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                                                                              WITNESS LIST

              SB 1879

              Senate Committee Report

              Local Government

              April 6, 2021 - 11:00 AM or 30 minutes upon adjournment

                        FOR:

                                          Aubin, Richard   City Council Member  (City of Garland), Garland, TX

                                          Johnson, Cheryl   Tax Assessor/Collector - Galveston  (Self; Galveston County Tax

                                          Office), Galveston, TX

                                          Quintero, James   Policy Director  (Texas Public Policy Foundation), Austin, TX

                        AGAINST:

                                          Haynes, Adam   Legislative Liason  (Conference of Urban Counties), Austin, TX

                                          Kelly, Bill   Director of Government Relations  (Mayor's Office - City of Houston),

                                          Houston, TX

                        ON:

                                          Hernandez, Gil   Mayor Pro Temp  (City of Corpus Christi), Corpus Christi, TX

                       Registering, but not testifying:

                        FOR:

                                          Baggett, Donnis   Executive Vice President, Texas Press Association  (Self; Texas Press

                                          Association), Austin, TX

                                          Bohnert, Richard    (Self) , Comfort, TX

                                          Deason, Doug    (Self) , Dallas, TX

                                          Goodrich, Kate    (City of Denton), Austin, TX

                                          Haenisch, Barry    (Texas Association of Community Schools), Austin, TX

                                          Keener, Justin    (Americans for Prosperity; Libre Initiative), Austin, TX

                                          Laine, Dale    (VIA Transit), Austin, TX

                                          Maddox, Tom   Sheriff  (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas), Hemphill, TX

                                          Schaffner, Russell   Assistant County Administrator  (Tarrant County), Fort Worth, TX

                                          Short, Jim    (Fort bend county, texas), Fulshear, TX

                                          Terry, Mark   Deputy Executive Director  (Self; Texas Elementary Principals and

                                          Supervisors Association), Austin, TX

                                          Wheeler, Julie   Intergovernmental Relations  (Travis County Commissioners Court),

                                          Austin, TX

                        AGAINST:

                                          Reed, Cyrus   Conservation director  (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club), Austin, TX

                                          Sparks, Clifford   Legislative Director  (City of Dallas), Dallas, TX

                        ON:

                                          Franco, Brie   Intergovernmental Relations Officer  (City of Austin), Austin, TX

                                          Peters, Anne   Executive Director  (Texas Ethics Commission), Austin, TX

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