WITNESS LIST
Ways & Means Committee
March 7, 2011 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess
On:
O'Connell, Ann (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
DuBois, Doug (Texas Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Assoc)
For:
Guest, John (Teaching Hospitals of Texas)
Leech, Christine "Tina" (Texas Hospital Assoaction/UMC El Paso)
Lewis, Bill (Mothers Against Drunk Driving)
Welsh, Dinah (Texas EMS, Trauma & Acute Care Foundation)
Against:
Longley, Bill (Texas Municipal League)
On:
Rawson, Carol (TXDOT)
Wood, Ted (Office of Court Administration)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Calcote, ML (Texas College of Emergency Physicians)
Smith, Andrew (University Health System)
Sprinkle, GK (TX Ambulance Association)
Against:
Contreras, Carlos (City of San Antonio)
Hall, Darrin (City of Houston)
Against:
Bercu, Steven (BookPeople, Austin Independent Business Alliance)
Kennedy, John (Texas Taxpayers & Research Assoc.)
Patrick, Reynolds (J.C. Penny Corporation, Inc.)
Sharp, Kathryn (Bealls & Palais Royal of TX)
Volkening, Ronnie (Texas Retailers Association)
On:
Reynolds, Brad (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Against:
Allen, George (Texas Apartment Association)
Barber, Kathy (NFIB/Texas)
Burdett, Jeff (Texas Cable Association)
Chiodo, Dana (Technology Association of America)
DuBois, Doug (Texas Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Assoc)
Garey, Glen (Texas Restaurant Assn.)
LeBas, James (Association of Electric Companies of Texas, Texas Oil & Gas Association)
Peterson, Michael (AT&T)
Reagan, Karen (Walgreen Company)
Yanaway, Diane (Energy Future Holdings)
HB 353 - Committee Substitute (Hilderbran)
Against:
Reynolds, Patrick (J.C. Penny Corporation, Inc.)
Volkening, Ronnie (Texas Retailers Association)
On:
Reynolds, Brad (The Comptroller of Public Accounts)
On:
Robinson, Jim (Texas Assn. of Appraisal Districts)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Barnett, Mike (Texas Association of Realtors)
Saenz, Jonathan (Liberty Institute)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Caraway, Luanne (Self)
Force, Dwane (Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP)
Longley, Bill (Texas Municipal League)
For:
Boeske, Darrell (The City of Humble)
Greytok, Marta (City of Stafford)
Longley, Bill (Texas Municipal League)
Rodgers, Michael (City of Webster and the Government Finance Officers Association of
Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Kennedy, John (Texas Taxpayers & Research Assoc.)
Lomax, Bryant (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Kroll, John (MuniServices, LLC.)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Robinson, Jim (Texas Assn. of Appraisal Districts)
For:
Pritchard, Jim (Betsy Price, Tax Assessor-Colector, Tax Assessor-Collector, Tarrant County,
and TACA)
Robinson, Jim (Texas Assn. of Appraisal Districts)
On:
Cartwright, Debbie (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allen, George (Texas Apartment Association)
Caraway, Luanne (Tax Assessor-Collector Association)
Force, Duane (Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP)
Kennedy, John (Texas Tax Payers & Research Assoc.)
LeBas, James (Texas Oil & Gas Association)
Longley, Bill (Texas Municipal League)
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