WITNESS LIST

            Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs

            April 13, 2015 2:00 PM - or upon adjournment

            SB 789

                  FOR:

                                 Freeland, Joe  Attorney (City of Tyler), Austin, TX

                                 Morgan, Gregory  Director Utilities & Public Works (The City of Tyler), Tyler, TX

                  AGAINST:

                                 Sorensen, Gregory  (Liberty utilities), Avondale, AZ

                  ON:

                                 Brookins, Linda  TCEQ Water Supply Division Director (TCEQ), Austin, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Heines, Martin  Mayor (The City of Tyler), Tyler, TX

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

                  ON:

                                 Benter, Tammy  Director - water division (Public Utility Commission of Texas), Austin, TX

            SB 991

                  FOR:

                                 Hemmeline, Charlie  (Texas Solar Power Association), Austin, TX

                                 Reed, Cyrus  Conservation director (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club), Austin, TX

                                 Zerrenner, Kate  Project Manager  (also providing written testimony) (Environmental

                                 Defense Fund), Austin, TX

                  ON:

                                 Mace, Robert  Deputy Executive Administrator (Texas Water Development Board), Austin,

                                 TX

                                 Webber, Michael  Professor  (Self; UT Austin), Austin, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Burnam, Lon  (Public citizen), Fort worth, TX

                                 Cain, Randy  Attorney (The Wind Coalition), Austin, TX

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

                                 Huffman, Laura  Texas State Director, The Nature Conservancy (The Nature Conservancy),

                                 Austin, TX

                                 McCollough, Parker  VP Gov't Affairs (NRG Energy, Inc), Austin, TX

                                 Metzger, Luke  Director (Environment Texas), Austin, TX

                                 Urban, John Paul  (NRG Energy), Austin, TX

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

                                 Wynn, Monty  (Texas Municipal League), Austin, TX

                  ON:

                                 Huber, Grant  (Texas General Land Office), Austin, TX

            SB 1597

                  FOR:

                                 Fitzsimons, Blair  CEO  (Self; Texas Agricultural Land Trust), San Antonio, TX

                                 Huffman, Laura  Texas State Director, The Nature Conservancy (The Nature Conservancy),

                                 Austin, TX


                                                                              WITNESS LIST

            Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs

            April 13, 2015 2:00 PM - or upon adjournment

                  ON:

                                 Smith, Carter  Executive Director (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department), Austin, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Ayres, Robert   (Self; Land Trust Alliance), Austin, TX

                                 Box, Steve  Executive director  (Self; Environmental Stewardship), Bastrop, TX

                                 Brown, Kirby  Outreach Biologist  (Self; Ducks Unlimited), Austin, TX

                                 Brown, Travis  Board Member (Pines and prairie land trust), Lexington, TX

                                 Cofer, George   (Self), Sabinal, TX

                                 Curtis, Linda  Director  (Self; Independent texans), Bastrop, TX

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

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

                                 Ice, Lauren   (Self; Save Our Springs Alliance), Austin, TX

                                 Kramer, Ken  Water Resources Chair (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter), Austin, TX

                                 McGarry, Mignon  (Texas wildlife association), Austin, TX

                                 Olson, Lori  Executive Director  (Self; Texas Land Trust Council), Austin, TX

                                 Small, Ed   (Self), Austin, TX

                                 Turner, Robert  (Texas poultry fed), Voss, TX

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

                                 Winegarner, Josh  Director of Government Relations (Texas Cattle Feeders Association),

                                 Amarillo, TX

                  ON:

                                 McWilliams, Alan  Asst. Deputy Director PSF Income Division (Texas General Land

                                 Office), Austin, TX

            SB 1738

                  FOR:

                                 Murphy, James  Executive Manager, GBRA  (also providing written testimony)

                                 (Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority), Seguin, TX

                                 Schuster, Stefan   (Self; MWH), Austin, TX

                  AGAINST:

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

                                 Kramer, Ken  Water Resources Chair  (also providing written testimony) (Sierra Club -

                                 Lone Star Chapter), Austin, TX

                  ON:

                                 Brookins, Linda  TCEQ Water Supply Division Director (TCEQ), Austin, TX

                                 Ellis, Ron  (TCEQ), Austin, TX

                                 Galindo, David  (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality), Austin, TX

                                 Huffman, Laura  Texas State Director, The Nature Conservancy (The Nature Conservancy),

                                 Austin, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Deshields, Holly  (Central Texas Water Coalition), Austin, TX

                                 Frazier, Kyle  (Texas desalination association), Austin, TX


                                                                              WITNESS LIST

            Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs

            April 13, 2015 2:00 PM - or upon adjournment

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

                                 Minick, Stephen  Vice President for Government Affairs (Texas Asssociation of Business),

                                 Austin, TX

                                 West, William  General Manager (Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority), Seguin, TX

                                 Wynn, Monty  (Texas Municipal League), Austin, TX

                  AGAINST:

                                 Box, Steve  Executive director  (Self; Environmental Stewardship), Bastrop, TX

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

                  ON:

                                 Huber, Grant  (Texas General Land Office), Austin, TX

            SB 1749

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Galloway, Wil  (Texas Citrus Mutual), Austin, TX

                                 Howe, Billy  State Legislative Director (Texas Farm Bureau), Austin, TX

                                 Laney, J Pete  (Paramount Citrus), Austin, TX

                                 Murden, Dale   (Self; Texas Citrus Mutual), Mission, TX

                                 Reaves, Jim  Director, Legislative & Regulatory Affairs (Texas Nursery & Landscape

                                 Association), Austin, TX

                                 Vaughan, Dee   (Self), Dumas, TX

                  ON:

                                 Dudley, Patrick  Policy Specialist (Texas Department of Agriculture), Austin, TX

            SB 1766

                  FOR:

                                 Boozer, Caroline  Central Texas Honey Queen  (also providing written testimony)  (Self;

                                 Central Texas Beekeepers Association), Spring, TX

                                 Hyder, Leesa   (Self; Texas Beekeepers Association and Montgomery County Beekeepers

                                 Association), The Woodlands, TX

                                 Mansker, Tabitha  2015 Texas HoneyQueen  (Self; Texas beekeepers association), Nevada

                                 texas, TX

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

                                 Shook, Blake  President Texas Beekeepers Assoc.  (Self; Texas Beekeepers Association),

                                 Blue Ridge, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Bahm, Tracy   (Self; Texas Beekeepers Association), Austin, TX

                                 Boozer, Kristin   (Self; Central Texas Beekeepers), Spring, TX

                                 Box, Steve  Executive director  (Self; Environmental Stewardship), Bastrop, TX

                                 Casnovsky, Joy  Program Director, Sustainable Food Center  (Self; Sustainable Food

                                 Center), Austin, TX

                                 Curtis, Linda  Director  (Self; Independent texans), Bastrop, TX

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

                                 Hand-Medina, Holly  (Texas Beekeepers Association), PFLUGERVILLE, TX


                                                                              WITNESS LIST

            Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs

            April 13, 2015 2:00 PM - or upon adjournment

                                 Mansker, Tabitha  2015 Texas Honey Queen  (Self; Texas Beekeepers Association),

                                 Nevada Texas, TX

                                 Patton, Marissa  (Texas Farm Bureau), Austin, TX

                  ON:

                                 Ressler, Lewis  (Texas Department of State Health Services), Austin, TX

            SB 1903

                  FOR:

                                 Mullican, Bill  (CDM Smith), Pflugerville, TX

                                 Sledge, Brian  Attorney (Co-Chair, TWCA Groundwater Legislative Committee;

                                 Prairielands GCD, Lone Star GCD, and Upper Trinity GCD), Austin, TX

                  AGAINST:

                                 Sengelmann, Greg  (Gonzales County Underground Water Conservation District),

                                 Gonzales, TX

                  ON:

                                 Allison, Jim  (Victoria County GCD), Austin, TX

                                 Coleman, David  College station water services director (City of College Station), College

                                 Station, TX

                                 Day, Alan  General Manager (Brazos Valley Groundwater Conservation District), Hearne,

                                 TX

                                 Ellis, Ron  (TCEQ), Austin, TX

                                 Kramer, Ken  Water Resources Chair  (also providing written testimony) (Sierra Club -

                                 Lone Star Chapter), Austin, TX

                                 Maguire, Charles  Director Radioactive Materials Division at TCEQ (TCEQ), Austin, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Aaron, Dirk  Clearwater UWCd (Clearwater Underground Water Conservation District),

                                 Belton, TX

                                 Cooke, Heather  (City of Austin), Austin, TX

                                 Frazier, Kyle  (Texas association of groundwater owners and producers), Austin, TX

                                 Grant, John  General Manager (Colorado River Municipal Water District), Big Spring, TX

                                 Howe, Billy  State Legislative Director (Texas Farm Bureau), Austin, TX

                                 Minick, Stephen  Vice President for Government Affairs (Texas Asssociation of Business),

                                 Austin, TX

                                 Robbins, Dean  (Texas Water Conservation Assn.), Austin, TX

                                 Wells, Hope  Water Resources Counsel (San Antonio Water System), San Antonio, TX

                  AGAINST:

                                 Box, Steve  (Environmental Stewardship), Bastrop, TX

                                 Turner, Robert  (West Texas ground water management alliance), Voss, TX

                  ON:

                                 Mills, Kelly  Team Leader (TCEQ), Austin, TX

                                 West, William  General Manager (Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority), Seguin, TX


                                                                              WITNESS LIST

            Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs

            April 13, 2015 2:00 PM - or upon adjournment

            SB 1907

                  FOR:

                                 Cortez, Albert  (Coastal Water regional supply company), Austin, TX

                                 Strickland, Wes  Counsel (Water-Energy Nexus for Texas Coalition (WENT)), Austin, TX

                  AGAINST:

                                 Box, Steve  Executive director  (also providing written testimony)  (Self; Environmental

                                 Stewardship), Bastrop, TX

                                 Gangnes, Michele   (also providing written testimony)  (Self; League of independent Voters

                                 of Texas), Lexington, TX

                                 Hess, Myron   (also providing written testimony) (National Wildlife Federation), Austin,

                                 TX

                                 Kramer, Ken  Water Resources Chair  (also providing written testimony) (Sierra Club -

                                 Lone Star Chapter), Austin, TX

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

                  ON:

                                 Nelson, Matt  Director (Texas WaterDevelopment Board), Austin, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Barksdale, Jay  Sr. VP, Public Policy and Education (Dallas Regional Chamber), Dallas, TX

                                 Deshields, Holly  (Central Texas Water Coalition), Austin, TX

                                 Frazier, Kyle  (Texas association of groundwater owners and producers), Austin, TX

                                 Lawson, Richard  (Chevron), Austin, TX

                                 McGinnis, Larry  (Exelon Corporation), Austin, TX

                                 Nasi, Mike  Counsel (Balanced Energy for Texas Coalition), Austin, TX

                                 Nasi, Mike  Counsel (South Texas Electric Cooperative (STEC)), Austin, TX

                                 Shields, Chris  (Tenaska), Austin, TX

                                 Sledge, Brian  Attorney (Prairielands GCD), Austin, TX

                                 Small, Ed   (Self), Austin, TX

                                 Tredway, CJ  (Texas Oil & Gas Association), Austin, TX

                                 Wells, Hope  Water Resources Counsel (San Antonio Water System), San Antonio, TX

                  AGAINST:

                                 Casnovsky, Joy  Program Director, Sustainable Food Center  (Self; Sustainable Food

                                 Center), Austin, TX

                                 Curtis, Linda  Director  (Self; Independent texans), Bastrop, TX

                                 Ice, Lauren   (Self; Save Our Springs Alliance), Austin, TX

                                 Thompson, Leigh  Policy Analyst (Texas Public Policy Foundation), Austin, TX

            SCR 34

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Frazier, Kyle  (Texas association of groundwater owners and producers), Austin, TX

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

                                 Kramer, Ken  Water Resources Chair (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter), Austin, TX

                                 Sledge, Brian  Attorney (Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District), Austin, TX


                                                                              WITNESS LIST

            Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs

            April 13, 2015 2:00 PM - or upon adjournment

                                 Strickland, Wes  Counsel (Water-Energy Nexus for Texas Coalition (WENT)), Austin, TX

                  ON:

                                 Mace, Robert  Deputy Executive Administrator (Texas Water Development Board), Austin,

                                 TX