WITNESS LIST

            Ways & Means Committee

            May 5, 2015 - 8:30 AM

            HB 722

                 For:

                                 Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Confeence of Bishops)

                                 Venable, Peggy (Self; Americans for Prosperity-Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Dewitt, Cathy (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas  Association of REALTORS)

                                 Kaplan, David (Self)

                                 Smith, Casey (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Spilman, Annie (National Federation of Independent Business/TX)

            HB 1086

                 For:

                                 Boyer, Richard (City of The Colony Mayor Pro Tem)

                                 Longley, Bill (Texas municipal league)

                                 Miller, Jared (Self; City of San Marcos)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Franco, Brie (City of El Paso)

                                 Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas  Association of REALTORS)

                                 Guerrero, Daniel (Self; City of San Marcos)

                                 Kieschnick, Kevin (Self; Nueces County tax assessor collector)

                                 Spilman, Annie (National Federation of Independent Business/TX)

                                 Wyatt, Kristi (Self; Citybof san marcos)

            HB 1585

                 For:

                                 Reed, Chris (Self; City of Nassau Bay)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bragiel, Justin (Texas Hotel and Lodging Association)

            HB 1634

                 For:

                                 Chapa, Jesus (City of Fort Worth)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Confeence of Bishops)

                                 Craymer, Dale (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Dewitt, Cathy (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Schwab, Carlton (Texas Economic Development Council)

                                 Spilman, Annie (National Federation of Independent Business/TX)

            HB 1965

                 For:

                                 Venable, Peggy (Self; Americans for Prosperity-Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Allred, Don (Texas Association of Counties)

                                 Branick, Jeff (Self; Jefferson county, Texas)

                                 Longley, Bill (Texas municipal league)

                                 Riley, Nicki (Travis County)

                                 Stout, David (El Paso County)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Brooks, Jeffrey (Texas Conservative Coalition)

                                 Craymer, Dale (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association)

                                 Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas  Association of REALTORS)

                                 Johnson, Cheryl (Self; Galveston County Tax Office)

                                 LeBas, James (TX Apartment Assoc, TX Chemical Council, Tx Assoc of Manufacturers)

                                 Simpson, Stephanie (TX Assn of Manufacturers)

                                 Swift, Sheryl (Galveston Cpunty Tax Office)

                 Against:

                                 Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)

                                 Baker, Lindsey (City of Denton)

                                 Beinke, Allen (San Antonio River Authority)

                                 Coyle, Jeff (City of San Antonio)

                                 Eckstein, Deece (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                                 Elfant, Bruce (Self; Travis county tax assessor-collector)

                                 Ford, Erin (Self; Houston County)

                                 Franco, Brie (City of El Paso)

                                 Garrett, Ro'Vin (Self)

                                 Kieschnick, Kevin (Self; Nueces County tax assessor collector)

                                 Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                                 Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)

                                 Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                                 Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)

                                 Reed, Ender (Texas Association of Counties)

                                 Russell, Claudia (El Paso County)

                                 Scott, Robert (City of Carrollton)

                                 Warndof, Donna (Harris County)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 2041

                 For:

                                 Hotze, MD, Steven (Self; Conservative Republicans of Texas)

                                 Johnson, Cheryl (Self; Galveston County Tax Office)

                 Against:

                                 Branick, Jeff (Self; Jefferson County, Texas)

                                 Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                                 Longley, Bill (Texas municipal league)

                                 Mitchell, jr, Foy (Self; Texas association of property tax professionals)

                                 Popp, James (Self; Popp Hutcheson PLLP)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Brooks, Jeffrey (Texas Conservative Coalition)

                                 Dupuy, Trevor (Self)

                                 Garza, Steven (Texas Association of REALTORS)

                                 Hodge, Glenna (Conservative Republicans of Texas)

                                 Kieschnick, Kevin (Self; Nueces County tax assessor collector)

                                 Pendleton, D.J. (Texas Manufactured Housing Association)

                                 Swift, Sheryl (Galveston Cpunty Tax Office)

                                 Venable, Peggy (Self; Americans for Prosperity-Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)

                                 Allred, Don (Texas Association of Counties)

                                 Baker, Lindsey (City of Denton)

                                 Coyle, Jeff (City of San Antonio)

                                 Craymer, Dale (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association)

                                 Eckstein, Deece (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                                 Elfant, Bruce (Self; Travis county tax assessor-collector)

                                 Ford, Erin (Self; Houston County)

                                 Franco, Brie (City of El Paso)

                                 Garrett, Ro'Vin (Self)

                                 Giarratani, Dominic (Texas association of school boards)

                                 Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas  Association of REALTORS)

                                 James, Jerry (City of Victoria)

                                 LeBas, James (TX Assoc of Manufacturers, AECT, TxOGA)

                                 Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)

                                 Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                                 Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)

                                 Reed, Ender (Texas Association of Counties)

                                 Russell, Claudia (El Paso County)

                                 Simpson, Stephanie (TX Assn of Manufacturers)

                                 Stout, David (El Paso County)

                                 Tagliabue, Tom (City of Corpus Christi)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Warndof, Donna (Harris County)

            HB 2432

                 For:

                                 Johnson, Cheryl (Self; Galveston County Tax Office)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Elfant, Bruce (Self; Travis county tax assessor-collector)

                                 Garrett, Ro'Vin (Self; Tax Assessor Collectors Association ofnTexas)

                                 Kieschnick, Kevin (Self; Nueces County tax assessor collector)

                                 Swift, Sheryl (Galveston Cpunty Tax Office)

            HB 3458

                 For:

                                 Jones, Tom (Eagle Ford Reclamation company)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Hosek, Chris (R360)

                                 Leal, Gloria (Waste Facilities, Inc.)

            HB 3484

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Burgin, Matt (Texas Food & Fuel Association)

            HB 3595

                 For:

                                 Bragiel, Justin (Texas Hotel and Lodging Association)

                                 James, Jerry (City of Victoria)

            HB 3667

                 For:

                                 Carson, Ken (Self; Texas Thoroughbred Association)

                                 Elliott, John (Lone Star Park)

                                 Werstler, Rob (Texas Quarter Horse Association)

                                 Williams, Monica (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Kohler, Rob (Christian life commission of the baptist general convention of texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Coleman, Katie (Sam Houston Race Park)

                                 Ruyle, Mary (Texas Thoroughbred Association)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Dillard, Donald (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)

                                 Fenner, Mark (Texas Racing Commission)

                                 Trout, Chuck (Texas racing commission)

            HB 3778

                 For:

                                 Pardue, Craig (Dallas County)

                                 Reed, Charles (Dallas County Commissioners Court)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Elfant, Bruce (Self; Travis county tax assessor-collector)

                                 Garrett, Ro'Vin (Self; Tax Assessor Collectors Association ofnTexas)

                                 Kieschnick, Kevin (Self; Nueces County tax assessor collector)

                                 Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)

                                 Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                                 Reed, Ender (Texas Association of Counties)

            HB 3867

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cartwright, Deborah (Harris County Appraisal District)

                                 Dewitt, Cathy (Texas Association of Business)

                                 LeBas, James (TX Apartment association)

                                 Spilman, Annie (National Federation of Independent Business/TX)

                 Against:

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)

                                 Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

            HB 3923

                 For:

                                 Szecsy, Rich (Texas aggregates and concrete association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Campbell, Jim (Holt Cat)

                                 Lindsey, Ryan (Oldcastle Materials)

                                 Owens, Logan (Self; Tex-Mix Partners,Ltd)

                                 Pennington, Bryan (Self; Alamo Concrete)

                                 Ratliff, Weldon (Self; Texas Aggregates and Concrete Association)

                                 Stewart, Michael (Lattimore Materials Company and Ingram Concrete)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 4021

                 For:

                                 Griffin, James (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allison, Jim (Pecan Valley Groundwater Conservation District)

                                 Simpson, Stephanie (TX Assn of Manufacturers)

            HB 4037

                 For:

                                 Velasquez, Sally (Willacy County Commissioners Court)

            HJR 99

                 Against:

                                 Branick, Jeff (Self; Jefferson county)

                                 Longley, Bill (Texas municipal league)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Garza, Steven (Texas Association of REALTORS)

                                 Hodge, Glenna (Conservative Republicans of Texas)

                                 Johnson, Cheryl (Self; Galveston County Tax Office)

                                 Swift, Sheryl (Galveston Cpunty Tax Office)

                                 Venable, Peggy (Self; Americans for Prosperity-Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)

                                 Allred, Don (Texas Association of Counties)

                                 Coyle, Jeff (City of San Antonio)

                                 Eckstein, Deece (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                                 Ford, Erin (Self; Houston County)

                                 Franco, Brie (City of El Paso)

                                 Garrett, Ro'Vin (Self)

                                 Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas  Association of REALTORS)

                                 LeBas, James (TX Assoc of Manufacturers, AECT, TxOGA)

                                 Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                                 Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)

                                 Popp, James (Self; Popp Hutcheson PLLP)

                                 Reed, Ender (Texas Association of Counties)

                                 Russell, Claudia (El Paso County)

                                 Simpson, Stephanie (TX Assn of Manufacturers)

                                 Tagliabue, Tom (City of Corpus Christi)

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