WITNESS LIST

            Natural Resources Committee

            April 29, 2015 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess

HB 632

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Gaines, Jimmy (Texas landowners council)

                                 Glass, Tom (Self)

                                 Hufford, Ronald (Texas Forestry Association)

                                 Kramer, Ken (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter)

                                 McGeary, Judith (Self; Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance)

                                 Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)

                                 Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)

                 Against:

                                 Barksdale, Jay (Dallas Regional Chamber)

                                 Ellmer, Mindy (Tarrant Regional Water District)

                                 Geske, Matthew (Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce)

                                 Holmes, Anna (City of Dallas)

                 On:

                                 Nelson, Matt (Texas Water Development Board)

HB 1222

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Fowler, Perry (Texas Water Infrastructure Network TXWIN)

                                 Garcia, Buddy (Self)

                                 Garza, Steven (Texas Association of REALTORS)

                                 Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas  Association of REALTORS)

                                 Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)

                 On:

                                 Reynolds, Joe (Texas Water Development Board)

HB 1459

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Lary, Trey (West Harris County Regional Water Authority)

                 On:

                                 Taack, Justin (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)

HB 2308

                 On:

                                 Ellis, Ron (Texas Commission on Environmental Regulation)

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WITNESS LIST

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Kramer, Ken (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter)

HB 2654

                 For:

                                 Bazan, Thomas (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Turco, Michael (Harris Galveston Subsidence District)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 Kramer, Ken (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter)

                 On:

                                 Mills, Kelly (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)

HB 2805

                 On:

                                 Brookins, Linda (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)

HB 3163

                 For:

                                 Ellis, Gregory (Self; Mesa UWCD)

                                 Embrey, Ty (Clearwater UWCD, Panola County GCD, Middle Trinity GCD, and Real

                                 Edwards Conservation and Reclamation District)

                                 Glaa, Tom (Self)

                                 Pape, Paul (Self; Bastrop County)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cook, Robby (Hemphill County Underground Water Conservation District)

                                 Fitzsimmons, Shauna (Upper trinity GCD, Prairielands GCD, North Texas GCD, Barton

                                 Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation district)

                                 Gangnes, Michele (Self; League of independent Voters of Texas)

                                 Kramer, Ken (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter)

                                 McGeary, Judith (Self; Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance)

                                 McGuire, Mike (Rolling Plains Groundwater Conservation District)

                                 Morris, Joe (Aqua Water Supply Corp.)

                                 Russell, Claudia (Brush country groundwater conservation district)

                                 Steinbach, Stacey (Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts)

                                 Turner, Robert (Self; West texas ground water management alliance)

                                 Turner, Robert (Self; Texas sheep and goat raisers association)

                                 Votteler, Todd (Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority)

                                 Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)

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

                                                                                               2

WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Mills, Kelly (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)

HB 3640

Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 Fitzsimmons, Shauna (Wells Branch Municipal Utility District)

                 On:

                                 Taack, Justin (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)

HB 3837

                 For:

                                 Garcia, Buddy (Self)

                                 Garcia, Buddy (Self)

                                 Holmgreen, Jack (Self; American Rainwater Catchment Systems Association)

                                 Lawrence, Paul (Self; Texas rainwater catchment association)

                                 Leatherman, Mark (Self; Texas rainwater catchment assoc)

                                 Maxwell-Gaines, Chris (Self; Texas Rainwater Catchment Association)

                                 Pape, Mark (Self; Texas rainwater catchment association)

                                 Wheeler, Joe (Self; Texas rainwater catchment assn)

                 Against:

                                 Briers, Stanley (Self; Tx Plumbing  Air Conditoning  Mechanical Contractors Association)

                                 Heuberger, William (City of reno)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Reaves, Jim (Texas Nursery & Landscape Associatiom)

                                 Weiner, Stan (STW Water)

                 Against:

                                 Aguilar, Leonard (Self; Southwest Pipe Trades Association)

                 On:

                                 Brookins, Linda (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)

                                 Hunter, Dan (Texas department of agriculture)

HB 4038

                 On:

                                 Mills, Kelly (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 Kramer, Ken (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter)

HB 4130

                 For:

                                 Brown, Bill (Jonah Water Special Utility District)

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WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Carlton, John (Jonah Water Special Utility District)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Taack, Justin (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)

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