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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            Business & Industry Committee

            April 9, 2013 - 1:30 PM or upon final adjourn./recess

            HB 1824

                 For:

                                 Bidne, Rick (Las Colinas Association)

                                 Zapanta, Albert (Las Colinas Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Austin, Judd (Self; Texas Community Association Advocates)

                                 Bailey, Chuck (Las colinas asso)

                                 Burton, Robert (Self)

                                 Kell, Kassandra (City of Irving)

                                 Ross, Worth (TCAA)

            HB 1887

                 For:

                                 Ahmad, Janet (Self; Homeowners for better building)

                                 Cervantes, Chuck (Self)

                                 Chadwick, John (Self)

                                 Cope, Judy (Self; Guadalupe county)

                                 Crouch, Frances (Self; Spring Trail Homeowner)

                                 Crouch, Wesley (Self; Spring Trail Homeowner)

                                 Dowda, Rebecca (Self; Justice for Cibolo)

                                 Dufresne, Jc (Self)

                                 Flores, Adan (Self; Falconridge Homeowners)

                                 Garcia, Antonio (Self)

                                 Hartman, Brent (Self)

                                 Hartman, Jennifer (City of cibolo)

                                 Jones, Alishia (Self)

                                 Lapointe, Judi (Self)

                                 Luevano, Gilbert (Self)

                                 Luevano, Gizelle (Self)

                                 Lugo, Adela (Self; Falcon Ridge Homeowners)

                                 Mikos, Scott J. (Self; Falcon Ridge Homeowners)

                                 Payne, Amelia (Self; Castroville)

                                 Perez, Esmeralda M (Self)

                                 Salais, Laura (Self)

                                 Tiseth, Helen (Self)

                                 Winslow, James (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Kyle, James (DR Horton)

                                 Leonard, James (Self; Greater san antonio builders association)

                                 Longacre, Carol (Self; Dallas Builders Association)

                                 Martin, Eddie (Self; Texas Association of Builders)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 McGuire, Rick (Self; West Texas Home Builders Association)

                                 Miller, David (Self)

                                 Norman, Scott (Texas Association of Builders)

                                 Rudnicki, James (Self)

                                 Samson, Jon (Self; Greater fort worth builders association)

                                 Tonjes, Ray (Self)

                                 Wood, Toy (Greater houston builders association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Beving, Rita (Self)

                                 Harris, DeAnna (Self)

                                 Jones, Harvella (Self)

                                 Luevano, Elva (Self)

                                 Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                                 Perkins, Estella (Faalconridge homeowners)

                                 Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public citizen)

                                 Torrez, Ruben (Self)

                                 Wadley, Leo (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Baxley, Jack (Texo the construction association)

                                 Burton, Robert (Self)

                                 Calcote, Mary (Real Estate Council of San Antonio)

                                 Chatron, Michael (AGC Texas Building Branch)

                                 Comer, Kathey (HBA of Greater Austin)

                                 Embrey, Celeste (Texas Bankers Association)

                                 Fleming, John (Texas mortgage bankers association)

                                 Garcia, Jerry (Self; Corpus christi builders assoc)

                                 Hendrickson, Cathy (Self)

                                 Hull, Mike (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)

                                 Ippolito, Anthony (Self)

                                 Jones, Neal T. " Buddy" (Perry Homes)

                                 Lee, Randy (Stewart Title Guaranty Company)

                                 Lehman, Mark (Texas Association of REALTORS)

                                 Mintz, David (Texas Institute of Building Design)

                                 Munoz, Ned (Texas Association of Builders)

                                 Privett, Tony (West Texas Home Builders)

                                 Savio, Harry (Self; Home Builders Assoiation Greater Austin)

                                 Shrum, Kimberly (Self; Greater San Antonio Builders Association)

                                 Sorrells, Steve (Self)

                                 Thomas, Chelsey (Texas Association of Realtors)

                 On:

                                 DeHay, Loretta (Texas Real Estate Commission)

                                 Oldmixon, Douglas (Texas real estate commission)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 2075

                 For:

                                 Burton, Robert (Texas Community Association Advocates (TCAA))

                                 Norman, Scott (Texas Association of Builders)

                                 Ross, Worth (TCAA)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Austin, Judd (Self; Texas Community Association Advocates)

                                 Bidne, Rick (Self)

                                 Lee, Randy (Stewart Title Guaranty Company)

                                 Place, Allen (Texas land title association)

                                 Smith, David (Texas Neighborhoods Together)

                                 Wright, Susan (Self; Texas Community Association Advocates)

            HB 2660

                 For:

                                 Flores, Fabiola (Self; Texas Workers advocates)

                 Against:

                                 Gillespie, Trey (Property Casualty Insurers Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 McMurry, Sam (Self; Texas Self Insurance Association)

                 Against:

                                 Cobb, Ron (American ins association)

                                 Dewitt, Cathy (Texas Association of Business)

                 On:

                                 Bordelon, Rod (Resource Only if needed- tdi-DWC)

                                 Klein, Barbara (State Office of Risk Management)

                                 Lee, Amy (Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers Compensation, resource only)

            HB 2763

                 For:

                                 Bradford, Garry (Unique HR)

                                 Slania, Ashley (Insperity)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Alcorta, Victor (Insperity)

                                 Brown, Sabrina (T & T Staff Management Inc.)

                                 Dewitt, Cathy (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Graydon, Galt (National Association of Professional Employer Organizations)

                                 Peer, Adam (National Association of Professinal Employer Organizations)

                                 Peters, Megan (ADP)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Yarnell, William (TriNet)

                 On:

                                 Danzeiser, Doug (Resource Only- TDI)

                                 Francis, Brian (Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation)

                                 Moore, Nancy (Resource only- TDI)

            HB 2787

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas)

                                 Levy, Rick (Texas aflcio)

                                 Timm, Emily (Workers Defense Project)

                 Against:

                                 McMurry, Sam (Self; Texas Self Insurance Association)

                                 Woods, Joe (Property Casualty Insurers Assn. of America)

                 On:

                                 Darwin, Norman (Office of Injured Employee Counsel)

                                 Klein, Barbara (State Office of Risk Management)

                                 Lee, Amy (Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers Compensation, resource only)

            HB 2861

                 On:

                                 Centrich, Joseph (Citizens Information Associates, LLC)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 Panju, Arif (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Kendall, Angie (Texas department of public safety)

            HB 3022

                 For:

                                 Wilson, Stephen (Self; TOA)

                 Against:

                                 McMurry, Sam (Self; Texas Self Insurance Association)

                 On:

                                 Darwin, Norman (Office of Injured Employee Counsel)

                                 Darwin, Norman (Office of injured employee counsel)

                                 Lee, Amy (Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers Compensation, resource only)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Flores, Fabiola (Self; Texas workers advocates)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Hillert, Bobby (Texas orthopaedic association)

                                 Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas)

                                 Levy, Rick (Texas aflcio)

                                 Timm, Emily (Workers Defense Project)

                 Against:

                                 Betts, Albert (Association of Fire and Casualty Companies in Texas)

                                 Cobb, Ron (Amerian ins association)

                                 Dewitt, Cathy (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Reagan, David (Texas Municipal League Intergovernmental Risk Pool)

                                 Sugg, Paul (Texas Association of Counties)

                                 Woods, Joe (Property Casualty Insurers Assn. of America)

                 On:

                                 Klein, Barbara (State Office of Risk Management)

            HB 3071

                 For:

                                 Duncan, Larry (Self; Mechanic shop owners)

                                 Horton, Emily (Texas mechanic's lien association)

                 Against:

                                 Ames, John R. (Self; Dallas County Tax Office & Tax Assessor Collector Association)

                                 Lathrop, Phillip (Self)

                                 Russell, Alma (Self; Tax Assessor Collector Association of Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 Blankenship, Robert (Self)

                                 Fish, Mark (Self)

                                 Keister, Ronnie (Tax Assessor Collector Association of Texas)

                                 Kieschnick, Kevin (Self; Nueces County Tax Assessor Collector)

                                 McGuire, Ron (Self)

                                 Riley, Byron (Self)

                                 Scurlock, Steve (Independent Bankers Association of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Elliston, Randy (Txdmv)

            HB 3351

                 For:

                                 Abplanalp, Susan (Self)

                                 Burgess, Jack (Self)

                                 Donley, Billy (Self)

                                 Garriott, Richard (Self)

                                 Jones, William (Self)

                                 Lewis, Stacy (Self)

                                 McCall, Sterling (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Musk, Elon (Tesla Motors)

                                 Pace, Stephen (Self)

                                 Peters, Mark (Self)

                                 Peters, Mark (Self)

                                 Saving, Thomas (Self)

                                 Shaskevich, Alexander (Self)

                                 Thomas, Gerard (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Smith, Carroll (Self; Texas Automobile Dealers Association)

                                 Stockton, Edward (Texas automobile Dealer Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Arendt, Michael (Self)

                                 Ayazi, Philip (Self)

                                 Bailey, Paige (Self)

                                 Baillio, Maegan (Self; Tesla motors)

                                 Bohm, Claudia (Self)

                                 Bohm, Denis (Self)

                                 Brown, Logan (Self; University of Texas at Austin)

                                 Burgos, Douglas (Self)

                                 Charrier, Edward (Self)

                                 Conrad, Alexis (Self)

                                 Conrad, Kirk (Self)

                                 Conrad, Renae (Self)

                                 Coon, Hal (Self; Tesla owners in Texas)

                                 Corbett, Eric (Self)

                                 Davoodi, Milad (Self)

                                 Deadrick, June (CenterPoint Energy)

                                 Durham, Mark (Self)

                                 Flores, Robert (Texas Association of Mexican-American Chambers of Commerce)

                                 Griswell, John (Self)

                                 Gutermuth, Bob (Self)

                                 Harrison, Chris (Self)

                                 Holm, Matt (Self)

                                 Hunts, Ryan (Self)

                                 Hunts, Troy (Self)

                                 Izor, Robert (Self)

                                 Jethva, Tosa (Self)

                                 Kilburn (Self)

                                 Kilburn, Kelby (Self)

                                 Kingman, John (Self)

                                 Le, Ronald (Self)

                                 Mahoney, Annie (Texas Conservative Coalition)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Mann, Julia (Self)

                                 Martin, Janet (Self)

                                 McConnell, Patricia (Self)

                                 McConnell, Whit (Self)

                                 Meyers, Matthew (Self)

                                 Mitchell, Jamie (Austin Energy/City of Austin)

                                 Morse, David (Self)

                                 Perks, Graham (Self)

                                 Rader, Michael (Self)

                                 Roofner, Bradley (Self; University of texas at austin)

                                 Schilffarth, Adam (Self)

                                 Shelton, Susan (Self)

                                 Smith, David (Self)

                                 Sosa, Dayan (Tesla motors)

                                 Squyres, Jay (Self)

                                 Stanley, Kevin (Self)

                                 Thomassy, Fernand (Self)

                                 Thomassy, Genoka (Self)

                                 Webb, Dianne (Self)

                                 Yee, Edward (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Borskey, Mark (Texas Recreational Vehicle Association)

                                 Chapman, Lee (Dallas Fort Worth New Car Dealers Assoc)

                                 Crail, Pamela (San Antonio Automobile Dealers Assn)

                                 Wainwright, Wyatt (Houston auto dealers assoc)

                                 Wilkes, Morris (The New Car Dealers Of West Texas)

                 On:

                                 Castanuela, LaDonna (Texas Department of Motor Vehicles)

                                 Harbeson, William (Txdmv)

            HB 3547

                 For:

                                 Beving, Rita (Self; Public Citizen)

                                 Brady, Zach (Self)

                                 Crawford, Julia Trigg (Self)

                                 Evans, Jay (Self)

                                 Ford, Rachel Baker (Self)

                                 Ford, Rachel Baker (Self)

                                 Garza Jr, Norman (Texas Farm Bureau)

                                 Kinsel, Leslie (Self; Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)

                                 Quinn, Kitty Sue (Texas Land and Mineral Owners Association)

                                 Stutts, Clint (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Mann, James (Texas Pipeline Association)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Layfield, L. DeWayne (Self; Reins Road Farms)

                                 Medina, Debra (Self; We Texans)

                                 Medina, Debra (Self; We Texans)

                                 Stevens, Bill (Texas Alliance of Energy Producers)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Ahmad, Janet (Self)

                                 Cortez, David (Sierra Club)

                                 Crouch, Wesley (Self)

                                 Dixon, Don (Self)

                                 Doyle, William (Self)

                                 Dufresne, Jc (Self)

                                 Garcia, Antonio (Self)

                                 Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas ASsociation of REALTORS)

                                 Hall, Terri (Texas TURF)

                                 Howe, Chris (Self)

                                 Hufford, Ronald (Texas Forestry Association)

                                 Lapointe, Judi (Self)

                                 Lehman, Mark (Texas Association of REALTORS)

                                 McGovern, Katherine (Self)

                                 McKelvy, Clay (Public Citizen)

                                 Mikos, Scott J. (Self)

                                 Park, Joey (Texas Wildlife Association)

                                 Raborn, Margie (Self)

                                 Raborn, Robert (Self)

                                 Salais, Laura (Self)

                                 Snider, Stewart (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)

                                 Thomas, Chelsey (Texas Association of Realtors)

                                 Tiseth, Helen (Self)

                                 Turner, Bob (Self; Independent cattlemen of texas)

                                 Turner, Bob (Self; Texas poultry federation)

                 Against:

                                 Allday, Marty (Enbridge Energy)

                                 Cannon, Thure (Texas Pipeline Association)

                                 Carroll, Stephen (Texas Energy Coalition)

                                 Carter, Teddy (TIPRO- TX Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association)

                                 Firmin, Liza (Access Midstream Partners)

                                 Gipson, Mark (Devon Energy)

                                 Golemon, Kinnan (Shell Oil Company)

                                 Holt, David (Permian basin petroleum association)

                                 Mays, Dan (Kinder Morgan)

                                 McBeth, Kelly (Gas processors association)

                                 Moore, Julie (Occidental Petroleum)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Moore, Julie (Occidental Petroleum Corporation)

                                 Nugent, Patrick (Texas pipeline association)

                                 Perry, Steve (Chevron USA)

                                 Ruckel, Grant (Energy Transfer)

                                 Ruckel, Mari (Texas Oil and Gas Association)

                                 Sander, Lindsay (Markwest Energy)

                                 Sander, Lindsay (Markwest Energy)

                                 Sebree, Ben (Enterprise Products, LLC)

                                 Sellers, Tom (Conocophillips)

                                 Williams, Julie (Chevron USA, Inc.)

                                 Woodard, Shayne (DCP Midstream)

                 On:

                                 Lineberry, Colin (Railroad Commission (resource only))

            HB 3803

                 For:

                                 Jones, Harvella jones (Self; The national homeowners advocate group and the national hags

                                 coalition)

                                 Togba, Xina (Self; Lakeville Homeowners)

                 Against:

                                 Austin, Judd (Self; Texas Community Association Advocates)

                                 Clark, Andrew (Self; Falcon Head West Home Owners Association)

                                 Fortin, Andrew (Self)

                                 Pyle, Gary (Self; Summercrest Homeowners Association- Georgetown)

                                 Smith, David (Texas Neighborhoods Together)

                                 Wiggins, Jude (Self)

                                 Wright, Susan (Texas Association of Builders)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 Bidne, Rick (Self)

                                 Burton, Robert (Dominion Homeowners Association (San Antonio, Texas))

                                 Calderon, Bill (Self)

                                 Comer, Kathey (HBA of Greater Austin)

                                 Eichner, Mary (Self; Texas neighborhoods together)

                                 Garcia, Jerry (Self; Corpus christi builders assoc)

                                 Hendrickson, Cathy (Self)

                                 Ippolito, Anthony (Self)

                                 Jones, Neal T. " Buddy" (Perry Homes)

                                 Kyle, James (DR Horton)

                                 Leonard, James (Self; Greater san antonio builders association)

                                 Longacre, Carol (Self; Dallas Builders Association)

                                 Martin, Eddie (Self; Texas Association of Builders)

                                 May, Jennifer (City of Sugar Land)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 McGuire, Rick (Self; West Texas Home Builders Association)

                                 Miller, David (Self)

                                 Norman, Scott (Texas Association of Builders)

                                 Ross, Worth (TCAA)

                                 Rudnicki, James (Self)

                                 Samson, Jon (Self; Greater fort worth builders association)

                                 Savio, Harry (Self; Home Builders Assoiation Greater Austin)

                                 Shrum, Kimberly (Self; Greater San Antonio Builders Association)

                                 Sorrells, Steve (Self)

                                 Tonjes, Ray (Self)

                                 Wood, Toy (Greater houston builders association)

                 On:

                                 Prud'homme, Tommy (Office of the Attorney General)

            HB 3867

                 For:

                                 Wilson, Stephen (Self; TOA)

                 Against:

                                 McMurry, Sam (Self; Texas Self Insurance Association)

                 On:

                                 Bordelon, Rod (Resource Only if needed- tdi-DWC)

                                 Lee, Amy (Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers Compensation, resource only)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 Beachley, Pam (Texas Cotton Ginners' Trust)

                                 Betts, Albert (Association of Fire and Casualty Companies in Texas)

                                 Cobb, Ron (Amerian ins association)

                                 Dewitt, Cathy (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Woods, Joe (Property Casualty Insurers Assn. of America)

                 On:

                                 Klein, Barbara (State Office of Risk Management)

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