WITNESS LIST
Ways & Means Committee
April 18, 2013 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Arnold, Ellen (Texas PTA)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Erben, Randy (The Home Depot)
Gibson, Stephanie (Texas Retailers Association)
Gonzalez, Daniel (TExas Association of REALTORS)
Hess, Myron (National Wildlife Federation)
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Kramer, Ken (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter)
Lieberknecht, Chloe (The Nature Conservancy)
McKelvy, Clay (Public Citizen)
Norman, Scott (Texas Association of Builders)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter, Sierra CLub)
Thomas, Chelsey (Texas Association of Realtors)
Volkening, Ronnie (Texas Retailers Association)
Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)
For:
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Terry, Michael (Department of Public Safety)
For:
Barber, Kathy (NFIB/Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allen, George (Texas Apartment Association)
Findeisen, Les (Texas Motor Transportation Association)
Flores, Robert (Texas Citizen Action Network)
Gibson, Stephanie (Texas Retailers Association)
Shields, Chris (The Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)
Shields, Chris (Texas Agricultural Aviation Association)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Warren, Ed (Comptroller)
For:
Kaplun, Harry (Frost Bank)
Krueger, Tiffany (Frost Bank)
Robinson, Jim (Self; Texas Assn of Appraisal Districts)
Sweeney, Richard (Caterpillar Inc)
Villarreal, Martin (Appraiser)
Wardlaw, Peggy (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Borskey, Mark (General electric)
Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Embrey, Celeste (Texas Bankers Association)
Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)
Johnson Jr., Robert E. (United Rentals)
Kueck, Megan (Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA))
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)
Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Nash, Windy (Dallas Central Appraisal District)
Peregoy, Robert (Webb County Appraisal District)
Scurlock, Steve (Independent Bankers Association of Texas)
Uribe, Hector (County of Zapata)
Vane, Mark (Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP)
Vargas, Norma (Webb County Appraisal District)
For:
Batten, Shelly (Self)
Colunga, Mary C. (Self)
Rickers, Emily (Alliance for Texas Families)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Gonzalez, Daniel (TExas Association of REALTORS)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Norman, Scott (Texas Association of Builders)
Thomas, Chelsey (Texas Association of Realtors)
On:
Sellers, Katy (General Land Office)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Volkening, Ronnie (Texas Retailers Association)
Wells, Robbin (Dallas Market Center)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Arnold, Ellen (Texas PTA)
Gibson, Stephanie (Texas Retailers Association)
For:
Longoria Jr., Manuel (City of Leon Valley)
Reyna, Arthur (Self; City of Leon Valley)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
DuBois, Jr., Doug (Texas Food & Fuel Association)
Newton, Chris (Texas Food and Fuel Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Pendleton, D.J. (Texas Manufactured Housing Association)
For:
Bieterman, Tom (Healthcare Cost Containment Coalition)
Christian, John (Healthcare cost containment coalition)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Apodaca, Michelle (Tenet healthcare corporation)
Bittick, Susan (Self)
Cornyn, Haley (On behalf of United Surgical Partners)
Girard, Chuck (HCA - Hospital Corporation of America)
Marwitz, David A. (Texas Pharmacy association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allen, George (Texas Apartment Association)
Christian, George (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Gonzalez, Daniel (TExas Association of REALTORS)
Grace, Jim (Centerpoint)
Kennedy, John (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association)
LeBas, James (TxOGA)
Nash, Windy (Dallas Central Appraisal District)
Norman, Scott (Texas Association of Builders)
Robinson, Jim (Self; Texas Assn of Appraisal Districts)
Thomas, Chelsey (Texas Association of Realtors)
On:
Cartwright, Debbie (Comptroller of public accounts)
Redington, Penny (Texas Association of Regional Councils)
For:
Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Priorities)
Stowe, Amy (National Associatioin of Propertty Tax Attorneys)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Christian, George (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association)
Craymer, Dale (Self)
Flores, Robert (Texas Citizen Action Network)
Gonzalez, Daniel (TExas Association of REALTORS)
Kennedy, John (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Rickers, Emily (Alliance for Texas Families)
Thomas, Chelsey (Texas Association of Realtors)
Against:
Carter, Darryl (Houston ISD)
On:
Cartwright, Debbie (Comptroller of public accounts)
For:
Scurlock, Steve (Independent Bankers Association of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Fleming, John (Texas mortgage bankers association)
Gonzalez, Daniel (TExas Association of REALTORS)
Thomas, Chelsey (Texas Association of Realtors)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Allen, George (Texas Apartment Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Chiodo, Dana (International Council of Shopping Centers)
Christian, George (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association)
Comparin, Tony (Self)
Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Erben, Randy (Texas Apartment Association)
Gonzalez, Daniel (TExas Association of REALTORS)
Head, Ray (Self)
Kennedy, John (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association)
LeBas, James (TxOGA)
Norman, Scott (Texas Association of Builders)
Partida, Neftali (Texas Building Owners and Managers Association)
Robinson, Jim (Self; Texas Assn of Appraisal Districts)
Stowe, Amy (National Associatioin of Propertty Tax Attorneys)
Thomas, Chelsey (Texas Association of Realtors)
On:
Cartwright, Debbie (Comptroller of public accounts)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Herbert, Christine (National Biodiesel Board)
Klumpyan, Julie (Valero Energy)
LeBas, James (TxOGA)
Nasi, Mike (Texas Fuel Coalition (Love's and Pilot Truck stops))
Oswald, Bill (Self; Koch Companies)
Trucksess, Jeffrey (Biodiesel Coalition of Texas)
For:
Collier, Jacqueline (Aviall, Inc)
Honkomp, Michael (Bell Helicopter Textron Inc)
Kennedy, John (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association)
Wallace, Chris (Greater Irving Las Colinas Chamber of Commerce)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Dodson, Jeffrey (The Boeing Company)
Simpson, Stephanie (Texas association of manufacturers)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Nash, Windy (Dallas Central Appraisal District)
For:
Eckstein, Deece (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Priorities)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Brady, Hugh (City of Austin)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)
Against:
Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)
For:
DeVore, Chuck (Self; Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Against:
Champion, Bret (Leander ISD)
Davis, Joshua (Self; City of leander fire department)
Ginsburg, Tracy (Fort bend isd)
Gumbert, William (Bosc, inc)
Hill, Johnny (Fast Growth School Coalition, Lake Travis ISD)
Jolly, Mike (Self; BoSc,inc)
Morales, Christina (Self)
Waggoner, Pam (Self; LIsd)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Matocha, Dustin (Texans for Fiscal Responsibility)
Against:
Barber-Jordan, Grace (Self; Leander isd)
Barber-Jordan, Grace (Self; Leander ISD)
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Bundy, Russell (Self; Leander ISD)
Clark, Catherine (Texas Association of School Boards)
Coyle, Jeff (City of San Antonio)
Dwyer, Pete (Self)
Hisle, Don (Self; Leander ISD)
Smith, Michelle (Fast Growth School Coalition)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bittick, Susan (Self)
Fisher, Walter (Property Casual Insurance Association)
Salinas, Nelson (Texas association of business)
On:
Warren, Ed (Comptroller)
For:
Pendleton, D.J. (Texas Manufactured Housing Association)
On:
Garcia, Joe (Manufactured Housing Division, Texas Department of Housing and Community
Affairs)
For:
Kennedy, John (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Nash, Windy (Dallas Central Appraisal District)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Brady, Hugh (City of Austin)
Eckstein, Deece (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Priorities)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)
Against:
Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)
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