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                                                                              WITNESS LIST

              SB 773

              Senate Committee Report

              Business & Commerce

              March 8, 2011 - 8:00 AM

                        FOR:

                                          Bergland, Jennifer    (The Texas Computer Education Association), Pflugerville, TX

                                          Folks, John    (also providing written testimony)  (Northside I.S.D.), San Antonio, TX

                                          Gabehart, Mark   Chief Technology Officer  (also providing written testimony)  (Abilene

                                          I.S.D.), Abilene, TX

                                          McCraw, Ken    (Texas Association of Community Schools, Texas Rural Education

                                          Association), Austin, TX

                                          Rollins, Gene    (Texas Library Association), Houston, TX

                                          Wyatt, Van    (Texas State University-San Marcos), San Marcos, TX

                        AGAINST:

                                          Digneo, Bob    (also providing written testimony)  (AT & T), Austin, TX

                                          Lawson, Richard    (Verizon), Austin, TX

                        ON:

                                          Magnussen, Ph.D., Walt    (Texas A & M University), College Station, TX

                                          Peacock, Bill    (also providing written testimony)  (Texas Public Policy Foundation),

                                          Austin, TX

                                          Wedemeyer, Wayne    (University of Texas System), Austin, TX

                       Registering, but not testifying:

                        For:

                                          Anthony, David    (Cypress-Fairbanks I.S.D.), Houston, TX

                                          Calvert, Raif    (Independent Colleges and Universities of Texas), Austin, TX

                                          Exter, Monty    (Association of Texas Professional Engineers), Austin, TX

                                          Fuller, H. John    (Wylie I.S.D.), Wylie, TX

                                          Garcia, Rey    (Texas Association of Community Colleges), Austin, TX

                                          Holt, David    (Cogdell Memorial Hospital), Snyder, TX

                                          Lane, Lee    (Texas Association of Local Health Officials), Austin, TX

                                          Longoria, Ruben    (Texas Association of School Boards), Austin, TX

                                          Rhodes, Curtis    (Needville I.S.D., TACS), Needville, TX

                                          Rose, Denise    (Texas Hospital Association), Austin, TX

                                          Williams, Todd    (Kaufman I.S.D.), Kaufman, TX

                        Against:

                                          Camacho, Jose    (Windstream Communications), Austin, TX

                                          Campbell, David    (TW Telecom), Dallas, TX

                                          Connett, Brent    (Texas Conservative Coalition Research Institute), Austin, TX

                                          Laborde, Blanca    (TW Telecom), Austin, TX

                                          Lucero, Homero    (Century Link), Austin, TX

                                          Mallette, Cindy    (Americans for Prosperity), Austin, TX

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                                                                              WITNESS LIST

              SB 773

              Senate Committee Report

              Business & Commerce

                       Providing written testimony:

                        Against:

                                          McDonald, Tony    (Young Conservatives of Texas), Austin, TX

              March 29, 2011 - 8:00 AM

                        ON BILL/ON COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE(Substitute):

                                          Akpan, Erika   Analyst  (Senate Committee on Business and Commerce), Austin, TX

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