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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            Licensing & Administrative Procedures Committee

            April 9, 2013 - 11:00 AM or upon final adjourn./recess

            HB 1012

                 For:

                                 Browning, Cade (Self)

                                 Mantanona, Matthew (Self)

                                 Mantanona, Michelle (JM Memorial Foundation)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Lewis, Bill (Mothers Against Drunk Driving)

                 Against:

                                 Howe, Chris (Self)

                                 Jabour, David (Self; TPSA    And Twin Liquors)

                                 Jabour, Margaret (Self; Texas Package Store Association)

                                 Nicholson, Barrett (Self; Texas package store association)

                 On:

                                 Beck, Carolyn (Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission)

            HB 1013

                 For:

                                 Browning, Cade (Self)

                                 Mantanona, Matthew (Self)

                                 Mantanona, Michelle (JM Memorial Foundation)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Lewis, Bill (Mothers Against Drunk Driving)

                 Against:

                                 Howe, Chris (Self)

                                 Jabour, David (Self; TPSA    And Twin Liquors)

                                 Jabour, Margaret (Self; Texas Package Store Association)

                                 Nicholson, Barrett (Self; Texas package store association)

                 On:

                                 Beck, Carolyn (Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission)

            HB 1020

                 For:

                                 Caesar, Troy (Driver Training Associates, Inc.)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Beck, Carolyn (Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 1352

                 For:

                                 Dodd, Glenn (Self)

                                 Fordyce, Karen (Self)

                                 Humphries, De (Self)

                                 Monson, Catherine (Self; Fastsigns International)

                                 Reddy, Vikrant (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                                 Strand, Kurtis (Self; S&S Signs and Specialties)

                 Against:

                                 Ingle, Paul (Self; Design Center Signs)

                                 Lewis, John (Texas Sign Association)

                                 Stabler, Lonnie (Self; Texas Sign Association)

                 On:

                                 Kuntz, William (Bill) (Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Baker, Tom (Self)

                                 Brightwell, Kevin (Self; Fastsigns)

                                 Brooks, Brianna (Self; FASTSIGNS)

                                 Brooks, Chris (Self)

                                 Brooks, Stephanie (Self; Fastsigns)

                                 Dodd, Martha (Self)

                                 Dodd, Philip (Self)

                                 Escobar, Luis (Self)

                                 Felt, Ron (Self; Fastsigns)

                                 Fluhman, Chris (Self)

                                 Glenn, Mark (Self; FASTSIGNS)

                                 Hammond, Bill (Texas assocition of business)

                                 Hogue, Lana (Self; Fastsigns)

                                 Hogue, Mike (Self; Fastsigns)

                                 Howe, Chris (Self)

                                 Mahoney, Annie (Texas Conservative Coalition)

                                 Mahoney, Annie (Texas Conservative Coalition)

                                 Mayle, Ed (Self)

                                 Mcdonough, Peter (Self)

                                 Stockley, William (Self)

                                 Strand, Tina (Self)

                                 Swanner, Shon (Self)

                                 West, Ronald (Self)

                                 Wilson, Rick (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Beasley, Renea (IEC of Texas)

                                 Grimes, Michael (Texas Business Advertising Alliance)

                                 Huffaker, Rani (State Sign)

                                                                                               2


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Jones, Chad (Self; Southwest Signs of San Antonio)

                                 Leffler, Andy (Self; Custom Sign Creations)

                                 Morris, Sammy (Self)

                                 Palmer, Jeffrey (Precision roofing inc)

                                 Sitterle, Arthur (Self; Comet Signs, San Antonio & Houston)

                                 Stabler, Leona (Texas Sign Association)

                                 Tessier, Daniel (Self)

                                 Thomas, Tony (Daktronics, san antonio)

                                 Toye, Lydell (Self)

            HB 1997

                 For:

                                 Garrison, Dan (Self; Garrison Brothers)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Barnes, Daniel (Self; Texas Distilled Spirits Association)

                                 Calcote, Mary (Republic National Distributing Company)

                                 Gray, Alan (Licensed beverage distributors)

                                 Holland, Joshua (Self; Treaty Oak Distilling)

                                 Jabour, David (Self; TPSA    And Twin Liquors)

                                 Jabour, Margaret (Self; Texas Package Store Association)

                                 Keith, Austin (Self)

                                 Lively, Lance (Texas Package Stores Association)

                                 Miller, Alvin (Self)

                                 Nicholson, Barrett (Self; Texas package store association)

                                 Oliver, Harold (Gabriels Wine & Liquor)

                                 Short, Jim (SPECS Liquor)

                                 Townes, Ralph (Licensend beverage distributrs)

                 On:

                                 Beck, Carolyn (Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission)

            HB 2114

                 For:

                                 Gray, Alan (Licensed beverage distributors)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Townes, Ralph (Licensend beverage distributrs)

                 Against:

                                 Jabour, David (Self; TPSA    And Twin Liquors)

                                 Jabour, Margaret (Self; Texas Package Store Association)

                                 Nicholson, Barrett (Self; Texas package store association)

                                                                                               3


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Beck, Carolyn (Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission)

            HB 2126

                 For:

                                 Gray, Alan (Licensed beverage distributors)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Townes, Ralph (Licensend beverage distributrs)

                 Against:

                                 Jabour, David (Self; TPSA    And Twin Liquors)

                                 Jabour, Margaret (Self; Texas Package Store Association)

                                 Nicholson, Barrett (Self; Texas package store association)

                 On:

                                 Beck, Carolyn (Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission)

            HB 2294

                 For:

                                 Jewell, Michael (AT&T)

                                 Reddy, Vikrant (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                 Against:

                                 Creamer, Mike (Self)

                                 Mcalister, Todd (Texas air conditioning contractors association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)

                                 Lacey, Frank (Comverge, inc.)

                                 Mahoney, Annie (Texas Conservative Coalition)

                                 Mahoney, Annie (Texas Conservative Coalition)

                                 Meehan, Colin (Self; Environmental Defense Fund)

                                 Shelley, Dan (Plumbing Heating Cooling Contractors)

                 Against:

                                 Shelley, Dan (Plumbing Heating Cooling Contractors)

                 On:

                                 Kuntz, William (Bill) (Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation)

            HB 2537

                 For:

                                 Bright, Lou (Texas wine and grape growers assn)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Anderson, Birgit (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Anderson, Bruce (Self)

                                 Bigbie, Don (Self)

                                 Calcote, Mary (Republic National Distributing Company)

                                 Constable, George (Self)

                                 Cox, Bobby (Self; Bingham Family Vineyards)

                                 Estes, Gene (Self)

                                 Evans, Jim (Self)

                                 Gray, Alan (Licensed beverage distributors)

                                 Heath, Brian (Self)

                                 Jabour, David (Self; TPSA    And Twin Liquors)

                                 Jabour, Margaret (Self; Texas Package Store Association)

                                 Keith, Austin (Self)

                                 Lively, Lance (Texas Package Stores Association)

                                 Miller, Alvin (Self)

                                 Nicholson, Barrett (Self; Texas package store association)

                                 Oliver, Harold (Gabriels Wine & Liquor)

                                 Parker, Barbara (Self)

                                 Parker, Gabe (Self; Texas Wine and Grape Grower Association)

                                 Ritterbusch, June (Self)

                                 Short, Jim (SPECS Liquor)

                                 Switzer, Cord (Self; Fredericksburg winery)

                                 Switzer, Sandy (Self; Fredericksburg Winery)

                                 Townes, Ralph (Licensend beverage distributrs)

                                 Wilson, Robert (Self)

                                 Yarnell, William (Lionstone International)

                                 Yates, Ron (Self; TWGGA)

                 Against:

                                 Daavies, Howard (Self)

                 On:

                                 Beck, Carolyn (Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission)

            HB 2690

                 For:

                                 Riley, Byron (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Blankenship, Robert (Self)

                                 Craft, Lon (TMPA)

                                 Fish, Mark (Self)

                                 Lathrop, Phillip (Self)

                                 McGuire, Ron (Self)

                 On:

                                 Harbeson, William (Txdmv)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 2693

                 For:

                                 Crutcher, Christopher (Outback Roofing)

                                 Custable, Dave (North Texas Roofing Contractors Association)

                                 Friedson, Scott (Insurance Claim Recovery Support)

                                 Jurado, Jr., Al (Texas Association of REALTORS)

                                 Oliver, Edis (Professional Roofing Standards Council)

                                 Parks, Josey (Metal Roofs of Texas)

                                 Ramon, Paul (Self; RCAT)

                 Against:

                                 Bigger, Tom (Self)

                                 Carson, Keith (Self)

                                 Conner, Jon (Self; Texas Independent Roofing Contractor's Assn; J-Conn Roofing)

                                 Fuentes, Frank (Self; U.S. Hispanic Contractors Association)

                                 Gildner, Tex GW (Self)

                                 Isett, Carl (Texas Independent Roofing Contractors Association)

                                 Kettler, David (Self)

                                 Moran, Patrick (Self; Austin Roofing Contractors)

                                 Oyervides (Self; U.S. Hispanic Contractors Association)

                                 Pearson, Stacy (Self)

                                 Reddy, Vikrant (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                                 Simon, Daniel (Self)

                                 Uribe, Hector (Texas independent roofing contractors association, us hispanic contractors and

                                 hispanic contractors association de Tejas)

                                 Wadley, Leo (Self)

                 On:

                                 Kopko, Jeannette (BBB servimg Dallas and Northeast Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Anderson, Rodney (Self)

                                 Burns, Sarah (Self)

                                 Gilbert, Bo (USAA)

                                 Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas Association of REALTORS)

                                 Hammond, Bill (Texas association of business)

                                 Houston, Scott (Building officials association of texas)

                                 Koebele (pronounced "Ko-bel"), Steve (Roofing Contractors Association of Texas)

                                 Loftis, Lee (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas)

                                 Martin, Paul (National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies)

                                 Phenix, Billy (Allstate insurance company)

                                 Posey, Jake (Texas Association of Public Insurance Adjusters)

                                 Samperi, Vera (Roofing Contractors Association of Texas)

                                 Thompson, Jay (Afact)

                 Against:

                                 Conner, Kristina (Self; J-Conn Roofing)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Craton, Rob (Self)

                                 Maclean, Thomas (Self)

                                 Matocha, Dustin (Texans for Fiscal Responsibility)

                                 Murdock, James (Self)

                                 Palmer, Jeffrey (Self)

                                 Scott, Craig (Self)

                 On:

                                 Walker, Jamie (Resource only- Texas Dept of Insurance)

            HB 2806

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Calcote, Mary (Republic National Distributing Company)

                                 Garey, Glen (Texas Restaurant Association)

                                 Gray, Alan (Licensed beverage distributors)

                                 Hamilton, Mike (Texas restaurant association)

                                 Jabour, David (Self; TPSA    And Twin Liquors)

                                 Jabour, Margaret (Self; Texas Package Store Association)

                                 Keith, Austin (Self)

                                 Lively, Lance (Texas Package Stores Association)

                                 Miller, Alvin (Self)

                                 Nicholson, Barrett (Self; Texas package store association)

                                 Rydman, John (Self)

                                 Short, Jim (SPECS Liquor)

                                 Townes, Ralph (Licensend beverage distributrs)

                 On:

                                 Beck, Carolyn (Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission)

            HB 2818

                 For:

                                 Garey, Glen (Texas Restaurant Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Hamilton, Mike (Texas restaurant association)

                 On:

                                 Beck, Carolyn (Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission)

            HB 2953

                 For:

                                 Reddy, Vikrant (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                 Against:

                                 Timm, Emily (Workers Defense Project)

                                                                                               7


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Barber, Kathy (NFIB/Texas)

                                 Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)

                                 Fleming, John (Texas mortgage bankers association)

                                 Gibson, Stephanie (Texas Retailers Association)

                                 Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas Association of REALTORS)

                                 Hammond, Bill (Teaxas association of business)

                                 Sanaie, Kandice (Texas Association of Business)

            HB 3038

                 For:

                                 Graves, Brent (Self; Texas Auctioneers Association)

                                 Swigert, Jim (Self)

                 On:

                                 Kuntz, William (Bill) (Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Jones, Mike (Self; Texas auction academy)

                                 Swenson, W. Scott (Self; National Auctioneers Assn)

            HB 3558

                 For:

                                 Hammond, Bill (Teaxas association of business)

                                 Koch, Kevin (McLane Company, Inc.)

                                 Martin, Jack (McLane Company, Inc., Murphy Oil Corporation, BDt Capital Paertner, Ltd.)

                                 Miller, Don (Murphy Oil USA)

                                 Shilling, Mark (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Volkening, Ronnie (Texas Retailers Association)

                 Against:

                                 Calcote, Mary (Republic National Distributing Company)

                                 Gray, Alan (Licensed beverage distributors)

                                 Haggerty, Pat (Licensed Beverage Distributors)

                                 Hoskins, Marc (Licensed Beverage Distributors)

                                 Jabour, David (Self; TPSA    And Twin Liquors)

                                 Jabour, Margaret (Self; Texas Package Store Association)

                                 Keith, Austin (Self)

                                 Lively, Lance (Texas Package Stores Association)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Miller, Alvin (Self)

                                 Nicholson, Barrett (Self; Texas package store association)

                                 Oliver, Harold (Gabriels Wine & Liquor)

                                 Short, Jim (SPECS Liquor)

                                 Spilman, Tom (Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas)

                                 Townes, Ralph (Licensend beverage distributrs)

                 On:

                                 Beck, Carolyn (Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission)

                                 Graham, Thomas (Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission)

                                 Harrison, Amy (Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission)

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