WITNESS LIST
Ways & Means Committee
April 12, 2017 - 8:00 AM
On:
Smithson, Doug (Self; Rural appraisal districts, Cooke CAD)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Brusniak, John (Self)
Smith, R Clint (TexasAssociation of Property Tax Professionals)
Against:
McLaurin, Kaleb (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)
On:
South, Brent (Texas Association of Appraisal Districts)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Acevedo, Adrian (Anadarko Petroleum)
Barnett, Paula (BP America)
Carmichael, Katherine (Texas Alliance of Energy Producers)
Davis, Tricia (Self; Texas royalty council)
Flores, Robert (Texas Citizens Action Network)
Harmon, Mark (Chesapeake Energy)
LeBas, James (Texas Apartment Association)
Massingill, Gavin (Denbury Resources)
McLaurin, Kaleb (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)
Moore, Julie (Occidental Petroleum)
Norman, Scott (Texas Association of Builders)
Pacheco, Michael (Texas Farm Bureau)
Parenteau, Julia (Texas Association of Realtors)
Perry, Steve (Chevron USA)
Rathgeber, Julia (Association of Electric Companies of Texas (AECT))
Rusing, Shannon (Texas Oil and Gas Association)
Sellers, Tom (Conocophillips)
Williams, Julie (Chevron)
On:
Smithson, Doug (Self; Rural appraisal districts, Cooke CAD)
For:
Welhouse, Sharon (Ryan,LLC)
On:
Ross, Chuck (Texas Workforce Commission)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Grabner, Matt (Ryan LLC)
For:
Decamps, Jordana (Bexar County)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Coyle, Jeff (City of San Antonio)
Landeros, Kayla (City of Temple)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Against:
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
French, Michelle (Tax assessor-collectors association of texas aka TACA)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Kroll, John (MuniServices, City Dickinson, City of Humble)
Ozuna, Jesse (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)
Tagliabue, Tom (City of Corpus Christi)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
For:
Littlejohn, George (Self; Novogradac & Company LLP)
Stanislaus, Jim (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
James, Nick (Self; Association of rural communities in Texas)
Mayfield, Kara (Self; Association of rural communities in texas)
Against:
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Barnett, Michael (Smith County Appraisal District)
Huddleston, John (Self; Reeves County Appraisal District)
Ramirez, Jr., Ismael (Self; Webb county appraisal district)
Smithson, Doug (Self; Rural appraisal districts, Cooke CAD)
Swinney, Kirk (Self)
Against:
Fredrickson, Daron (Merit Advisors)
Johnson, Rob (United Rentals)
Mize, Steve (Self; TKO Equipment Co, employer)
Neilson, Renn (Archrock)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Calhoun, P.T. (Pat) (Goliad County)
Cardenas, Michelle (Self; Atascosa Appraisal District, Texas Rural Chief Appraisers
Association)
Garcia, Daniel (Starr County Appraisal District)
Halfmann, Kim (Glasscock County)
James, Ryan (Self)
Johnston, Robert (Anderson County)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)
Montes, Roberto (Zapata county appraisal district)
Reed, Ender (Texas Association of Counties)
Russell, Claudia (Reeves County Appraisal District)
Shahan, Tully (Self; Kinney county texas)
South, Brent (Texas Association of Appraisal Districts)
Against:
Bailey, Chuck (American Rental Association)
Brusniak, John (Self)
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
Cannon, Thure (Texas pipeline association)
Carmichael, Katherine (Texas Alliance of Energy Producers)
Carmichael, Katherine (Panhandle Producers & Royalty Owners Association)
Grabner, Matt (Ryan, LLC)
Hosek, Chris (Select Energy)
Maxwell, Amy (Marathon Oil Corporation)
Miller, Lindsey (Texas independent producers and royalty owners association)
Minick, Stephen (Texas Asssociation of Business)
Poinsett, Royce (Archrock)
Shepperd, Ben (Permian Basin Petroleum Association)
Turner, Tracy (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Vane, Mark (Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP)
On:
Pollard, Kent (Matagorda County Commissioner Court)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alofsin, Patricia (Austin energy/city of austin)
Elfant, Bruce (Self; Texas association of Tax Assessor Collectors)
Fleming, John (Texas Mortgage Bankers Association)
French, Michelle (Tax assessor-collectors association of texas aka TACA)
Heydinger, Charlene (Keeping PACE in Texas)
Matiella, David (Self; USGBC Texas)
Minick, Stephen (Texas Asssociation of Business)
Ozuna, Jesse (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)
Reed, Ender (Texas Association of Counties)
Scurlock, Stephen (Independent Bankers Association of Texas)
Simpson, Stephanie (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Craymer, Dale (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association)
Whitehurst, Darren (Texas Medical Association)
Against:
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
On:
Honea, Kari (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
For:
Molina, Joe (Ryan, llc)
Turner, Tracy (Self)
Against:
South, Brent (Texas Association of Appraisal Districts)
Swinney, Kirk (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Acevedo, Adrian (Anadarko Petroleum)
Barnett, Paula (BP America)
Brusniak, John (Self)
Carmichael, Katherine (Texas Alliance of Energy Producers)
Davis, Tricia (Self; Texas royalty council)
Golemon, Kinnan (Devon Energy)
Grabner, Matt (Ryan LLC)
Harmon, Mark (Chesapeake Energy)
Henry, Michael (Ryan, LLC)
Liendo, Raul (Self)
Moore, Julie (Occidental Petroleum)
Perry, Steve (Chevron USA)
Popp, James (Self; Tax Equity Council)
Rathgeber, Julia (Association of Electric Companies of Texas (AECT))
Rusing, Shannon (Texas Oil and Gas Association)
Sellers, Tom (Conocophillips)
Simpson, Stephanie (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Smith, R Clint (TexasAssociation of Property Tax Professionals)
Williams, Julie (Chevron)
Against:
James, Ryan (Self)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Warndof, Donna (Harris County)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Barnett, Paula (BP America)
Craymer, Dale (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association)
Golemon, Kinnan (Devon Energy)
Minick, Stephen (Texas Asssociation of Business)
Williams, Julie (Chevron)
Against:
Shields, Bradford (Security Finance Inc.)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
On:
Barton, Karey (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Huddleston, John (Self; Reeves County Appraisal District)
Ramirez, Jr., Ismael (Self; Webb county appraisal district)
Smithson, Doug (Self; Rural appraisal districts, Cooke CAD)
Swinney, Kirk (Self)
Against:
Barnett, Michael (Smith County Appraisal District)
Fredrickson, Daron (Merit Advisors)
Neilson, Renn (Archrock)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Cardenas, Michelle (Self; Atascosa Appraisal District, Texas Rural Chief Appraisers
Association)
Garcia, Daniel (Starr County Appraisal District)
James, Ryan (Self)
Johnston, Robert (Anderson County)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)
Montes, Roberto (Zapata county appraisal district)
Russell, Claudia (Reeves County Appraisal District)
South, Brent (Texas Association of Appraisal Districts)
Against:
Bailey, Chuck (American Rental Association)
Brusniak, John (Self)
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
Cannon, Thure (Texas pipeline association)
Carmichael, Katherine (Panhandle Producers & Royalty Owners Association)
Carmichael, Katherine (Texas Alliance of Energy Producers)
Grabner, Matt (Ryan, LLC)
Hosek, Chris (Select Energy)
Johnson, Rob (United Rentals)
Maxwell, Amy (Marathon Oil Corporation)
Miller, Lindsey (Texas independent producers and royalty owners association)
Minick, Stephen (Texas Asssociation of Business)
Mize, Steve (Self; TKO Equipment Co, employer)
Poinsett, Royce (Archrock)
Shepperd, Ben (Permian Basin Petroleum Association)
Turner, Tracy (Self)
Vane, Mark (Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Fowler, Daryl (Self; County of DeWitt and Eagle Ford Shale County Coalition of DeWitt,
Gonzales, Karnes, McMullen, and Victoria Counties)
Johnston, Robert (Anderson County)
Against:
LeBas, James (TXOGA)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Calhoun, P.T. (Pat) (Goliad County)
Dupnik, Shelby (Self; Karnes County)
Dupnik, Shelby (Self; Karnes County)
Halfmann, Kim (Glasscock County)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)
Pardue, Craig (Midland County)
Reed, Ender (Texas Association of Counties)
Shahan, Tully (Self; Kinney county texas)
Against:
Carmichael, Katherine (Texas Alliance of Energy Producers)
Davis, Tricia (Self; Texas royalty council)
Harmon, Mark (Chesapeake Energy)
Miller, Lindsey (Texas independent producers and royalty owners association)
Perry, Steve (Chevron USA)
Sebree, Ben (Permian Basin Petroleum Association)
On:
Pollard, Kent (Matagorda County Commissioner Court)
For:
Conger, Eddie (International Leadership of Texas Public Charter School)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Corte Jr., Frank (Texas League of Community Chater Schools)
Garcia, Veronica (Texas Charter Schools Association)
Gomez, Addie (Texans for quality public charter schools)
For:
Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)
Harris, Dana (The Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)
Kofron, Kimberly (Self; Texas Assoc. for the Education of Young Children)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Everhart, Amy (Self)
Fine, Kristin (Self)
Garcia-Ditta, Alexa (Self)
Hallford, Currie (Self; CWA/Texas Political and Legislative Committee)
Kimball, Mandi (Children At Risk)
King, Danielle (Self)
Rocap, Blake (NARAL Pro-Choice Texas)
Whitehurst, Darren (Texas Medical Association)
Against:
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
Peavler, Eric (Cwa6132)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Ozuna, Jesse (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)
Smith, Arianna (Combined law enforcement associations of texas, cleat)
Wilkison, Charley (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas, CLEAT)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Barton, Karey (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
For:
Bratton, Pamela (Self; Meador Staffing Services and tThe Texas Association of Staffing)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
On:
Barton, Karey (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
For:
Jucker, Janice (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Jucker, Robert (Self)
Michaelis, Kirk (Self)
OConnor, Heather (Self)
Prets, Richard (Self; SBDC)
Sheer, Jim (Texas Retailers Association)
Against:
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
For:
Dupnik, Shelby (Self; Karnes County)
Fowler, Daryl (Self; County of DeWitt and Eagle Ford Shale County Coalition of DeWitt,
Gonzales, Karnes, McMullen, and Victoria Counties)
Sebree, Ben (Permian Basin Petroleum Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Acevedo, Adrian (Anadarko Petroleum)
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Barnett, Paula (BP America)
Calhoun, P.T. (Pat) (Goliad County)
Davis, Tricia (Self; Texas royalty council)
Golemon, Kinnan (Devon Energy)
Halfmann, Kim (Glasscock County)
Harmon, Mark (Chesapeake Energy)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Massingill, Gavin (Denbury Resources)
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)
Miller, Lindsey (Texas independent producers and royalty owners association)
Perry, Steve (Chevron USA)
Pollard, Kent (Matagorda County Commissioner Court)
Reed, Ender (Texas Association of Counties)
Richardson, Jody (Plains All American Pipeline LP)
Rusing, Shannon (Texas Oil and Gas Association)
Sellers, Tom (Conocophillips)
Shahan, Tully (Self; Kinney county texas)
Thompson, Matthew (Apache Corp)
Williams, Julie (Chevron)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Brusniak, John (Self)
Against:
French, Michelle (Tax assessor-collectors association of texas aka TACA)
On:
Ashley, Phillip (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Esparza, Mike (Comptroller of Pubic Accounts)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Ozuna, Jesse (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)
Smith, Arianna (Combined law enforcement associations of texas, cleat)
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