WITNESS LIST
Ways & Means Committee
March  25, 2010 - 9:00 AM
Interim Charge on DBS Tax Structure
 
    For:
Tresh, Eric (Texas Cable Telecommunications Association)
 
 
 
 
Sales Tax on Service
 
    For:
Bratton, Pamela  (Self and Texas Association of Staffing)
 
 
 
 
Sales Tax on Automotive Maintenance & Repair
 
Against:
Braziel, Robert (Texas Automobile Dealers Association)
 
 
 
 
"Elective and cosmetic" dental services
 
     On:
May, David (Texas Dental Association)
 
 
 
 
Accounting, Auditing, & Financial Legal Services
 
     On:
Lipstet, Ira  (Self and Texas Society of CPA's)
 
 
 
 
Automotive Repair
 
     On:
Cernosek, Larry  (Self and Texas Towing & Storage Association)
 
 
 
 
Cable / City Franchise Fees
 
     On:
Sandlin, Bennett (TML)
 
 
 
 
Charge #2 Mineral Appraisal for Ad Valorem
 
     On:
Stevens, Bill (Tx Alliance of Energy Producers)
 
 
 
 
Cosmetic Tax
 
     On:
Pruitt, Bryan (Texas Medical Association)
 
 
 
 
Engineering / Architectural Services & Sales Tax
 
     On:
Stagner, Steve (Texas Council of Engineering Companies)
 
 
 
 
Hem #1 - 3-25-2010 - Satellite Issue
 
     On:
Grant, Kathy (AT&T)
 
 
 
 
Interim Charge #2
 
     On:
Cook, Vernon (Roberts County Texas Association of COunties)
 
 
 
 
Interim Charge II - Oil and Gas Appraisals
 
     On:
Allison, Jim (County Judges & Commissioners Association of Texas)
 
 
 
 
Mineral Appraisal, oil or gas interests
 
     On:
LeBas, James (Texas Oil & Gas Association)
 
 
 
 
Public Hearing - Billboard Advertising
 
     On:
Anderson, Tim (Outdoor Advertising Association of Tx)
 
 
 
 
Real Estate Brokerage / Agency
 
     On:
Stewart, Joe (Texas Association of Realtors)
 
 
 
 
Resource Witness
 
     On:
Heleman, John (Texas Comptroller's Office)
 
 
 
 
Sale tax Exemptions
 
     On:
Lomax, Bryant (Tx Comptroller)
 
 
 
 
Sales Tax Exclusion - Courier Services
 
     On:
Jackson, John (Texas Courier & Logistics Association)
 
 
 
 
Sales Tax Exclusions - Architectural Services
 
     On:
Castillo, Yvonne (Texas Society of Architects)
 
 
 
 
Sales Tax on Architectural Servies & Interior Des
 
     On:
Mintz, David (Texas Institute of Building Design)
 
 
 
 
Sales Tax on Elective and Cosmetic Dental Service
 
     On:
Mintz, David (Texas Academy of General Dentistry)
 
 
 
 
Study of the Tax Structure - Cable vs Satellite
 
     On:
Kalani, Lori (Dish Network, Directv, Satellite Broadcasting Communications Association)
 
 
 
 
Tax - Sales Expansion
 
     On:
Neeley, Karen (Independent Bankers Association of Texas)
 
 
 
 
Tax Parity Satellite DBS / Cable
 
     On:
Giovanetti, Tom (Institute for Policy Innovation - IPI)
 
 
 
 
Taxation of Services
 
     On:
Corrigan, Robin (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
 
 
Teel, David (TTIA)
 
 
 
 
Oil & Gas re: School Districts (small)
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
     On:
Grusendorf, Bill (Tx Assoc Rural Schools)