WITNESS LIST

            Transportation Committee

            April 6, 2011 - 8:00 AM

             

            HB 1131

                 For:

                                 Dixon, Don (Self)

                                 Hall, Terri (Texans TURF, TAG)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Barber, Kathy (NFIB)

                                 Boyer, Victor (San Antonio Mobility Coalition, Inc. (SAMCo))

                                 Cubria, Melissa (Texas Public Interest Research Group)

                                 Doyle, Russell (Self)

                                 Fazio, Heather (Self; Texans for Accountable Government)

                                 Guevara, Thomas (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                                 Jones, Max (Travis County Commissioners Ct.)

                                 Kearns, Dennis (BNSF Railway)

                                 McDonald, Nancy (The Real Estate Councils of TEXAS, The Real Estate Council of

                                 AUSTIN)

                                 McKnight, Peyton (Texas Council of Engineering Companies)

                                 Ming, Clifton (Self)

                                 Olsen, Lawrence (TX Good Roads Assn)

                                 Patterson, T J. (City of Fort Worth)

                                 Perez, Richard (The Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)

                                 Ray, Beth Ann (Austin Chamber of Commerce)

                                 Reed, Jim (Transportation Advocates of Texas)

                                 Smith, Claudia (Self)

                                 Stewart, Marissa (Self)

                                 Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)

            HB 1169

                 For:

                                 Burdge, Robby (Port of Victoria)

                                 Fowler, Dale (Victoria Economic Development Corp.)

                 On:

                                 Barton, John (TxDOT)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Calhoun, Elton (Port of Victoria)

                                 Sizemore, Mike (Port of Victoria)

                                 Vane, Mark (Caterpillar Inc.)

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            HB 1291

                 For:

                                 Hall, Terri (Texas TURF)

                                 Morris, Celeste (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Doyle, Russell (Self)

                                 Ming, Clifton (Self)

                                 Smith, Claudia (Self)

                                 Stewart, Marissa (Self)

            HB 1483

                 For:

                                 Clemson, Allen (North Texas Tollway Authority)

                                 Hall, Terri (Texas TURF, TAG, Travis County Republican Liberty Caucus)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Ming, Clifton (Self)

                                 Morris, Celeste (Self)

                                 Stewart, Marissa (Self)

            HB 1613

                 For:

                                 Clark, Ray (Kaufman County)

                                 Green, Timothy (Coats/Rose Attorneys For Various Districts in Kaufman County)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allison, Jim (County Judges & Commissioners & Assoc. of Tx)

                                 Simpson, Terry (San Patricio Co. & Co. Judges & Comm Asso)

            HB 1636

                 For:

                                 Dixon, Don (Self)

                                 Hall, Terri (Texas TURF, TAG, Central TX Republican Liberty Caucus)

                                 Heflin, Talmadge (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                                 Morris, Celeste (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Clemson, Allen (North Texas Tollway Authority)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 De Rochemont, Pierre (Self; Central Texas Republican Liberty Caucus)

                                 Doyle, Russell (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Matocha, Dustin (Texans for Fiscal Responsibility)

                                 Ming, Clifton (Self)

                                 Smith, Claudia (Self)

                                 Stewart, Marissa (Self)

                                 Whalen, Ken (Tx Daily Newspaper Association, Tx Press Association)

                 Against:

                                 Vandergriff, Victor (North Texas Tollway Authority)

            HB 1736

                 For:

                                 Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas)

            HB 1899

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allison, Jim (County Judges & Commissioners Assoc of Tx)

                                 Contreras, Carlos (City of San Antonio)

                                 Firth, Sylvia (City of El Paso)

                                 Gamez, Erin (Texas Parent Teacher Association (PTA))

                                 Patterson, T J (City of Fort Worth)

                                 Simpson, Terry (San Patricio Co. & Co. Judges & Comm. Asso)

                                 Vasquez, Michael (TEXAS CONFERENCE OF URBAN COUNTIES)

                                 Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)

            HB 1921

                 For:

                                 Morris, Celeste (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cubria, Melissa (Texas Public Interest Research Group)

                                 Dixon, Don (Self)

                                 Doyle, Russell (Self)

                                 Fazio, Heather (Self; Texans for Accountable Government)

                                 Hall, Terri (Texas TURF, TAG)

                                 Ming, Clifton (Self)

                                 Smith, Claudia (Self)

            HB 1938

                 For:

                                 Carr, Joshua (Self)

                                 De Rochemont, Pierre (Self; Central Texas Republican Liberty Caucus)

                                 DeNardis, Lorraine (Self)

                                 Dixon, Don (Self)

                                 Doyle, Russell (Self)

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                 For:

                                 Fazio, Heather (Self; Texans for Accountable Government/Libertarian Party of Texas)

                                 Kelton, Randall (Radio Audiance)

                                 Ming, Clifton (Self)

                                 Morris, Celeste (Self)

                                 Stevens, Deborah (Self)

                                 Stewart, Marissa (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bates, William (Self)

                                 Hall, Terri (Texas TURF, TAG)

                                 Krawisz, Daniel (Self)

                                 Matocha, Dustin (Young Conservatives of Texas)

                                 Pietri, Stefano (Self)

                                 Smith, Claudia (Self)

                                 Stevens, Jerry (Self)

                                 Woodfield, Megan (Self)

            HB 2073

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Higgins, Mike (Texas State Association of Fire Fighters)

                                 Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas)

                                 Villarreal, Johnny (Houston Fire Fighters Local 341)

            HB 2080

                 For:

                                 Busboom, Ginger (Texas Academy of Physician Assistants)

            HB 2327

                 For:

                                 Allen, Doug (Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority)

                                 Parker, Keith (VIA Metropolitan Transit Authority)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Boyer, Victor (San Antonio Mobility Coalition, Inc. (SAMG))

                                 Contreras, Carlos (City of San Antonio)

                                 Daugherty, Gerald (Self)

                                 Donisi, John (Envision Central Texas)

                                 Firth, Sylvia (City of El Paso)

                                 Fisher, Nancy (Texas Transit Assn.)

                                 Galligher, Duane (Fort Worth Transportation Authority)

                                 Griebel, Tom (Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Guevara, Thomas (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                                 Israel, Celia (Alliance for Public Transportation)

                                 McDonald, Nancy (The Real Estate Council of Austin)

                                 Milloy, Ross (Austin - San Antonio Corridor Council)

                                 Morris, Joe (Rail Relocation and Improvement Association)

                                 Nelson, Lyle (CARTS)

                                 Perez, Richard (The Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)

                                 Townsend, Trent (City of Austin)

                                 Vane, Mark (Gardene Wynne Sewell)

                                 Whelan, Brian (Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority)

            HB 2396

                 For:

                                 Parker, Keith (VIA Metropolitan Transit Authority)

                                 Perez, Richard (The Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)

                                 Troell, Carey (VIA as a Resource Witness)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Boyer, Victor (San Antonio Mobility Coalition, Inc. (SAMG))

                                 Contreras, Carlos (City of San Antonio)

                                 Ming, Clifton (Self)

                                 Reed, Jim (San Antonio Medical Foundation)

                                 Smith, Claudia (Self)

                                 Stewart, Marissa (Self)

                                 Vane, Mark (Gardere Wynne Sewell)

                                 Wolff, Nelson (Bexar County)

            HB 2628

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allison, Jim (County Judges & Commissioner's Assn. of Tx)

                                 Gamez, Erin (Texas Parent Teacher Association (PTA))

                                 Jones, James (Houston Police Department)

                                 Patterson, T. J. (City of Fort Worth)

                                 Simpson, Terry (San Patricio Co. & Co. Judges & Comm. Asso)

                                 Vasquez, Michael (TEXAS CONFERENCE OF URBAN COUNTIES)

                                 Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)

            HB 2671

                 On:

                                 Moore, John (Texas Workforce Commission)

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            HB 2783

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Matocha, Dustin (Texans for Fiscal Responsibility)

                 Against:

                                 Morris, Celeste (Self)

            HB 2790

                 For:

                                 Daigle, Mark (Calhoun County Sheriff's Office)

            HB 2917

                 For:

                                 Morris, Celeste (Self)

                                 Perez, Richard (The Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allison, Jim (County Judges & Commissioners Assn. of TX)

                                 Boyer, Victor (San Antonio Mobility Coalition, Inc. (SAMCo))

                                 Contreras, Carlos (City of San Antonio)

                                 Griebel, Tom (Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)

                                 McDonald, Nancy (The Real Estate Councils of TEXAS, The Real Estate Council of

                                 AUSTIN)

                                 Olsen, Lawrence (TX Good Roads Assn)

                                 Patterson, T J. (City of Fort Worth)

                                 Reed, Jim (Transportation Advocates of Texas)

                                 Simpson, Terry (San Patricio Co. & Co. Judges & Comm. Asso)

                                 Vasquez, Michael (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Wolff, Nelson (Bexar County)

                 Against:

                                 Barnes, Elizabeth (O.W.L.S. Objective Watchers of the Legal System)

                                 Barnes, Jim (OBJECTIVE WATCHERS of the Legal System (OWLS))

                                 Matocha, Dustin (Texans for Fiscal Responsibility)

                                 McClaugherty, Fern (O.W.L.S.)

                                 Townsend, Virginia (O.W.L.S. Objective Watchers of the Legal System)

            HB 3030

                 For:

                                 Milloy, Ross (Lone Star Rail District)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bingham, William (Lone Star Rail District)

                                 Boyer, Victor (San Antonio Mobility Coalition, Inc. (SAMCo))

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Guevara, Thomas (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                                 Morris, Joe (Rail Relocation and Improvement Assoc.)

                                 Perez, Richard (The Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)

                                 Reed, Jim (San Antonio Medical Foundation)

                                 Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)

                 Against:

                                 Morris, Celeste (Self)

            HB 3049

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 Morris, Celeste (Self)

            HB 3208

                 For:

                                 Morris, Celeste (Self)

            HB 3421

                 For:

                                 Mica, Carl (El Camino Real De Los Tejas National Historic Trail Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Stine, Mark (BikeTexas)

                 Against:

                                 Morris, Celeste (Self)

                 On:

                                 Colley, Terry (Texas Historical Commission)

            HB 3431

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 Morris, Celeste (Self)

            HB 3571

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Wynnn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)

                 Against:

                                 Ming, Clifton (Self)

                                 Morris, Celeste (Self)

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            HCR 80

                 For:

                                 DeNardis, Lorraine (Self)

                                 Dixon, Don (Self)

                                 Doyle, Russell (Self)

                                 Fazio, Heather (Self; Texans for Accountable Government/Libertarian Party of Texas)

                                 Ming, Clifton (Self)

                                 Morris, Celeste (Self)

                                 Stewart, Marissa (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 DeRochemont, Pierre (Self; Central Texas Republican Liberty Caucus)

                                 Hall, Terri (Texas TURF, TAG)

            HJR 84

                 For:

                                 Hall, Terri (Texas TURF, TAG)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Barber, Kathy (NFIB)

                                 Barnes, Elizabeth (O.W.L.S., Objective Watchers of the Legal System)

                                 Barnes, Jim (Objective Watchers of the Legal System (O.W.L.S.))

                                 DeNardis, Lorraine (Self)

                                 Fazio, Heather (Self; Texans for Accountable Government)

                                 Guevara, Thomas (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                                 Jones, Max (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                                 Kearns, Dennis (BNSF Railway)

                                 McClaugherty, Fern (O.W.L.S., Objective Watcher of the Legal System)

                                 McKnight, Peyton (Texas Council of Engineering Companies)

                                 Morris, Celeste (Self)

                                 Olsen, Lawrence (Tx Good Roads Assn)

                                 Perez, Richard (The Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)

                                 Smith, Claudia (Self)

                                 Townsend, Virginia (O.W.L.S., Objective Watchers of the Legal System)

                                 Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)

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