WITNESS LIST

            Natural Resources Committee

            March 18, 2015 - 2:00 PM or upon adjournment

TCEQ Watermaster Program

                 On:

                                 Ramos, Steve (TCEQ)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Rila, Kellye (TCEQ)

HB 280

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Baggett, Donnis (Texas Press Association)

                                 Garza, Steven (Texas Association of REALTORS)

                                 Shannon, Kelley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Walker, Jeff (TWDB)

HB 1088

                 For:

                                 Archuletaa, Ed (Utep)

                                 Shephard, Les (Utsa)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Chimene, Grace (League of Women Voters of Texas)

                                 Franco, Brie (City of El Paso)

                                 Pearson, Dan (El Paso Water Utility)

                                 Shields, Chris (San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)

HB 1221

                 For:

                                 Porter, Charles (Self; Austin Board of Realtors)

                                 Sledge, Brian (Co-Chair, TWCA Groundwater Legislative Stakeholders Committee; Lone Star

                                 GCD;Prairielands GCD; Upper Trinity GCD; and Barton Springs-Edwards Aquifer GCD)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Ellis, Gregory (Harris Galveston Subsidence District)

                                 Everheart, Harvey (Mesa Underground Water Conservation District)

                                 Garza, Steven (Texas Association of REALTORS)

                                 Holland, Zach (Bluebonnet GCD)

                                 Steinbach, Stacey (Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts)

                                 Tagliabue, Tom (City of Corpus Christi)

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WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Turco, Michael (The Harris - Galveston Subsidence District)

                                 Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                                 Williams, C.E. (Self; Panhandle Groundwater Conservation District)

HB 1275

                 On:

                                 Ellis, Gregory (Bandera County River Authority and Groundwater District)

                                 Robbins, Dean (Twca)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Kramer, Ken (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter)

                                 Lieberknecht, Chloe (The Nature Conservancy)

                                 Mast, Brian (San Antonio River Authority)

                                 Wyatt, Ward (Central Texas Water Coalition)

                 On:

                                 Mauk, David (Self; Bandera County River Authority and Groundwater District)

                                 Schlessinger, Sarah Rountree (Self; Bandera County River Authority and Groundwater

                                 District)

                                 Stiernberg, Michael (State Auditor's Office)

HB 1290

                 For:

                                 Peacock, Bill (Texas public policy foundation)

                 On:

                                 Ellis, Gregory (Bandera County River Authority and Groundwater District)

                                 Levine, Ken (Sunset Commission)

                                 Robbins, Dean (Twca)

                                 Wilson, Phil (Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA))

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Howe, Billy (Texas Farm Bureau)

                                 Kramer, Ken (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter)

                                 Lieberknecht, Chloe (The Nature Conservancy)

                                 Mast, Brian (San Antonio River Authority)

                                 Wyatt, Ward (Central Texas Water Coalition)

                 On:

                                 Mauk, David (Self; Bandera County River Authority and Groundwater District)

                                 Schlessinger, Sarah Rountree (Self; Bandera County River Authority and Groundwater

                                 District)

HB 2031

                 For:

                                 Frazier, Kyle (Texas Desalination Association)

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WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Murphy, James (Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority)

                                 Schuster, Stefan (GBRA)

                                 Sledge, Brian (STW Resources)

                                 Votteler, Todd (Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority)

                 Against:

                                 Hess, Myron (National Wildlife Federation)

                                 Kramer, Ken (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter)

                 On:

                                 Lieberknecht, Chloe (The Nature Conservancy)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Ellmer, Mindy (Poseidon Water)

                                 Ellmer, Mindy (Gulf Coast Water Authority)

                                 Garcia, Buddy (Self; Brownsville Public Utilities Board)

                                 Hayes, Patricia (Texas Association of Groundwater Owners and Producers)

                                 Igo, Shanna (Texas Municipal League)

                                 Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Porter, Charles (Self)

                 On:

                                 Mace, Robert (TWDB)

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