WITNESS LIST

              SB 2026

              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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