WITNESS LIST
State Affairs Committee
April 23, 2001 -11:00A
HB 1679
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Tredway, CJ (Texas Towing & Storage Association),
Mathis, TX
HB 1737
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Carroll, B.F. (Texas Cemeteries Association), Fort
Worth, TX
SB 313
FOR: Hankins, Lamar (Funeral Consumers Alliance of
Texas), San Marcos, TX
Rose, Harold (AARP), Austin, TX
Schneider, Rob (Consumers Union), Austin, TX
Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizen), Austin, TX
AGAINST: Carroll, B.F. (Texas Cemeteries Association), Fort
Worth, TX
Claybar, W. Brown (Texas Funeral Directors
Association), Austin, TX
ON: King, Dr. John Q. Taylor (Texas Funeral Service
Commission), Austin, TX
Kubicek, Edward (Texas Funeral Service Commission),
Austin, TX
Purcell, Carolyn (Department of Information
Resources), Austin, TX
Robbins, Chet (Texas Funeral Service Commission),
Austin, TX
Smith, Sandra (Texas Funeral Service Commission),
Austin, TX
Whittington, Harry M. (Texas Funeral Service
Commission), Austin, TX
Wissolik, Erica (Sunset Commission), Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
Against: Anderson, Kirk (Stewart Enterprise), Plano, TX
Dukey, Ted (Death Care Industry), Plano, TX
Foskey, Mike (Cook-Walden Funeral Home), Austin, TX
Garrison, Jim (Texas Funeral Directors Association),
Austin, TX
Hughes, Caressa (SCI), Houston, TX
Simchik, David (Cook-Walden), Austin, TX
Sullivan, James (TFDA), Hockley, TX
SB 1240
FOR: Brown, Barbara (Self/Matthew Brown), Plano, TX
Meeder, Ashley (Self/Matthew Brown), San Antonio, TX
Patterson, Jeanne (Texas Bicycle Coalition), Frisco,
TX
Stallings, Robin (The Texas Bicycle Industry),
Austin, TX
ON: Goldbloom, Andrew (Texas Parks & Wildlife), Austin,
TX
Lopez, Carlos (TxDOT), Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Cummins, Gayle (Texas Bicycle Coalition), Austin, TX
Eden, Tommy (Austin Cycling Association), Austin, TX
Freeman, Harold (Texas Medical Association), Austin,
TX
Quinn, David (Self/Matthew Brown), San Antonio, TX
Quinn, Elizabeth (Self/Matthew Brown), San Antonio,
TX
Quinn, Johanna (Self/Matthew Brown), San Antonio, TX
Tounget, Craig (Texas PTA), Austin, TX
Tyree, Preston (Texas Bicycle Coalition), Austin, TX
Welsh, Dinah (Texas Hospital Association), Austin,
TX
SB 1366
FOR: Pablos, Rolando (Francois Charles Oberthur), San
Antonio, TX
ON: Heleman, John (Comptroller of Public Accounts),
Austin, TX
Hill, Cynthia (General Services Commission), Austin,
TX
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Chambers, Spencer (Texas Association of Business &
Chambers of Commerce), Austin, TX
Sickels, Linda (Trinity Industries, Inc.), Austin,
TX
On: LeBas, James (Comptroller's Office), Austin, TX
SB 1452
FOR: Epstein, Sondra (Self), Houston, TX
Lawrence, Mickey Jo (Self), Houston, TX
Lewis, Fred (Campaigns For People), Austin, TX
Rankin, Sharon (Self), Houston, TX
Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizen), Austin, TX
AGAINST: Anderson, Ken (Republican Party of Texas), Austin,
TX
ON: Harrison, Tom (Texas Ethics Commission), Austin, TX
Lundquist, Karen (Texas Ethics Commission), Austin,
TX
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Woodford, Suzy (Common Cause Texas), Austin, TX
SB 1458
ON: Tessen, Robt. "Sam" (Telecommunications
Infrastructure Fund), Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Carter, Janis (Sun Microsystems), Austin, TX
Gaither, Adam (Sun Microsystems), Austin, TX
Martin, Jeff (Oracle), Austin, TX
Rogers, William (KPMG Consulting), Austin, TX
Watkins, Joe Bill (KPMG Consulting), Austin, TX
On: Ancira, Jesse (Comptroller's Office), Austin, TX
Keith, Pat (State Auditor's Office), Austin, TX
Levine, Ken (Sunset Commission), Austin, TX
Liebler, Andy (Comptroller of Public Accounts),
Austin, TX
Porterfield, Shannon (Comptroller of Public
Accounts), Austin, TX
Purcell, Carolyn (Department of Information
Resources), Austin, TX
Scogin, James (Texas Comptroller of Public
Accounts), Austin, TX
SB 1720
FOR: Bresnen, Steve (Bingo Interest Group), Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Pewitt, Bill (Texas Charitable Bingo Association),
Austin, TX
On: Atkins, Billy (Charitable Bingo Division, Texas
Lottery Commission), Austin, TX