WITNESS LIST

            Natural Resources Committee

            April 12, 2017 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess

            HB 352

                 For:

                                 Freeman, Joe (Self)

                                 Runge, Caroline (Menard County Water Control and Improvement District)

                 Against:

                                 Hess, Myron (National Wildlife Federation)

                                 Riddell, Joe (Self)

                 On:

                                 Martinez, Robert (TCEQ)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Fowler, Perry (Texas Water Infrastructure Network (TXWIN))

                                 Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas Assocation of REALTORS)

                                 Howe, Billy (Texas Farm Bureau)

                                 Parenteau, Julia (Texas Association of Realtors)

                                 Skaggs, Jason (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)

                                 Turner, Robert (West texas ground water management alliance)

                 Against:

                                 Davis, Kelly (Self; Save Our Springs Alliance)

                                 Doyel, Elizabeth (Texas League of Conservation Voters)

                                 Foster, David (Clean Water Action)

                                 Gaines, Jimmy (Texas landowners council)

                                 Kramer, Ken (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter)

                 On:

                                 Neugebauer, Mark (Texas General Land Office)

            HB 2064

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Heffley, Kenneth (Irving Flood Control District, Sec 3)

            HB 2187

                 For:

                                 Allen, Pat (Green Valley SUD)

                                 Boyd, Chris (Mustang Special Utility District)

                                 Carlton, John (Jonah Water Special Utility District)

                                 Kelley, Terry (Johnson county Spec Utility Dist.)

                                 Macmanus, Brian (Texas Rural Water Association)

                                 McMurry, Dave (Aqua Water Supply Corp.)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Allen, Joe B. (Self)

                                 Gosda, Luke (Brookfield Residential)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bailey, Chuck (Canyon Water Authority)

                                 Cammack, Kerry (SouthWest Water Company)

                                 Garcia, Buddy (Aqua Texas)

                                 Heckler, Jeff (Sharyland Water Supply Corp)

                                 Laughman, Robert L. (Aqua Texas)

                                 Lopez, Elvia (South Texas Water Utility Managers Association)

                                 Morris, Joe (Aqua WSC)

                                 Schnabel, Charlie (Self; Manville water Supply Corporation)

                                 Tillman, Calvin (Self)

                                 Zent, Lara (Texas Rural Water Association)

                 Against:

                                 Cohen, Howard (Utility District Advisory Corporation)

                                 Dickman, Stephen (Self)

                                 Lary, Trey (Allen Boone Humphries Robinson LLP)

                                 Norman, Scott (Texas Association of Builders)

                                 Richardson, Jody (Allen Boone Humphries Robinson LLP)

                 On:

                                 Benter, Tammy (Public Utility Commission)

            HB 2369

                 For:

                                 Freeman, Ray (Equity center)

                                 Mendoza, Ramon (La ferias isd)

                                 Villarreal, Raymundo (La Feria ISD)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Longoria, Ruben (Texas Association of School Boards)

                 Against:

                                 Tagliabue, Tom (City of Corpus Christi and Corpus Christi Aquifer Storage and Recovery

                                 Conservation District)

                 On:

                                 Benter, Tammy (Public Utility Commission)

            HB 2376

                 For:

                                 Max, Alisa (Harris County Engineering Department)

                                 Suchecki, Ron (Self; Texas On-Site Wastewater Association)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Miller, Tracy (TCEQ)

                                 Yturralde, Greg (TCEQ)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Chelette, Randall (Texas On-Site Wastewater Association)

                                 Cloud, Wiley (Self; Texas Onsite Wastwater Association)

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)

                                 Warndof, Donna (Harris County Commissioners Court)

            HB 2476

                 For:

                                 Ramsey, Judith (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Acevedo, Julie (The City of Dallas)

                                 Bakko, Sally (City of Galveston)

                                 Ozuna, Jesse (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)

                                 Tagliabue, Tom (City of Corpus Christi and Corpus Christi Aquifer Storage and Recovery

                                 Conservation District)

                                 Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)

                 Against:

                                 Simpson, Stephanie (Texas Association of Manufacturers)

            HB 2533

                 For:

                                 Minick, Stephen (Texas Asssociation of Business)

                                 Roach, Nelson (Self; TTLA)

                 Against:

                                 Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Fite, Ryan (Travis County Attorney's Office)

                                 Goodwin, Phillip (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter sierra club)

                 On:

                                 Longley, Bill (Texas Municipal League)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Acevedo, Adrian (Anadarko Petroleum)

                                 Barnett, Paula (BP America)

                                 Brittin, Carolyn (Associated General Contractors, Highway, Heavy, Utilities and Industrial

                                 Branch)

                                 Brown, Jay (Valero Energy Corporation)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Cannon, Thure (Texas Pipeline Association)

                                 Davis, Tricia (Self; Texas royalty council)

                                 Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)

                                 Harmon, Mark (Chesapeake Energy)

                                 Hobbs, Lisa (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)

                                 Hubert, Martin (Citgo)

                                 Landwehr, Martha (Texas Chemical Council)

                                 Massingill, Gavin (Denbury Resources)

                                 Oswald, Bill (Self; Koch Companies)

                                 Perry, Steve (Chevron USA)

                                 Ruckel, Mari (Texas Oil and Gas Association)

                                 Sellers, Tom (Conocophillips)

                                 Simpson, Stephanie (Texas Association of Manufacturers)

                                 Williams, Julie (Chevron)

                                 Winborn, Jason (AT&T)

                                 Womack, Daniel (Dow Chemical)

                 Against:

                                 Bakko, Sally (City of Galveston)

                                 Birch, Carol (Public Citizen)

                                 Davis, Kelly (Self; Save Our Springs Alliance)

                                 Doyel, Elizabeth (Self; Texas League of Conservation Voters)

                                 Haverlah, Sandra (Environmental Defense Fund)

                                 Hernandez, Steven (Self)

                                 Hess, Myron (National Wildlife Federation)

                                 McCarley, James (City of Plano)

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)

                                 Russell, Claudia (El Paso County)

                                 Tagliabue, Tom (City of Corpus Christi and Corpus Christi Aquifer Storage and Recovery

                                 Conservation District)

                                 Thompson, Rick (Texas Association of Counties)

                 On:

                                 Pritzlaff, Craig (Attorney general)

                                 Sweeney, Caroline (TCEQ)

                                 Sweeten, Patrick (Attorney general)

                                 Warndof, Donna (Harris County Commissioners Court)

            HB 2777

                 For:

                                 Laughman, Robert (Aqua Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cammack, Kerry (SouthWest Water Company)

                                 Garcia, Buddy (Aqua Texas)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Wright, Eric (Aqua, Texas)

                 On:

                                 Benter, Tammy (Public Utility Commission)

            HB 2952

                 For:

                                 Strama, Keith (Self; Sabine neches navigation district)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Lewis, Ron (Port of Beaumont)

            HB 3417

                 For:

                                 Fitzsimmons, Shauna (Upper Trinity GCD; Priairelands GCD; Lone Star GCD; Barton Springs

                                 Edwards Aquifer Conservation District)

                                 Puig-Williams, Vanessa (Self; Trinity Edwards Springs Protection Association)

                                 Sledge, Brian (Texas Water Conservation Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Box, Steve (Self; Environmental Stewardship)

                                 Casnovsky, Joy (Self; Sustainable Food Center)

                                 Davis, Kelly (Self; Save Our Springs Alliance)

                                 Doyel, Elizabeth (Self; Texas League of Conservation Voters)

                                 Flatten, Charles (Self; Hill Country Alliance)

                                 Floerke Gouak, Sarah (Lower Colorado River Authority)

                                 Haverlah, Sandra (Environmental Defense Fund)

                                 Hess, Myron (National Wildlife Federation)

                                 Hough, Gaye (Self; Farm and Ranch Association)

                                 Howard, Mark (Corn Producers Association of Texas)

                                 Kramer, Ken (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter)

                                 Lieberknecht, Chloe (The Nature Conservancy)

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

                                 Robbins, Dean (Texas Water Conservation Association)

                                 Runge, Caroline (Menard County Water Control and Improvement District)

                                 Schlessinger, Sarah (Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts)

                                 Skaggs, Jason (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)

                                 Steinbach, Stacey (Texas Water Conservation Association)

                                 Tillman, Calvin (League of Indepedent Voters of TX)

                                 Turner, Robert (West texas groundwater management alliance)

                                 Vaughan, Dee (Self)

                                 Williams, C.E. (Self; Panhandle GCD)

                 Against:

                                 Curtis, Linda (Self; Independent Txans PAC)

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                 Against:

            HB 3674

                 For:

                                 Bresnen, Steve (North Harris County Regional Water Authority)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Evans, Mark (North Harris County Regional Water Authority)

            HB 3742

                 For:

                                 Booth, Michael (Self)

                                 Rogers, Emily (Texas Water Conservation Association)

                 Against:

                                 Hess, Myron (National Wildlife Federation)

                                 Mullins, Christopher (Sierra Club)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Chelette, Randy (Self)

                                 Landwehr, Martha (Texas Chemical Council)

                                 Ozuna, Jesse (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)

                                 Phillips, Matt (Brazos River Authority)

                                 Robbins, Dean (Texas Water Conservation Association)

                                 Steinbach, Stacey (Texas Water Conservation Association)

                                 Suchecki, Ron (Self)

                                 Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)

                 Against:

                                 Birch, Carol (Public Citizen)

                                 Davis, Kelly (Self; Save Our Springs Alliance)

                                 Doyel, Elizabeth (Self; Texas League of Conservation Voters)

                                 Haverlah, Sandra (Environmental Defense Fund)

                                 Lieberknecht, Chloe (The Nature Conservancy)

            HB 3746

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Chelette, Randy (Self)

                                 Hess, Myron (National Wildlife Federation)

                                 Mullins, Christopher (Sierra Club)

                                 Ozuna, Jesse (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)

                                 Suchecki, Ron (Self)

                 On:

                                 Mace, Robert (TWDB)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Martinez, Robert (TCEQ)

            HB 3987

                 On:

                                 Bruun, Bech (TWDB)

                                 Kramer, Ken (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Chelette, Randy (Self)

                                 Cloud, Wiley (Self; Texas Onsite Wastwater Association)

                                 Floerke Gouak, Sarah (Lower Colorado River Authority)

                                 Fowler, Perry (Texas Water Infrastructure Network (TXWIN))

                                 Francis, Larijai (City of Corpus Christi and Corpus Christi Aquifer Storage and Recovery

                                 Conservation District)

                                 Minick, Stephen (Texas Asssociation of Business)

                                 Norman, Scott (Texas Association of Builders)

                                 Suchecki, Ron (Self)

                                 Tagliabue, Tom (City of Corpus Christi and Corpus Christi Aquifer Storage and Recovery

                                 Conservation District)

                                 Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)

                 Against:

                                 Birch, Carol (Public Citizen)

                 On:

                                 Zuba, Jessica (Texas Water Development Board)

            HB 3991

                 For:

                                 Harward, Heather (Self)

                                 Harward, Heather (Texas Water Supply Partners)

                 Against:

                                 Hess, Myron (National Wildlife Federation)

                                 Kramer, Ken (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter)

                 On:

                                 Stepney, L'Oreal (TCEQ)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Chelette, Randy (Self)

                                 Cloud, Wiley (Self; Texas Onsite Wastwater Association)

                                 Fitzsimmons, Shauna (Prairielands GCD)

                                 Fowler, Perry (Texas Water Infrastructure Network (TXWIN))

                                 Francis, Larijai (City of Corpus Christi and Corpus Christi Aquifer Storage and Recovery

                                 Conservation District)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Howe, Billy (Texas Farm Bureau)

                                 Minick, Stephen (Texas Asssociation of Business)

                                 Suchecki, Ron (Self)

                                 Tagliabue, Tom (City of Corpus Christi and Corpus Christi Aquifer Storage and Recovery

                                 Conservation District)

                                 Turner, Robert (West texas ground water management alliance)

                                 Turner, Robert (West texas ground water management alliance)

                                 Wells, Hope (San Antonio Water System)

                                 Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)

                 On:

                                 Maguire, Charles (TCEQ)

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