WITNESS LIST
County Affairs Committee
April 12, 2019 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or during bill referral if permission is granted.
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Martin, Veronica (Self; Fort Bend County)
Meyers, Andy (Self; Fort Bend County)
Meyers, W. A. “Andy” (Self; Fort Bend County)
Pechukas, Robert (Self; Fort Bend County)
Thompson, Wayne (Self; Fort Bend County)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Martin, Veronica (Self; Fort Bend County)
Meyers, Andy (Self; Fort Bend County)
Meyers, W. A. (Andy) (Self; Fort Bend County)
Pechukas, Robert (Self; Fort Bend County)
Thompson, Rick (Texas Association of Counties)
Thompson, Wayne (Self; Fort Bend County)
Villareal, Gabriela (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
For:
Skinner, Jim (Sheriffs' Association of Texas)
For:
Gleason, Cathy (Self)
Wright, Faith (American Pets Alive and AustinPets Alive)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Ballantyne, Cheralyn (Self)
Ballantyne, Duncan (Self)
Prather, Nikki (The Humane Society of the United States)
Sparks, Clifford (City of Dallas)
Watson, Christine (Self)
Wood, Cynthia (Self; Dog Owners Outdoor Gear)
Against:
Eppler, Kyle (Wickson Creek SUD)
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Against:
Gardenhire, Mark (Ft. Griffin S U D)
On:
Booth, Michael (Sabine River Authority of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Kelly, David (North Tx Municipal Water District)
Sterling, Edward (Texas Press Association)
Against:
Cohen, Howard (Schwartz, Page & Harding, L.L.P.)
Forbes, Thomas (North Plains Groundwater Conservation District)
Lary, Trey (Allen Boone Humphries Robinson LLP)
McGuire, Mike (Self; Rolling Plains Groundwater Conservation District)
Smith, Jennifer (Prairielands Groundwater Conservation District)
Turner, Robert (Self; West texas ground water management alliance)
Zent, Lara (Texas Rural Water Association)
On:
Heckler, Jeff (Green Valley Special Utility District)
For:
Christensen, Laurie (Harris County Fire Marshal's Office)
Curry, Dan (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Lopez, Louis "Chris" (Bexar County Fire Marshal's Office)
Against:
Monestier, Christopher (San Antonio Fire Department)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter sierra club)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Swigert, Scott (City of Mont Belvieu)
Thompson, Rick (Texas Association of Counties)
Villareal, Gabriela (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
On:
Conte, Greg (Comptroller of public accounts)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Forbes, Thomas (North Plains Groundwater Conservation District)
Sterling, Edward (Texas Press Association)
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On:
Alvarez, Frank (Comptroller of public accounts)
For:
Deberry, Gaston (Self)
On:
Carlton, John (Texas state association of fire and emergency districts)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Swigert, Scott (City of Mont Belvieu)
For:
Kludt, Brandon (Comal County ESD No.3)
On:
Carlton, John (Texas state association of fire and emergency districts)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Brahmaroutu, Ankita (Self; Texas medical association)
Swigert, Scott (City of Mont Belvieu)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hunt, Ray (Houston Police Officers Union)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Shipton, Patricia (Nueces County)
For:
Batton, Eric (Self; Harris County Deputies Organization)
Bruce, Paul (Self; Harris county deputies organization)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Wilkison, Charley (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas, CLEAT)
On:
Carlton, John (Texas state association of fire and emergency districts)
Lary, Trey (Allen Boone Humphries Robinson LLP)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
English-Cantu, Ramsey (City of Eagle Pass, Texaa)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Turner, Robert (Self; West texas ground water management alliance)
For:
Christensen, Laurie (Harris County Fire Marshal's Office)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Lopez, Louis "Chris" (Bexar County Fire Marshal's Office and the Texas Chapter of the
International Association of Arson Investigators)
Reed, Ender (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Swigert, Scott (City of Mont Belvieu)
For:
Brysch, Leticia (City of Baytown)
On:
Adkins, Christina (Secretary of State)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Swigert, Scott (City of Mont Belvieu)
For:
Reed, Ender (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Sterling, Edward (Texas Press Association)
For:
Wilkison, Charley (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas, CLEAT)
For:
Carlton, John (Texas state association of fire and emergency districts)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Swigert, Scott (City of Mont Belvieu)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Garrett, Kevin (Self; Texas Jail Project)
Wilkison, Charley (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas, CLEAT)
Against:
Skinner, Jim (Sheriffs' Association of Texas)
On:
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Wood, Brandon (Texas Commission on Jail Standards)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cromley, Dylan (Self; The League of Women Voters of Texas)
Egler, Julia (Self; NAMI Texas)
Garrett, Kevin (Self; Texas Jail Project)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Egler, Julia (Self; NAMI Texas)
Garrett, Kevin (Self; Texas Jail Project)
Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
On:
Wood, Brandon (Texas Commission on Jail Standards)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cohen, Howard (Terra Investments,LLC; Prima Terra, LLC; Primewood Investments, LP)
Patel, Kirti (Terra Investments, LP; Prima Terra, LLC; Primewood Investments, LLC)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Perkins, Val (Elan Development)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cohen, Howard (Audubon Magnolia Development, LLC)
Sullivan, Arthur (Audubon Magnolia Development, LLC)
For:
Arnow, David (Self; Castle Hill Partners)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Perkins, Val (Castle Hill Partners)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cohen, Howard (The George Foundation)
Etzler, Diana (The George Foundation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Jackson, Roy (TNMP)
Lary, Trey (Town of Pecos City)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Contreras, Roberto (Allen Hospitality Developers LP)
Lary, Trey (Allen Hospitality Developers LP)
For:
Gerhardt, Carl (Self; Westwood Magnolia Parkway Improvement District)
Roach, Jonathan (Self; Roach & Mitchell, PLLC)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Eissler, Rob (Self; Westwood Magnolia Parkway Improvement District)
Zientek, Joshua (Self)
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