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                                                                              WITNESS LIST

              HB 1523

              Senate Committee Report

              Business & Commerce

              April 30, 2019 - 8:00 AM

                        FOR:

                                          Barnard, John    (Self; Texas Society of Professional Surveyors), Austin, TX

                                          Hansen, Robert   Registered Professional Land Surveyor  (Self) , Georgetown, TX

                                          Lund, Trisha   Rpls director of operations  (Self; Tsps), Houston, TX

                                          O'Hara, Bill    (Self; Texas Society of Professional Surveyors), Cedar Creek, TX, TX

                                          Smith, Patrick    (Self; Texas Society of Professional Surveyors), Austin, TX

                                          Zavesky, Heather    (Self) , Shiner, TX

                        AGAINST:

                                          Hurst, Desiree   RPLS, PS, CFeDs  (Self) , North Richland Hills, TX

                                          Merten, Bill   Texas board of professional land surveying  (Self) , Houston, TX

                                          Wheat, Nathan   Surveyor in Training  (Self) , Burleson, TX

                        ON:

                                          Baze, Eric   RPLS  (Self) , Alvarado, TX

                                          Edwards, Davey   Dr.  (Self) , Corpus Christi, TX

                                          Escobar, Miguel    (Self) , Round Rock, TX

                                          Garza, Isidro x   Vice president  (Self) , Spring, TX

                                          Jeffress, Gary   Dr  (Self) , Corpus Christi, TX

                                          Place, Allen   Attorney  (Texas Land Title Association), Austin, TX

                                          Sides, Heather    (Self) , Cypress, TX

                       Registering, but not testifying:

                        FOR:

                                          Freeman II, Steven J   Self, Vp survey operations  (Self) , Tyler, TX

                                          Kyle, DJ   Executive Director  (Self; Texas Society of Professional Surveyors), Austin, TX

                                          Mladenka, Danielle    (Self) , Corpus Christi, TX

                                          Neally, Shane    (Self; Texas Society of Professional Surveyors), Bullard, TX

                        AGAINST:

                                          Weatherly, Lauren    (Self) , Houston, TX

                        ON:

                                          Catron, LeAnn   Executive Director, Interim  (Texas Board of Professional Land

                                          Surveying), Austin, TX

                                          Kinney, Lance   Executive Director  (Texas Board of Professional Engineers), Austin, TX

                                          McDivitt, Darren    (Sunset Commission staff), Austin, TX

                                          Neugebauer, Mark   Chief Surveyor-Texas General Land Office  (Texas General Land

                                          Office), Austin, TX

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