WITNESS LIST

            Ways & Means Committee

            April 21, 2015 - 8:30 AM

            HB 103

                 For:

                                 Key, Danny (Self; State Firefighters and Fire Marshals Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Acevedo, Julie (Texas Fire Chiefs Assn)

                                 Cargile, Elizabeth (Texas State Association of Fire and Emergency Districts)

                                 Carlton, John (Texas State Association of Fire and Emergency Districts)

                                 Favia del Core Borromeo, Marida (Self; Exotic Wildlife Association)

                                 Hufford, Ronald (Texas Forestry Association)

            HB 128

                 For:

                                 Wright, Ron (Tarrant county tax office)

                 On:

                                 Wooten, Tim (Comptroller)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas Assocation of REALTORS)

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)

            HB 490

                 For:

                                 Eckstein, Deece (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                                 Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas Assocation of REALTORS)

                                 Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                                 Reed, Charles (Dallas County Commissioners Court)

                                 Williams, Nancy (City of Austin)

                                 Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)

                 Against:

                                 Crider, Rachael (Galveston County Tax Office)

                                 Johnson, Cheryl (Self; Galveston County Tax Office and voters)

                                 Swift, Sheryl (Galveston County Tax Office)

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            HB 683

                 For:

                                 Brennan, Jim (Texas Coalition of Veterans Organizations)

                 Against:

                                 Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Crider, Rachael (Galveston County Tax Office)

                                 Johnson, Cheryl (Self; Galveston County Tax Office and voters)

                                 Long, Matt (Self)

                                 Smith, Angela (Self; Fredericksburg tea party)

                                 Swift, Sheryl (Galveston County Tax Office)

                                 Ward, Sandy (Self; Fbg Tea Party)

                 Against:

                                 Allred, Don (Oldam county)

                                 Eckstein, Deece (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)

                                 Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                                 Thompson, Rick (Texas Association of Counties)

            HB 964

                 For:

                                 Hughey, Sandy (North East ISD (San Antonio), Texas Association of School Boards)

                                 Rome, Christy (Texas School Coalition)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 Butts, Edna (Austin Independent School District)

                                 Cowan, Julie (Self; Austin ISD School Board)

                                 Flores, Rebecca (Moak, Casey and Associates)

                                 Freeman, Ray (Equity Center)

                                 Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))

                                 Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association; Texas Association of Community

                                 Schools)

                                 Scheberle, Drew (Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)

                 On:

                                 Wooten, Tim (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)

            HB 1980

                 For:

                                 Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Eckstein, Deece (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                                 Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)

                                 Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                                 Warndof, Donna (Harris County)

                                 Williams, Nancy (City of Austin)

                                 Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)

            HB 1995

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Acevedo, Adrian (Anadarko Petroleum Corp.)

                                 LeBas, James (TxOGA, TAM)

                                 LeBas, James (Texas Chemical Council)

                                 Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)

                                 Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                                 Schwab, Carlton (Texas Economic Development Council)

                                 Sebree, Ben (Chevron)

            HB 2287

                 For:

                                 Brusniak, John (Self; Ryan LLC)

                 Against:

                                 Lankford, Alvin (Williamson Central Appraisal District)

                                 Nolan, Ken (Texas association of Appraisal districts)

                                 Wise, Jordan (Self; Harris County Appraisal District)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Crider, Rachael (Galveston County Tax Office)

                                 Johnson, Cheryl (Self; Galveston County Tax Office and voters)

                                 Munoz, Ned (Texas Association of Builders)

                                 Norman, Scott (Texas Association of Builders)

                                 Swift, Sheryl (Galveston County Tax Office)

                 Against:

                                 Crigler, Marya (Travis Central Appraisal Disrtict)

                                 Eckstein, Deece (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                                 Graves, Ashlea (Houston ISD)

                                 Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                                 Nash, Windy (Dallas Central Appraisal District)

                                 Robinson, Jim (Harris County)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 South, Brent (Texas Association of Appraisal Districts & Hunt CAD)

                                 Warndof, Donna (Harris County)

            HB 2288

                 For:

                                 Brusniak, John (Self; Ryan LLC)

                 Against:

                                 Cartwright, Deborah (Harris County Appraisal District)

                                 Greytok, John (National Association of Mass Appraisal)

                                 Nolan, Ken (Texas association of appraisal districts)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Craymer, Dale (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association)

                                 Crider, Rachael (Galveston County Tax Office)

                                 Johnson, Cheryl (Self; Galveston County Tax Office and voters)

                                 Mitchell, jr, Foy (Texas association of property tax professionals)

                                 Popp, James (Self; Popp hutcheson)

                                 Swift, Sheryl (Galveston County Tax Office)

                 Against:

                                 Graves, Ashlea (Houston ISD)

                                 Lankford, Alvin (Williamson Central Appraisal District)

                                 Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                                 Nash, Windy (Dallas Central Appraisal District)

                                 South, Brent (Texas Association of Appraisal Districts & Hunt CAD)

                                 Warndof, Donna (Harris County)

            HB 2292

                 For:

                                 Brusniak, John (Self; Ryan LLC)

                                 Vines, Danny (Self; Stephen F Austin Real-Estate Foundation)

                 Against:

                                 Stiefer, Sands (Harris County Appraisal District, texas Association of Appraisal Districts)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Craymer, Dale (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association)

                                 Crider, Rachael (Galveston County Tax Office)

                                 Johnson, Cheryl (Self; Galveston County Tax Office and voters)

                                 Mitchell, jr, Foy (Texas association of property tax professionals)

                                 Munoz, Ned (Texas Association of Builders)

                                 Norman, Scott (Texas Association of Builders)

                                 Popp, James (Self; Popp hutcheson)

                                 Swift, Sheryl (Galveston County Tax Office)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)

                                 Allred, Don (Oldam county)

                                 Crigler, Marya (Travis Central Appraisal Disrtict)

                                 Eckstein, Deece (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                                 Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)

                                 Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                                 Thompson, Rick (Texas Association of Counties)

                                 Warndof, Donna (Harris County)

            HB 2305

                 For:

                                 Garcia, Agustin (Edinburg Economic Development Corporation)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Schwab, Carlton (Texas Economic Development Council)

            HB 2336

                 On:

                                 South, Brent (Texas Association of Appraisal Districts & Hunt CAD)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Crider, Rachael (Galveston County Tax Office)

                                 Flynn, Josh (Self)

                                 Johnson, Cheryl (Self; Galveston County Tax Office and voters)

                                 Long, Matt (Self)

                                 Munoz, Ned (Texas Association of Builders)

                                 Smith, Angela (Self; Fredericksburg tea party)

                                 Swift, Sheryl (Galveston County Tax Office)

                                 Ward, Sandy (Self; Fbg Tea Party)

                 Against:

                                 Eckstein, Deece (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                                 Graves, Ashlea (Houston ISD)

                                 Lankford, Alvin (Williamson Central Appraisal District)

                                 Weaver, Michael (Self; Church group)

            HB 2367

                 For:

                                 Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Crider, Rachael (Galveston County Tax Office)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Johnson, Cheryl (Self; Galveston County Tax Office and voters)

                                 Long, Matt (Self)

                                 Morstad, Tim (AARP)

                                 Smith, Angela (Self; Fredericksburg tea party)

                                 Swift, Sheryl (Galveston County Tax Office)

                                 Ward, Sandy (Self; Fbg Tea Party)

                 Against:

                                 Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)

                                 Sullivan, Mike (Self; Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector)

                 On:

                                 Crigler, Marya (Travis Central Appraisal Disrtict)

            HB 2431

                 For:

                                 Johnson, Cheryl (Self; Galveston County Tax Office and voters)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Crider, Rachael (Galveston County Tax Office)

                                 Swift, Sheryl (Galveston County Tax Office)

            HB 2710

                 For:

                                 Trevino, Ignacio (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Heck, Jess (Texas Family Council)

                                 Kaplan, David (Self)

            HB 3012

                 For:

                                 Michel, Lorri (Texas association of property tax professionals)

                                 Mitchell, jr, Foy (Texas association of property tax professionals)

                 On:

                                 South, Brent (Texas Association of Appraisal Districts & Hunt CAD)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Acevedo, Adrian (Anadarko Petroleum Corp.)

                                 Brusniak, John (Self; Ryan LLC)

                                 Lawson, Richard (Chevron)

                                 LeBas, James (TxOGA, TAM)

                                 LeBas, James (Texas Chemical Council)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Crigler, Marya (Travis Central Appraisal Disrtict)

                                 Elfant, Bruce (Self; Travis county tax assessor)

                                 Kieschnick, Kevin (Self; Nueces County Appraisal District and Nueces County Tax Assessor

                                 Collector)

            HB 3013

                 For:

                                 Brusniak, John (Self; Ryan LLC)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Acevedo, Adrian (Anadarko Petroleum Corp.)

                                 Craymer, Dale (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association)

                                 Lawson, Richard (Chevron)

                                 LeBas, James (TxOGA, TAM)

                                 LeBas, James (Texas Chemical Council)

                                 Nash, Windy (Dallas Central Appraisal District)

                                 Nolan, Ken (Texas association of appraisal districts)

                                 Popp, James (Self; Popp hutcheson)

                                 South, Brent (Texas Association of Appraisal Districts & Hunt CAD)

                 Against:

                                 Lankford, Alvin (Williamson Central Appraisal District)

                 On:

                                 Eriksson Wood, Tanya (Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP)

            HB 3049

                 For:

                                 Cobb, Wayne (Tenet Healthcare Corporation)

            HB 3064

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Henneberger, John (Self)

                                 Long, Matt (Self)

                                 Smith, Angela (Self; Fredericksburg tea party)

                                 Ward, Sandy (Self; Fbg Tea Party)

                 On:

                                 Gouris, Tom (Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs)

            HB 3174

                 For:

                                 Rosas, Chris (Rackspace)

                 On:

                                 Reynolds, Brad (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Brooks, Jeffrey (Texas Conservative Coalition)

                                 Chiodo, Dana (TechAmerica)

                                 Craymer, Dale (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association)

                                 Guatelli, Dachia (Soft layer Technologies, Inc.)

                                 Kaplan, David (Self)

                                 Long, Matt (Self)

                                 Montford, John T. (Rackspace Hosting, Inc)

                                 Shannon, Fred (Hewlett Packard)

                                 Smith, Angela (Self; Fredericksburg tea party)

                                 Ward, Sandy (Self; Fbg Tea Party)

            HB 3297

                 For:

                                 Popp, James (Self; Popp hutcheson)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Brusniak, John (Self; Ryan LLC)

                                 Craymer, Dale (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association)

                                 Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas Assocation of REALTORS)

                                 Graves, Ashlea (Houston ISD)

                                 Lankford, Alvin (Williamson Central Appraisal District)

                                 LeBas, James (TX Apartment Association)

                                 Mitchell, jr, Foy (Texas association of property tax professionals)

                                 Munoz, Ned (Texas Association of Builders)

                                 Nash, Windy (Dallas Central Appraisal District)

                                 Nolan, Ken (Texas association of appraisal districts)

                                 Norman, Scott (Texas Association of Builders)

                                 South, Brent (Texas Association of Appraisal Districts & Hunt CAD)

                                 Warndof, Donna (Harris County)

            HB 3532

                 For:

                                 Canales, Ramiro "Ronnie" (Nueces County Appraisal Distric)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Crigler, Marya (Travis Central Appraisal Disrtict)

                                 Kieschnick, Kevin (Self; Nueces County Appraisal District and Nueces County Tax Assessor

                                 Collector)

                                 Nash, Windy (Dallas Central Appraisal District)

                                 Nolan, Ken (Texas association of appraisal districts)

                                 South, Brent (Texas Association of Appraisal Districts & Hunt CAD)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Young, Chris (Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP)

                 On:

                                 Eriksson Wood, Tanya (Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP)

            HB 3542

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Dudensing, Jamie (Texas Association of Health Plans)

                                 Long, Matt (Self)

                                 Smith, Angela (Self; Fredericksburg tea party)

                                 Ward, Sandy (Self; Fbg Tea Party)

            HB 3564

                 For:

                                 Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Crigler, Marya (Travis Central Appraisal Disrtict)

                                 Eckstein, Deece (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                                 Elfant, Bruce (Self; Travis county tax assessor)

                                 Graves, Ashlea (Houston ISD)

                                 Kieschnick, Kevin (Self; Nueces County Appraisal District and Nueces County Tax Assessor

                                 Collector)

                                 Lankford, Alvin (Williamson Central Appraisal District)

                                 Mitchell, jr, Foy (Texas association of property tax professionals)

                                 Nash, Windy (Dallas Central Appraisal District)

                                 Nolan, Ken (Texas association of appraisal districts)

                                 South, Brent (Texas Association of Appraisal Districts & Hunt CAD)

            HB 3637

                 For:

                                 Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                 On:

                                 Craymer, Dale (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association)

                                 Scheberle, Drew (Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)

            HB 3739

                 On:

                                 Stiefer, Sands (Harris County Appraisal District, texas Association of Appraisal Districts)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Graves, Ashlea (Houston ISD)

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            HB 3756

                 For:

                                 Eilerts, Erik (Self; TerraValue)

                 On:

                                 Lankford, Alvin (Texas Association of Appraisal Districts)

            HB 3951

                 For:

                                 Robinson, Jim (Harris County Commissioners Court)

                                 Sullivan, Mike (Self; Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector)

                 On:

                                 Harris, J. R. (Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector's Office)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allred, Don (Oldam county)

                                 Eckstein, Deece (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                                 Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)

                                 Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                                 Reed, Charles (Dallas County Commissioners Court)

                                 Warndof, Donna (Harris County)

                                 Wittenburg, Michelle (Harris County)

            HB 4087

                 For:

                                 Greeson, David (NRG)

                                 Nasi, Mike (Clean Carbon Technology Foundation of Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Greytok, John (National Association of Mass Appraisal)

                                 Hodgins, David (Tasa)

                 On:

                                 Hagle, Steve (TCEQ)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Craymer, Dale (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association)

                                 LeBas, James (AECT)

                                 McCollough, Parker (NRG Energy)

                                 McCollough, Parker (NRG Energy)

                                 Minick, Stephen (Texas Asssociation of Business)

                 Against:

                                 Campbell, Grover (Tx Assoc of School Boards)

                                 Domangue, Bradley (Self; La Porte ISD)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association; Texas Association of Community

                                 Schools)

                                 Pape, Peter (Deer Park ISD)

                 On:

                                 Huff, Donna (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter sierra club)

            HJR 57

                 For:

                                 Eckstein, Deece (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                                 Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas Assocation of REALTORS)

                                 Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                                 Williams, Nancy (City of Austin)

                                 Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)

                 Against:

                                 Crider, Rachael (Galveston County Tax Office)

                                 Johnson, Cheryl (Self; Galveston County Tax Office and voters)

                                 Swift, Sheryl (Galveston County Tax Office)

            HJR 67

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Crider, Rachael (Galveston County Tax Office)

                                 Johnson, Cheryl (Self; Galveston County Tax Office and voters)

                                 Norman, Scott (Texas Association of Builders)

                                 Swift, Sheryl (Galveston County Tax Office)

                 Against:

                                 Eckstein, Deece (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                                 Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)

                                 Thompson, Rick (Texas Association of Counties)

            HJR 96

                 For:

                                 Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Eckstein, Deece (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                                                                                              11


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)

                                 Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                                 Williams, Nancy (City of Austin)

                                 Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)

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