WITNESS LIST
Senate Committee Report
Natural Resources
April 9, 2013 - 9:00 AM
FOR:
Foster, Earl L. (Lakeway MUD), Lakeway, TX
Meszaros, Greg (City of Austin & Austin Water Utility), Austin, TX
AGAINST:
Gertson, Ronald (Colorado Water Issues Committee of Rice Producers), East Bernard,
TX
Hoyt, Jr., Rogers (Ducks Unlimited), Uvalde, TX
McDonald, Nate County Judge (Matagorda County), Bay City, TX
Schulz, Pruett (Matagorda County - Lower Basin), Bay City, TX
Shoppa, Chris (Shoppa's Farm Supply, Inc.), El Campo, TX
Simon, Haskell (Rice Farmer - Customer of LCRA), Bay City, TX
Thames, Mitch (Bay City Chamber of Commerce), Bay City, TX
ON:
Spears, Jr., Franklin Scott Board Member (Lower Colorado River Authority), Austin, TX
Timmerman, Timothy Chairman (Lower Colorado River Authority), Austin, TX
Walker, Jennifer (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter), Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
FOR:
Boyle, Jim (City of Blue Mound, Texas), Austin, TX
Coelho, Leonardo (Travis County), Austin, TX
Harrison, Tom (Lake Interest/Firm Water User), Austin, TX
Linsday, David M. President (Barton Creek Lakeside POA Board, Tom Rasussen),
Spicewood, TX
Morris, Bill (Austin Board of REALTORS), Austin, TX
Parks, Virginia E. (Self) , Houston, TX
Ripley, Karen (Bandera County River Auth and Groundwater Dist), Lakehills, TX
Rosengarten, Rudi (Austin Board of Realtors), Austin, TX
Tedder, Jo Karr (Central TX Water Coalition), Burnet, TX
Wheaton, Karen (Self) , Spring, TX
AGAINST:
Alejo, Sara M. (Self) , Bay City, TX
Arbuckle, J. Scott Board Member (Lower Colorado River Authority), Austin, TX
Arwour, Laurance (Pierce Ranch, Texas R.I.C.E.), Pierce, TX
Balas, Linda (Self) , Eagle Lake, TX
Balas, Steve K. Board Member (Lower Colorado River Authority), Austin, TX
Batchelor, Brent (Matagorda Co. Rice Industry), Bay City, TX
Boenisch, Mark (Self) , Garwood, TX
Bossley, Lee (Rice Industries), Bay City, TX
Browning, Paula (Self) , Bay City, TX
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Burnside, Mike (MAJ Farms), Bay City, TX
Center, Brian (Rice Farming), Nada, TX
Clipson, Richard (Crop Guard Group), Eagle Lake, TX
Cook, William R. (Self; Rice Farmer), Eagle Lake, TX
Corman, Vance (Self) , Lissie, TX
Cornett, Shane (STS Farms Rice Producer), Bay City, TX
Crane, Joe M. (Texas Rice Industry), Bay City, TX
Dearing, Nora (Self) , Bay City, TX
Dickerson III, John C. Board Member (Lower Colorado River Authority), Austin, TX
Dugie, Jeffery (Self) , Nada, TX
Dujka, Mark (First National Bank of Eagle Lake), East Bernard, TX
Franzen, Derril (Franzen Farms - Matagorda County, Rice, Waterfowl), Collegeport, TX
Franzen, G.W. (Rice Operation in Matagorda County, Franzen Farms), Collegeport, TX
Franzen, Wesley (Rice Operation and Wildlife, Matagorda County), Collegeport, TX
Gerbon, Stephen (Rice Farmers), East Bernard, TX
Gertson, Darrell Commissioner Pct. 4 (Colorado County), Eagle Lake, TX
Gertson, Patsy (Self; Farmer), East Bernard, TX
Gertson, Timothy Neil (Rice Farming Interests), Lissie, TX
Green, Clara K. (Land Owner), Bay City, TX
Green, Nellie Shapiro (Land Owner Matagorda County), Bay City, TX
Green, Suzanne Cobb (Land owner Matagorda County), Bay City, TX
Green, Victor (Rice Farmer/Land Owner), Bay City, TX
Green I, William H. (Rice Farmers), Bay City, TX
Green III, William F. (Landowner, Matagorda County)
Guthman, Craig W. (Self; Rice Farmer), Lissie, TX
Guthman, Dustin (Rice Farmers Interest), Lissie, TX
Haertner, Matthew (Public Citizen), Austin, TX
Hagaman, Celeste (Self) , Bay City, TX
Hamilton, Milo (First Grain, Inc.), Austin, TX
Harrington, Jeanne (Matagorda Cty Farming, CWIC), Spicewood, TX
Hefner, Billy (Rice Farming Industry), Garwood, TX
Henske, Mike (Rice Farmers), Eagle Lake, TX
Henske, Penny (Rice Farmers), Eagle Lake, TX
Hershey, Jeffrey (Rice Producers), Austin, TX
Hershey, Michael (Self as Rice Farmer), Egypt, TX
Hoffman, Alyson (First National Bank of Eagle Lake, Farming), Eagle Lake, TX
Hoffman, Barbara (Eagle Lake Chamber of Commerce), Allegton, TX
Hoffman, Kevin (Hoffman Farms), Eagle Lake, TX
Howe, Billy (Texas Farm Bureau), Austin, TX
Hutson, John N. (Mat Co. Rice Farms), Bay City, TX
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Kelley, Tom (Self; Rice Farmer, Cattle, Waterfowl), Eagle Lake, TX
Korenek, Paul Allen (Interruptible Water Users), El Maton, TX
Lanier, Michael (Supt. Rice CISD), Altair, TX
Leese Sr., David P. (Self in Matagorda County), Van Vleck, TX
Lewis, Jim (Land Owner Matagorda Co), Austin, TX
Little, Robert B. "Bob" (Rice Farmers Corp., Inc El Campo), El Campo, TX
Littlefield, Paula (Southwest Agribussiness Inc.), Edna, TX
Locke, Jerry (Ag Business), Alvin, TX
Loving, Don (Self; Rice Farmers), Palacios, TX
Loving, Patricia (Matagorda County Resident), Palacios, TX
Mann, Billy (Rice Farmers), Bay City, TX
Martinez, Dora Linda (Self) , Bay City, TX
Naivar, Kevin (Ag business), Richmond, TX
Normann - Petersen, Cornelia (Mat Co. Rice Farmers), Bay City, TX
Normann-Petersen, Torsten (Mat Co. Rice Farms), Bay City, TX
Ottis, Richard (Rice Belt Whse Inc.), El Campo, TX
Parr, Mary Mayor (City of Eagle Lake), Eagle Lake, TX
Paula, Patrick (Self) , Columbus, TX
Peden, Janet Lewis (Landowner - Matagorda Cnty), Bay City, TX
Peden, John (Self) , Bay City, TX
Peden, Scott (Matagorda County), Bay City, TX
Pruett, Harroryn (Lower Basin Matagorda Co.), Bay City, TX
Pruett, Michael J. (Matagorda County - Lower Basin), Bay City, TX
Raun, LG (TX Rice Producers Legislative Group), El Campo, TX
Raun, Linda C. (TX Rice Producers), El Campo, TX
Ross, Harold (Rice Industry Lower Colorado), Sealy, TX
Rucka, Michael (Self) , Eagle Lake, TX
Runnells, Kathryn (Self) , Austin, TX
Runnells III, Clive (Self) , Bay City, TX
Schulz, Tonya (Matagorda County - Lower Basin), Bay City, TX
Shoppa, Jim (Shoppas Farm Supply), Wharton, TX
Shoppa, William R. (Shoppa's Farm Supply), El Campo, TX
Sliva, Allison (Self) , Bay City, TX
Sliva, Joey (Gulf Coast Ag, Matagorda County), Bay City, TX
Sliva, Paul (SR Farms - Rice Operation in Matagorda Co.), Van Vleck, TX
Solnik, Irene (Self) , Bay City, TX
Spanihel, Vivian (American Rice Growers Corp), Garwood, TX
Spenrath, Phillip Wharton County Judge (Wharton County), Wharton, TX
Spilman, Mark (Self) , Richmond, TX
Spradly, Cameran (Cameran Spradly), Bay City, TX
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Stanley, Jeff (FNBEL Rice Farming), Sealy, TX
Stone, Donnye (Self) , Bay City, TX
Thibal, Kristi Sliva (Self) , Houston, TX
Turner, Thomas (Rice Farmer), Louise, TX
Wiese, Bryan (Rice Producer), Eagle Lake, TX
Wilkerson, Howard (Self) , Eagle Lake, TX
ON:
Alexander, Kathy (TCEQ), Austin, TX
Clancy, Lyn Managing Assoc. General Counsel & Senior Water Policy Advisor (Lower
Colorado River Authority), Austin, TX
Kowis, James Water Strategist (LCRA), Austin, TX
Rila, Kellye (TCEQ), Austin, TX
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