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                                                                              WITNESS LIST

            Intergovernmental Relations

            February 27, 2013 1:30 PM - or upon adjournment

            Invited Testimony

                  ON:

                                 Maler, Gary  Director (Mays Business School Real Estate Center), College Station, TX

            SB 109

                  FOR:

                                 Irvine, Tim  Executive Director (Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs),

                                 Austin, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Brown, Jim T.  (Texas Affiliation of Affordable Housing Providers), Austin, TX

                                 Gardner, Melissa  Policy Intern (Texans Care for Children), Austin, TX

                                 Rickers, Emily  (Alliance for Texas Families), Austin, TX

                                 Talerico, Jeanne  Executive Director (TX Association of Local Housing Finance Agencies),

                                 Austin, TX

                  ON:

                                 Trejo, Naomi  Administrator (Texas Department of Housing & Community Affairs),

                                 Austin, TX

            SB 159

                  FOR:

                                 Bass, C. Douglas  (Dallas County), Dallas, TX

                                 Pardue, Craig  (Dallas County), Dallas, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Allison, Jim  (County Judges & Commissioners Assn of Tx), Austin, TX

                                 Lee, Donald  Executive Director (Texas Conference of Urban Counties), Austin, TX

                                 Mendez, Mark  (Tarrant County Commissioners Court), Ft. Worth, TX

                                 Mitchell, Seth  Assistant to the County Manager (Bexar County Commissions Court), San

                                 Antonio, TX

                                 Sugg, Paul  (Texas Association of Counties), Austin, TX

            SB 170

                  FOR:

                                 Allison, Jim  (County Judges & Commissioners Assn of Tx), Austin, TX

                                 Bresnen, Steve  (El Paso County), Austin, TX

                                 Floyd, Beaman  (Texas Coalition for Affordable Insurance Solutions), Austin, TX

                                 Lee, Donald  (Texas Conference of Urban Counties), Austin, TX

                                 Munoz, Ned  (Texas Association of Builders), Austin, TX

                  AGAINST:

                                 Peacock, Bill  (Texas Public Policy Foundation), Austin, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Mendez, Mark  (Tarrant County), Ft. Worth, TX

                                 Mitchell, Seth  Assistant to the County Manager (Bexar County Commissions Court), San

                                 Antonio, TX


                                                                              WITNESS LIST

            Intergovernmental Relations

            February 27, 2013 1:30 PM - or upon adjournment

                                 Power, David  Deputy Director (Public Citizen), Austin, TX

                                 Rickers, Emily  (Alliance for Texas Families), Austin, TX

                                 Sugg, Paul  (Texas Association of Counties), Austin, TX

                                 Talerico, Jeanne  (TX Association of Local Housing Finance Agencies), Austin, TX

            SB 193

                  FOR:

                                 Robinson, Jim  Chief Appraiser, Harris CAD (Texas Assn of Appraisal Districts), Houston,

                                 TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Brown, Jim  Executive Director (Texas Affiliation of Affordable Housing and Community

                                 Affairs), Austin, TX

                                 Mintz, David  Vice President of Government Affairs (Texas Apartment Association),

                                 Austin, TX

                                 Talerico, Jeanne  Executive Director (TX Association of Local Housing Finance Agencies),

                                 Austin, TX

                  ON:

                                 Bast, Cynthia  (Locke Lord LLP), Austin, TX

                                 Irvine, Tim  Executive Director (Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs),

                                 Austin, TX

            SB 194

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Allison, Jim  (County Judges & Commissioners Assn of Tx), Austin, TX

                                 Lee, Donald  (Texas Conference of Urban Counties), Austin, TX

                                 Munoz, Ned  (Texas Association of Builders), Austin, TX

                                 Sugg, Paul  (Texas Association of Counties), Austin, TX

            SB 265

                  FOR:

                                 Kester, David  Director of Human Resources and Risk Management (Harris County),

                                 Houston, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Allison, Jim  (County Judges & Commissioners Assn of Tx), Austin, TX

                                 Bresnen, Steve  (El Paso County), Austin, TX

                                 Lee, Don  (Texas Conference of Urban Counties), Austin, TX

                                 Mitchell, Seth  Assistant to the County Manager (Bexar County Commissions Court), San

                                 Antonio, TX

                                 Nichols, Kelly  Insurance Manager (Harris County), Houston, TX

                                 Pardue, Craig  (Dallas County), Dallas, TX

                                 Pasley, Aubrey  Management Analyst (Harris County), Houston, TX


                                                                              WITNESS LIST

            Intergovernmental Relations

            February 27, 2013 1:30 PM - or upon adjournment

            SB 273

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Lary, Trey  Attorney (Victorian Gardens, Ltd.), Houston, TX

                                 Ring, Justin  (EHRA, Inc.), Houston, TX

                                 Trapolino, Jennie  (Victorian Gardens, Ltd.), Houston, TX

            SB 351

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Dynum, Russell  (KB Home), Houston, TX

                  ON:

                                 Kugle, Julianne B.  (KB Home), Houston, TX

            SB 359

                  FOR:

                                 Johnson, Cheryl  RTA, Galveston County Tax Assessor Collector  (also providing written

                                 testimony) (Galveston County Tax Office), Galveston, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Crider, Rachael  (Galveston County Tax Office), Galveston, TX

                                 Strauser, Bob  (Texas Association of Property Tax Professionals), Austin, TX

                                 Swift, Sheryl  (Galveston County Tax Office), Galveston, TX

            SB 382

                  FOR:

                                 Grafton, Diana  (Dallas County), Dallas, TX

                                 Pardue, Craig  (Dallas County), Dallas, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Allison, Jim  (County Judges & Commissioners Assn of Tx), Austin, TX

                                 Johnson, Cheryl  RTA, Galveston County Tax Assessor Collector (Galveston County Tax

                                 Office), Galveston, TX

                                 Lee, Donald  Executive Director (Texas Conference of Urban Counties), Austin, TX

                                 Mendez, Mark  (Tarrant County Commissioners Court), Ft. Worth, TX

                                 Sugg, Paul  (Texas Association of Counties), Austin, TX

                                 Swift, Sheryl  (Galveston County Tax Office), Galveston, TX

            SB 385

                  FOR:

                                 Cauduro, Paul   (also providing written testimony) (Texas Combined Heat & Power

                                 Initiative), Buda, TX

                                 Heydinger, Charlene   (also providing written testimony) (Keeping PACE in Texas), Austin,

                                 TX

                                 Minick, Stephen   (also providing written testimony) (Texas Association of Business),

                                 Austin, TX

                                 Morriss, James  (Thompson & Knight, LLP), Austin, TX


                                                                              WITNESS LIST

            Intergovernmental Relations

            February 27, 2013 1:30 PM - or upon adjournment

                                 Winland, Christopher  (Good Company Associates), Austin, TX

                                 Zubicek, Vince  (Schneider Electric), TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Blevins, Chad  (The Butler Firm), Austin, TX

                                 Calcote, ML  (Real Estate Council of San Antonio), Austin, TX

                                 Casto, Larry  Legislative Director (City of Dallas), Dallas, TX

                                 Hess, Myron  (National Wildlife Federation), Austin, TX

                                 Igo, Shanna  Deputy Executive Director (Texas Municipal League), Austin, TX

                                 Laborde, Blanca  (The Real Estate Council, The Real Estate Councils of Texas), Austin, TX

                                 Lee, Donald  (Texas Conference of Urban Counties), Austin, TX

                                 Lieberknecht, Chloe  Director of Government Relations (The Nature Conservancy), Austin,

                                 TX

                                 Metzger, Luke  (Environment Texas), Austin, TX

                                 Miller, Robert  (Texas Building Owners and Managers Association), Austin, TX

                                 Power, David  Deputy Director (Public Citizen), Austin, TX

                                 Ross, Susan  (Texas Renewable Energy Industries Association), Austin, TX

                                 Seidlits, Curtis  (City of El Paso), Austin, TX

                                 Sugg, Paul  (Texas Association of Counties), Austin, TX

                                 Tierney Alofsin, Patricia  Director of Government Relations for Austin Energy (City of

                                 Austin), Austin, TX

                                 Weinberg, David  Executive Director (Texas League of Conservation Voters), Austin, TX

                                 Zerrenner, Kate  (Environmental Defense Fund), Austin, TX

                  ON:

                                 Averitt, Kip  (Texas Clean Energy Coalition), Austin, TX

                                 Brown, Sabrina  (Dow Chemical), Austin, TX

                                 Scurlock, Steve  (Independent Bankers Association of Texas), Austin, TX

            SB 476

                  FOR:

                                 Johnson, Cheryl  RTA, Galveston County Tax Assessor Collector (Galveston County Tax

                                 Office), Galveston, TX

                                 Nelson, Jack  (Propel Financial Services), San Antonio, TX

                                 Rickers, Emily  (Alliance for Texas Families), Austin, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Crider, Rachael  (Galveston County Tax Office), Galveston, TX

                                 Embrey, Celeste  (Texas Bankers Association), Austin, TX

                                 Fleming, John  (Texas Mortgage Bankers), Austin, TX

                                 Gaines, Erin  (Alliance for Texas Families), Austin, TX

                                 Gonzalez, Daniel  (Texas Association of Realtors), Austin, TX

                                 Henneberger, John  (Texas Low Income Housing Information Service), Austin, TX

                                 Scurlock, Steve  (Independent Bankers Association of Texas), Austin, TX

                                 Swift, Sheryl  (Galveston County Tax Office), Galveston, TX