WITNESS LIST
Ways & Means Committee
May 12, 2015 - 8:30 AM
For:
Openshaw, Michael (Self; North Texas Tea Party)
Against:
Frandsen, Chris (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
On:
Barton, Karey (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Garrett, Ro'Vin (Self; Tax Assessor Collectors Association ofnTexas)
Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Pulver, Wayne (Texas Legislative Budget Board)
Rome, Christy (Texas School Coalition)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Garza, Steven (Texas Association of REALTORS)
Gebhart, Anne (Self)
Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas Association of REALTORS)
Heflin, Talmadge (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Hussey, Bill (Self)
Kissling, Ben (Self)
Lennon, Robin (Self)
Matocha, Dustin (Self; Empower Texans)
Mccarty, Julie (Self; NE Tarrant Tea Party)
Munoz, Ned (Texas Association of Builders)
Neusse Barlow, Chelsea (Self)
Olcott, Michael (Self)
Palmer, Joe (Self)
Ramsey, Mark (Self; RPT SREC)
Ramsey, Mark (Self; Republican Party of Texas, SREC)
Rowland, Dinah (Self)
Ward, Jay (Self)
Wright, Dean (Self; New Revolution Now)
Against:
Acevedo, Adrian (Anadarko Petroleum Corp.)
Allday, Martin (Enbridge Energy)
Bennett, Richard A. (Tony) (Texas Assn of Manufacturers)
Cannon, Thure (Texas Pipeline Association)
Craymer, Dale (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association)
Fainter Jr, John W (The Association of jElectric Companies of Texas, Inc.)
Golemon, Kinnan (Devon Energy, Shell Oil Company)
Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business)
Jackson, Richie (Texas Restaurant Association)
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Against:
LeBas, James (AECT, TXOGA)
Maxwell, Amy (Marathon Oil Corporation)
Rivero, Hector (Texas Chemical Council)
Ruckel, Mari (Texas Oil and Gas Association)
Sellers, Tom (ConocoPhillips)
Volkening, Ronnie (Texas Retailers Association)
For:
Ginn, Vance (Chief Economist at the Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Venable, Peggy (Self; Americans for Prosperity-Texas)
On:
Craymer, Dale (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association)
LeBas, James (AECT, TXOGA, TX Assoc of Manufacturers, TX Chemical Council)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allen, George (Texas apartment association)
Findeisen, Les (Texas Trucking Association)
Garza, Steven (Texas Association of REALTORS)
Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas Association of REALTORS)
Hussey, Bill (Self)
Kissling, Ben (Self)
Lennon, Robin (Self)
Matocha, Dustin (Self; Empower Texans)
Munoz, Ned (Texas Association of Builders)
O'Ryan, Anne (AAA Texas, and the Interinsurance Exchange of the Auto Club and Auto Club
County Mutual)
Ramsey, Mark (Self; Republican Party of Texas, SREC)
Ramsey, Mark (Self; Republican Party of Texas, SREC)
Ward, Jay (Self)
Wright, Dean (Self; New Revolution Now)
Against:
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Crow, David (Arlington Professional Fire Fighters)
Garcia, Eileen (Texans Care for Children)
Guerra-Cardus, Laura (Children's Defense Fund - Texas)
Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
On:
Allday, Martin (Enbridge Energy)
Golemon, Kinnan (Devon Energy, Shell Oil Company)
Ruckel, Mari (Texas Oil and Gas Association)
Spilman, Annie (National Federation of Independent Business/TX)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Crigler, Marya (Travis Central Appraisal District)
Garza, Steven (Texas Association of REALTORS)
Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business)
South, Brent (Texas Association of Appraisal Districts)
For:
Popp, James (Self; Popp Hutcheson PLLC)
Against:
Kaplan, David (Self; Geary, Porter & Donovan law firm)
McBryde, Gavin (Self; Texas Association of Property Tax Professionals)
Michel, Lorri (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Crigler, Marya (Travis Central Appraisal District)
Giarratani, Dominic (Texas association of school boards)
Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas Association of REALTORS)
Harmon, Roger (Self)
John, Conrad (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Reed, Charles (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
South, Brent (Texas Association of Appraisal Districts)
Sullivan, Brian (Texas Hotel & Lodging Association)
Against:
Clay, Ryan (Self)
Joyce, Ellen (City of Irving)
Against:
Garrett, Ro'Vin (Self; Tax Assessor Collectors Association ofnTexas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allen, George (Texas apartment association)
Garza, Steven (Texas Association of REALTORS)
On:
Francis, Brian (Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Brooks, Jeffrey (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Hussey, Bill (Self)
Lennon, Robin (Self)
Matocha, Dustin (Self; Empower Texans)
Ramsey, Mark (Self; Republican Party of Texas, SREC)
Ramsey, Mark (Self; Republican Party of Texas, SREC)
Venable, Peggy (Self; Americans for Prosperity-Texas)
Ward, Jay (Self)
Wright, Dean (Self; New Revolution Now)
Against:
Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
On:
Barton, Karey (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Kuntz, William (Texas department of licensing and regulation)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Barton, Karey (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)
For:
Martin, Paul (National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
O'Ryan, Anne (AAA Texas, and the Interinsurance Exchange of the Auto Club and Auto Club
County Mutual)
Spilman, Annie (National Federation of Independent Business/TX)
On:
Beck, Deeia (Office of Public Insurance Counsel)
For:
Craymer, Dale (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association)
Venable, Peggy (Self; Americans for Prosperity-Texas)
Against:
Casey, Daniel (Self; Texas School Alliance)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Acevedo, Adrian (Anadarko Petroleum Corp.)
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For:
Allday, Martin (Enbridge Energy)
Allen, George (Texas apartment association)
Bennett, Richard A. (Tony) (Texas Assn of Manufacturers)
Betancourt, Tammy (Self; Houston Building Owners and Managers Association)
Cannon, Thure (Texas Pipeline Association)
Fainter Jr, John W (The Association of jElectric Companies of Texas, Inc.)
Golemon, Kinnan (Devon Energy, Shell Oil Company)
Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas Association of REALTORS)
Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business)
Heflin, Talmadge (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Hensley, Lisa (Self; Texas BOMA)
Johnson, Karisa (Texas BOMA)
LeBas, James (AECT, TXOGA, TX Assoc of Manufacturers, TX Chemical Council)
Ledbetter, Rob (Austin Boma)
Mitchell, Foy (Texas association of property tax professionals)
Popp, James (Self; Popp Hutcheson PLLC)
Ramsey, Mark (Self; RPT SREC)
Rivero, Hector (Texas Chemical Council)
Ruckel, Mari (Texas Oil and Gas Association)
Sellers, Tom (ConocoPhillips)
Spilman, Annie (National Federation of Independent Business/TX)
Stuckey, George (Texas BOMA)
Volkening, Ronnie (Texas Retailers Association)
Williams, Brett (Texas BOMA)
Against:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Coyle, Jeff (City of San Antonio)
Franco, Brie (City of El Paso)
Garrett, Ro'Vin (Self; Tax Assessor Collectors Association ofnTexas)
Giarratani, Dominic (Texas association of school boards)
Graves, Ashlea (Houston Independent School District)
Harmon, Roger (Self)
John, Conrad (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Joyce, Ellen (City of Irving)
Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)
Warndof, Donna (Harris County)
For:
Openshaw, Michael (Self; North Texas Tea Party)
Against:
Craymer, Dale (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association)
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Against:
Frandsen, Chris (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
On:
Barton, Karey (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of State)
Garrett, Ro'Vin (Self; Tax Assessor Collectors Association ofnTexas)
Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Pulver, Wayne (Texas Legislative Budget Board)
Rome, Christy (Texas School Coalition)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allen, George (Texas apartment association)
Garza, Steven (Texas Association of REALTORS)
Gebhart, Anne (Self)
Golemon, Kinnan (Devon Energy, Shell Oil Company)
Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas Association of REALTORS)
Hussey, Bill (Self)
Kissling, Ben (Self)
Matocha, Dustin (Self; Empower Texans)
Mccarty, Julie (Self; NE Tarrant Tea Party)
Munoz, Ned (Texas Association of Builders)
Neusse Barlow, Chelsea (Self)
Olcott, Michael (Self)
Palmer, Joe (Self)
Ramsey, Mark (Self; RPT SREC)
Rowland, Dinah (Self)
Ward, Jay (Self)
Against:
Acevedo, Adrian (Anadarko Petroleum Corp.)
Allday, Martin (Enbridge Energy)
Bennett, Richard A. (Tony) (Texas Assn of Manufacturers)
Fainter Jr, John W (The Association of jElectric Companies of Texas, Inc.)
Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business)
LeBas, James (AECT, TXOGA)
Maxwell, Amy (Marathon Oil Corporation)
Rivero, Hector (Texas Chemical Council)
Ruckel, Mari (Texas Oil and Gas Association)
Sellers, Tom (ConocoPhillips)
Volkening, Ronnie (Texas Retailers Association)
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