WITNESS LIST

            Natural Resources Committee

            July 26, 2017 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess

            Drought Report from Dr. Mace

                 On:

                                 Mace, Robert (TWDB)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Montgomery, Elizabeth (Self)

            SWIFT Update from Chairman Bruun

                 On:

                                 Bruun, Bech (TWDB)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Montgomery, Elizabeth (Self)

            HB 26

                 For:

                                 Aaron, Dirk (Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts)

                                 Fitzsimmons, Shauna (Upper Trinity GCD; Prairielands GCD; Lone star GCD; North Texas

                                 GCD)

                                 Steinbach, Stacey (Texas Water Conservation Association)

                                 Wells, Hope (San Antonio Water System)

                 Against:

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

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Aaron, Dirk (Self; Clearwater Underground Water Conservation District)

                                 Embrey, Ty (Middle Trinity Groundwater Conservation District)

                                 Lee, Randy (San Antonio Water System)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Phenix, Billy (Schertz Seguin Local Government Corporation)

                                 Robbins, Dean (Texas Water Conservation Assn.)

                                 Skaggs, Jason (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)

                 Against:

                                 Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)

                                 Montgomery, Elizabeth (Self)

                 On:

                                 French, Larry (TWDB)

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            HB 27

                 For:

                                 Sledge, Brian (Various retail public utilities and groundwater conservation districts)

                                 Wells, Hope (San Antonio Water System)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Aaron, Dirk (Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts)

                                 Aaron, Dirk (Self; Clearwater Underground Water Conservation District)

                                 Embrey, Ty (Middle Trinity Groundwater Conservation District)

                                 Frazier, Kyle (Texas desalination association)

                                 Landwehr, Martha (Texas Chemical Council)

                                 Lee, Randy (San Antonio Water System)

                                 Miller, Lindsey (Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Reaves, Jim (Texas Farm Bureau)

                                 Robbins, Dean (Texas Water Conservation Assn.)

                                 Skaggs, Jason (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)

                                 Steinbach, Stacey (Texas Water Conservation Association)

                 Against:

                                 Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)

                                 Montgomery, Elizabeth (Self)

                 On:

                                 Mace, Robert (TWDB)

            HB 226

                 For:

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

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Flatten, Charles (Self; Hill country alliance)

                                 Harward, Heather (Texas Water Supply Partners)

                                 James, Nick (Self; Trinity river authority)

                                 Kramer, Ken (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter)

                                 Lieberknecht, Chloe (The Nature Conservancy)

                                 Pitts, John (Self; Trinity river authority)

                 Against:

                                 Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)

                                 Montgomery, Elizabeth (Self)

                 On:

                                 Nelson, Matt (TWDB)

                                                                                               2


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            HB 228

                 For:

                                 Slobodin, Howard S. (Trinity River Authority)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Harward, Heather (Texas Water Supply Partners)

                                 James, Nick (Self; Trinity river authority)

                                 Landwehr, Martha (Texas Chemical Council)

                                 Pitts, John (Self; Trinity river authority)

                                 Reaves, Jim (Texas Farm Bureau)

                                 Sledge, Brian (Various retail public utilities and groundwater conservation districts)

                                 Womack, Daniel (Dow Chemical Company)

                 Against:

                                 Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)

                                 Flatten, Charles (Self; Hill Country Alliance)

                                 Foster, David (Clean Water Action)

                                 Kramer, Ken (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter)

                                 Lieberknecht, Chloe (The Nature Conservancy)

                                 Montgomery, Elizabeth (Self)

                 On:

                                 Mace, Robert (TWDB)

                                 Wilson, Kim (TCEQ)

            HB 229

                 On:

                                 Bruun, Bech (TWDB)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Frazier, Kyle (Texas desalination association)

                 Against:

                                 Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)

                                 Montgomery, Elizabeth (Self)

                 On:

                                 Zuba, Jessica (Texas Water Development Board)

            HB 230

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Flatten, Charles (Self; Hill Country Alliance)

                                 Kramer, Ken (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter)

                                 Lieberknecht, Chloe (The Nature Conservancy)

                                 Park, Joey (Texas Agriculture Land Trust)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Park, Joey (Texas Wildlife Association)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Reaves, Jim (Texas Farm Bureau)

                                 Skaggs, Jason (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)

                 Against:

                                 Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)

                                 Montgomery, Elizabeth (Self)

                 On:

                                 Zuba, Jessica (Texas Water Development Board)

            HB 275

                 Against:

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

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Aaron, Dirk (Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts)

                                 Aaron, Dirk (Self; Clearwater Underground Water Conservation District)

                                 Embrey, Ty (Middle Trinity Groundwater Conservation District)

                                 Frazier, Kyle (Texas desalination association)

                                 Lee, Randy (San Antonio Water System)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Robbins, Dean (Texas Water Conservation Assn.)

                                 Russell, Claudia (Central Texas Regional Water Supply Corporation)

                                 Skaggs, Jason (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)

                                 Sledge, Brian (Various retail public utilities and groundwater conservation districts)

                                 Steinbach, Stacey (Texas Water Conservation Association)

                                 Wells, Hope (San Antonio Water System)

                 Against:

                                 Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)

                                 Montgomery, Elizabeth (Self)

                 On:

                                 French, Larry (TWDB)

            HB 277

                 For:

                                 Sledge, Brian (Various retail public utilities and groundwater conservation districts)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Aaron, Dirk (Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts)

                                 Aaron, Dirk (Self; Clearwater Underground Water Conservation District)

                                 Embrey, Ty (Middle Trinity Groundwater Conservation District)

                                 Flatten, Charles (Self; Hill Country Alliance)

                                                                                               4


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Kramer, Ken (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter)

                                 Landwehr, Martha (Texas Chemical Council)

                                 Lieberknecht, Chloe (The Nature Conservancy)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Reaves, Jim (Texas Farm Bureau)

                                 Womack, Daniel (Dow Chemical Company)

                 Against:

                                 Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)

                                 Montgomery, Elizabeth (Self)

                 On:

                                 Mace, Robert (TWDB)

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