WITNESS LIST
Senate Committee Report
Water & Rural Affairs
April 15, 2019 - 11:00 AM or upon adjournment
FOR:
Howe, Billy Associate Director Government Affairs (Texas Farm Bureau), Austin, TX
AGAINST:
Johnson, Russell Atty (Texas Rural Water Association), Texas, TX
Kirk, Randel (also providing written testimony) (Self; Mountain Peak Special Utility
District), Midlothian, TX
Martinsson, Leah Executive Director (Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts), Austin,
TX
Smith, Jennifer (also providing written testimony) (Prairielands Groundwater
Conservation District; Upper Trinity Groundwater Conservation District; North Texas
Groundwater Conservation District), Austin, TX
Zent, Lara Executive Director & General Counsel (also providing written testimony)
(Texas Rural Water Association), Austin, TX
ON:
Ellis, Gregory (Groundwater Conservation District clients of the firm.), League City, TX
Williams, C.E. General Manager (Self; Panhandle Groundwater Conservation District),
White Deer, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
FOR:
McGeary, Judith Executive Director (Self; Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance),
Cameron, TX
Schumann, Peyton Director of Government Affairs (Texas and Southwestern Cattle
Raisers Association), Austin, TX
AGAINST:
Forbes, Thomas (North Plains Groundwater Conservation District), Austin, TX
Heck, Jess (SouthWest Water Company), Austin, TX
Valdez, Jerry (Texas Alliance of Water Providers), Austin, TX
ON:
Betz, Cary (TCEQ), Austin, TX
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