reid, Tom Reid (City of Pearland)
 
 
Turner, Frank (City of Plano)
 
 
 
 
HJR 78
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Connett, Brent (Texas Conservation Coalition)
 
 
Koebele, Steve (Texas Association of Personnel Consultants)
 
 
Lively, Lance (NFIB Texas)
 
 
Sullivan, Michael (Texans for Fiscal Responsibility)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
 
 
 
 
HJR 112
 
    For:
Katz, Howard (Harris County ESD 28)
 
    For:
Kerwood PhD, Scott  (Self)
 
 
Lewis, Keith (SAFE-D State Association of Fire & Emergency Districts)
 
 
Linardos, James (Lake Travis Fire Rescue Travis Co. ESD #6)
 
 
Moellenberg, Ron (Travis County Emergency Services Dist. 2)
 
 
Smith, Don (Williamson County ESD #4)
 
 
Tanner-Jacobs, Debbie (Lake Travis Fire & Rescue, Travis Cty ESD #6)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Carlton, John (Texas State Association of Fire and Emergency Districts)
 
 
DeWitt, Jim (Resource Only! Travis County ESD #6)
 
 
Grasshoff, John (Travis County Emergency Services District No. 2)
 
 
Keith II, Barker (Lake Travis Fire Resource Travis County ESD #6)
 
 
Kiracofe, John (Williamson Co. ESD No. 1)
 
 
Lewis, Donna  (Self)
 
 
Struble, Terry L. (Travis County Emergency Services District #2)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Gregg, Michele (Texas Apartment Assn.)
 
 
 
 
SB  313
 
    For:
Allison, Christopher (M.E. Allison & Co. Inc - Municipal Investment Banking Firm)