WITNESS LIST
Ways & Means Committee
March 29, 2017 - 8:00 AM
For:
Craymer, Dale (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association)
Ginn, Vance (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
LeBas, James (Texas chemical council)
Newton, Will (NFIB/Texas)
Sheetz, Samuel (Americans for Prosperity -Texas)
Against:
Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Braziel, Robert (Texas Automobile Dealers Association)
Colyandro, John (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Conwell, Audra (Alliance of Independent Pharmacists of Texas)
Davis, Tricia (Self; Texas Royalty Council)
Deadrick, June (CenterPoint Energy)
Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas Assocation of REALTORS)
Greener, Jerome (Self; Americans for Prosperity TX)
Kroll, John (MuniServices)
LeBas, James (TXOGA)
LeBas, James (AECT)
MacDonald, Justin (Self; Hill Country Builders Association)
Minick, Stephen (Texas Asssociation of Business)
Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Associaition)
Munoz, Mario (Texas Merchandise Vending Association)
Neeley, Josiah (R Street Institute)
Norman, Scott (Texas Association of Builders)
Parenteau, Julia (Texas Association of Realtors)
Sheer, Jim (Texas Retailers Association)
Against:
Flores, Juan (Self; Texas Latino Education Coalition)
Harris, Dwight (Self; Texasaft)
Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Colyandro, John (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Conwell, Audra (Alliance of Independent Pharmacists of Texas)
Deadrick, June (CenterPoint Energy)
Ginn, Vance (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas Assocation of REALTORS)
Greener, Jerome (Self; Americans for Prosperity TX)
Neeley, Josiah (R Street Institute)
Norman, Scott (Texas Association of Builders)
Parenteau, Julia (Texas Association of Realtors)
Phenix, Billy (AAA - Texas)
Spilman, Annie (National Federation of Independent Business/Texas)
Against:
Flores, Juan (Self; Texas Latino Education Coalition)
Harris, Dwight (Self; Texasaft)
Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)
Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Conwell, Audra (Alliance of Independent Pharmacists of Texas)
Deadrick, June (CenterPoint Energy)
Ginn, Vance (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas Assocation of REALTORS)
Greener, Jerome (Self; Americans for Prosperity TX)
Neeley, Josiah (R Street Institute)
Norman, Scott (Texas Association of Builders)
Parenteau, Julia (Texas Association of Realtors)
Spilman, Annie (National Federation of Independent Business/Texas)
Against:
Flores, Juan (Self; Texas Latino Education Coalition)
Harris, Dwight (Self; Texasaft)
Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)
Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bragiel, Justin (Texas Hotel and Lodging Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Conwell, Audra (Alliance of Independent Pharmacists of Texas)
Deadrick, June (CenterPoint Energy)
Ginn, Vance (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas Assocation of REALTORS)
Greener, Jerome (Self; Americans for Prosperity TX)
Neeley, Josiah (R Street Institute)
Norman, Scott (Texas Association of Builders)
Parenteau, Julia (Texas Association of Realtors)
Spilman, Annie (National Federation of Independent Business/Texas)
Against:
Flores, Juan (Self; Texas Latino Education Coalition)
Harris, Dwight (Self; Texasaft)
Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
For:
Popp, James (Self)
Against:
Evans, Jim (Self)
Gaines, Barry (Self)
Stewart, Todd (Self)
Swinney, Kirk (Self)
On:
Kaplan, David (Self; Law firm of Geary, Porter & Donovan)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Brusniak, John (Self)
Davis, Tricia (Self; Texas Royalty Council)
Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas Assocation of REALTORS)
Grabner, Matt (Ryan, LLC)
Hawkins, John (Texas Hospital Association)
Henry, Michael (Self)
LeBas, James (AECT)
LeBas, James (TXOGA)
LeBas, James (Texas Chemical Council)
Matz, Laura (Texas Self Storage Association)
Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Associaition)
Parenteau, Julia (Texas Association of Realtors)
Simpson, Stephanie (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Smith, R Clint (Texas Association of Property Tax Professionals)
Against:
Altinger, Roland (Harris County Appraisal District)
Canby, Thomas (Texas Association of School Business Officials)
Crigler, Marya (Travis Central Appraisal District)
Giarratani, Dominic (Texas association of school boards)
James, Ryan (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Smithson, Doug (Rural chief appraisers & texas association of appraisers)
South, Brent (Self; Texas Association of Appraisal Districts)
For:
Bragiel, Justin (Texas Hotel and Lodging Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deadrick, June (CenterPoint Energy)
Kroll, John (MuniServices)
Against:
Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
For:
Carey, Paul (Self; Texas Society of Professional Surveyors)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Barnard, John (Self; Texas Society of Professional Surveyors)
Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas Assocation of REALTORS)
Hanna, Mark (Texas Society of Professional Surveyors)
Kyle, Deborah (Self; Texas Society of Professional Surveyors)
McKnight, Peyton (American Council of Engineering Companies of Texas)
Parenteau, Julia (Texas Association of Realtors)
For:
Ambs, Dana (Self)
Dishberger, Mike (Self)
Freeman, Leland (Self)
Harren, Frank (Self)
MacDonald, Justin (Self; Hill Country Builders Association)
Norman, Scott (Texas Association of Builders)
Poe, Gerry (KB Home)
Against:
Carpenter, Arthur (Self)
Duncan, Charlie (Texas low income housing info. Service)
Wendler, Ed (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baker, Carol (Self; Home Builders Association of Greater Austin)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Bowling, Bobby (Self; TAAHP)
Braziel, Robert (Texas Automobile Dealers Association)
Chatron, Michael (AGC Texas Building Branch)
Chriss, Olivia (Texas restaurant association)
Cohen, Howard (Schwartz, Page & Harding,L.L.P.)
Colyandro, John (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Dempsey, Benjamin (Self)
Dempsey, Kenda (Self)
Ford, Crystal (Texas Building Owners and Managers Association (Texas BOMA))
Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas Assocation of REALTORS)
Hamilton, Mike (Self)
Heasley, John (Texas Bankers Association)
Henderson, John (Buddy) (Self)
Hutchison, Chelsy (Real estate council of San Antonio)
Jackson, Frank (Texas Affiliation of Affordable Housing Providers)
Jackson, Tim (Self; Dallas Builders Association)
Kelemen, George (Texas Retailers Association)
Kelley, Traci (Self; Texas Institute of Building Design)
Kercheval, Todd (Texas Affiliation of Affordable Housing Providers)
Laborde, Blanca (NAIOP- Commercial Real Estate Development Association)
Laborde, Blanca (The Real Estate Council-Dallas)
Lary, Trey (Allen Boone Humphries Robinson LLP)
Lubbers, Emily (Home Builders Association of Greater Austin)
Marburger, Nicole (Self)
McGuire, Rick (Self; West Texas Home Builders Association)
Neeley, Josiah (R Street Institute)
Parenteau, Julia (Texas Association of Realtors)
Parker,, Craig (Self)
Pendleton, DJ (Texas Manufactured Housing Association)
Pepper, Bradley (Greater Houston Builders Association)
Place, Shea (Texas Land Title Association)
Sanders, Joshua (Houstonians for Responsible Growth)
Schwartz, Mitchell (Self)
Scurlock, Stephen (Independent Bankers Association of Texas)
Short, Jim (Houston real estate council)
Simpson, Stephanie (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Spilman, Annie (National Federation of Independent Business/Texas)
Sugrue, John (Self)
Wigginton, Wes (Self)
Against:
Franco, Brie (City of Austin)
Green, Joseph (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Igo, Shanna (Texas Municipal League)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Archibald, Norm (City of Abilene)
Hanna, Robert (City of Abilene)
Peters, Douglas (Self; Abilene Chamber of Commerce)
Salvato, Frank (City of Midland)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bragiel, Justin (Texas Hotel and Lodging Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Conwell, Audra (Alliance of Independent Pharmacists of Texas)
Craymer, Dale (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association)
Ginn, Vance (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas Assocation of REALTORS)
Greener, Jerome (Self; Americans for Prosperity TX)
Neeley, Josiah (R Street Institute)
Norman, Scott (Texas Association of Builders)
Parenteau, Julia (Texas Association of Realtors)
Parker,, Craig (Self)
Spilman, Annie (National Federation of Independent Business/Texas)
Against:
Flores, Juan (Self; Texas Latino Education Coalition)
Harris, Dwight (Self; Texasaft)
Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
For:
Henry, Michael (Ryan LLC)
Kirk, Swinney (Self)
Kline, David (Self)
Against:
South, Brent (Self; Texas Association of Appraisal Districts)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas Assocation of REALTORS)
Grabner, Matt (Ryan LLC)
Kaplan, David (Self; Law firm of Geary, Porter & Donovan)
Norman, Scott (Texas Association of Builders)
Parenteau, Julia (Texas Association of Realtors)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Popp, James (Self)
Spilman, Annie (National Federation of Independent Business/Texas)
Against:
Crigler, Marya (Travis Central Appraisal District)
Elfant, Bruce (Self)
Garrett, Ro'Vin (Self; The Tax Assessor-Collectors Association of Texas)
Green, Joseph (Travis County Commissioners court)
Smithson, Doug (Rural chief appraisers & texas association of appraisers)
For:
Sullivan, Brian (Texas Hotel & Lodging Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carter, Janis (City of San Marcos)
Hinkle, Ron (Texas Travel Industry Association)
Lucero, Homero (Texas Travel Industry Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Barton, Karey (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
For:
Ciavaglia, Mark (Linebarger, Goggan, Blair & Sampson, LLP)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Altinger, Roland (Harris County Appraisal District)
Crigler, Marya (Travis Central Appraisal District)
Elfant, Bruce (Self)
Garrett, Ro'Vin (Self; The Tax Assessor-Collectors Association of Texas)
Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas Assocation of REALTORS)
Parenteau, Julia (Texas Association of Realtors)
Popp, James (Self)
Short, Jim (The linebarger law firm)
South, Brent (Self; Texas Association of Appraisal Districts)
Spilman, Annie (National Federation of Independent Business/Texas)
Turner, Robert (Self; Earth moving contractors association of texas)
Against:
Smith, R Clint (Texas Association of Property Tax Professionals)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Davis, Tricia (Self; Texas Royalty Council)
Stevens, Bill (Texas Alliance of Energy Producers)
On:
Barton, Karey (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
LeBas, James (AECT)
Ozuna, Jesse (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)
On:
Barton, Karey (Comptroller)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aghamalian, Brandon (City of Corpus Christi)
Bragiel, Justin (Texas Hotel and Lodging Association)
On:
Green, David (GLO)
For:
Garrett, Ro'Vin (Self; The Tax Assessor-Collectors Association of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Grabner, Matt (Ryan, LLC)
Kaplan, David (Self; Law firm of Geary, Porter & Donovan)
Smith, R Clint (Texas Association of Property Tax Professionals)
Smithson, Doug (Rural chief appraisers & texas association of appraisers)
For:
Cloonan, Shawn (Texas Medical Center)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Weber, Fredric (Texas Medical Center)
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