WITNESS LIST
County Affairs Committee
April  16, 2009 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess
HB  572
 
    For:
Cherry, Steven (City of Grand Prairie)
 
 
Durko, Debbie (City of North Richland Hills)
 
 
Galvan, David (City of Irving)
 
 
Gutierrez, Bobby  (Self and Texas Justice of Peace and Constables Association)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Crosswhite, Lesa (County Treasurers Association of Texas (CTAT))
 
 
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
 
 
Nixon, Casey  (Self)
 
 
Thompson, Rick (TX Association of Counties)
 
 
Vinson, Rebecca (City of North Richland Hills)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Bacarisse, Lowis (Perdue, Brandon, Feilder, Collins & Mott, LLP
P.O. Box 817
Lubbock, TX 79048)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Lehman, James (Resource Witness Only)
 
 
 
 
HB  2246
 
    For:
Garcia Delgado, Hector M. (Deputy Sheriff's Association of Bexar County)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
 
 
Pardue, Craig (Dallas County)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Munoz, Adan (TX. Commission on Jail Standards)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Hudson, Nicholas (Grassroots Leadership)
 
 
Simpson, Matt (The ACLU of Texas)
 
 
Surprenant, Erica (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
 
 
Wilkison, Charley (Combined Law Enforcement Association of Texas, CLEAT)
 
 
Zamora, Adel C. (American Civil Liberties Union of TX)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Allison, Jim (County Judges & Commissioners Assn. of TX)
 
 
Hamilton, Greg (Sheriff Association of Texas)
 
 
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)
 
 
Segovia, Cindy (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
 
 
Simpson, Terry (San Patricio County)
 
 
 
 
HB  2614
 
    For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges & Commissioners Assn. of TX)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Simpson, Terry (San Patricio County)
 
 
 
 
HB  2665
 
    For:
Chesson, Ray (Hamshire VFD)
 
 
Studdert, David (City of Nome
Nome Volunteer Fire Department)
 
 
Weaver, Brent (Jefferson County Sheriiff's Office)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges & Commissioners Assn. of TX)
 
 
Laney, Ed  (Self)
 
 
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
 
 
Simpson, Terry (San Patricio County)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Gaines, Jimmy (Texas Landowners Council, Inc.)
 
 
 
 
HB  2673
 
    For:
Wilkison, Charley (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas, CLEAT)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Garcia Delgado, Hector M (Deputy Sheriff's Association of Bexar County)
 
 
 
 
HB  2693
 
    For:
Eckstein, Deece (Travis County Commissioners Court)
 
 
Gieselman, Joe (Travis County)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Savio, Harry (Home Builders Association of Greater Austin)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
Against:
Bradley, Dennis (Greater San Antonio Builders Assc.)
 
 
Gaines, Jimmy (Texas Landowner's Council, Inc.)
 
 
Girard, Chuck (San Antonio Real Estate Council)
 
 
Laborde, Blanca (The Real Estate Council)
 
 
 
 
HB  2743
 
    For:
Quintero, James (The Texas Public Policy Foundation)
 
 
Skipworth, Caren (Collin County)
 
 
Venable, Peggy (Americans for Prosperity)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Pardue, Craig (Dallas County)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Saenz, Jonathan (Free Market Foundation)
 
 
Self, Keith (Collin County)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Allison, Jim (County Judges & Commissioners Assn. of TX)
 
 
Simpson, Terry (San Patricio County)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Gonzalez, Victor (Resource Only-Comptroller of Public Accounts)
 
 
 
 
HB  2743 - Committee Substitute  (CSHB 2743)
 
     On:
Crosswhite, Lesa (County Treasures Association of Texas (CTAT))
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
     On:
Orgega Carter, Dolores (County Treasurers of Texas)
 
 
 
 
HB  2753
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Campbell, Jim (CPS Energy)
 
 
Metzyer, Luke (Environment Texas)
 
 
Ross, Susan (TREIA)
 
 
Segovia, Cindy (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Newberg, Stephanie (Finance Commission)
 
 
 
 
HB  2772
 
    For:
Johnson, Allen (Montgomery Co. Hospital District)
 
 
Teverbaugh, David (Montgomery County ESD #6)
 
 
 
 
HB  2859 - Committee Substitute  (CSHB 2859)
 
    For:
Grimes, Cyd (Travis County Commissioners Court
Texas Public Purchasing Association)
 
 
Oakley, James (Govdeals.com online governmental surplus website)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges & Commissioners Assn. of TX)
 
 
Crosswhite, Lesa (County Treasurers Association of Texas)
 
 
Laney, Ed  (Self)
 
 
Ortega Carter, Dolores (County Treasuers of Texas)
 
 
Simpson, Terry (San Patricio County)
 
    For:
Sugg, Paul (Texas Association of Counties)
 
 
 
 
HB  2859
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
 
 
Urban, John Paul (Harris Co.)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Whalen, Ken (TX Daily Newspaper Association
TX Press Association)
 
 
 
 
HB  3089
 
    For:
Blackwood, John (Rockwall County Auditor's Office)
 
 
 
 
HB  3116
 
    For:
Wilkison, Charley (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas, CLEAT)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Garcia Delgado, Hector M. (Deputy Sheriff's Association of Bexar County)
 
 
Gaylor, Tom (Texas Municipal Police Association)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)
 
 
 
 
HB  3247
 
    For:
Wilkison, Charley (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas, CLEAT)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Garcia Delgado, Hector M. (Deputy Sheriff's Assocation of Bexar County)
 
 
Hudson, Nicholas (Grassroots Leadership)
 
 
Simpson, Matt (The ACLU of Texas)
 
 
Zamora, Abel C. (American Civil Liberties Union of TX)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Allison, Jim (County Judges & Commissioners Assn. of TX)
 
 
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
 
 
Place, Allen (Management and Training Corp.)
 
 
Segovia, Cindy (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
 
 
Simpson, Terry (San Patricio County)
 
 
 
 
HB  3392
 
    For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges & Commissioners Assn. of TX)
 
 
Garcia Delgado, Hector M. (Deputy Sheriff's Association of Bexar County)
 
 
Simpson, Matt (The ACLU of Texas)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Munoz, Adan (Texas Commission on Jail Standards)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Laney, Edgar  (Self)
 
 
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
 
 
Simpson, Terry (San Patricio County)
 
 
Surprenant, Erica (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Teleki (pronounced like "Telephone"), Katharine (Sunset Commission)
 
 
Wood, Brandon (Texas Commission on Jail Standards)
 
 
 
 
HB  3863
 
    For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges & Commissioners Assn. of TX)
 
 
Laney, Ed (Palo Pinto County)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
 
 
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)
 
 
Simpson, Terry (San Patricio County)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Findeisen, Les (Texas Motor Transportation Association)
 
Against:
Fish, Paige (ConocoPhillips)
 
 
Richardson, Jody (Plains Marketing LP)
 
 
Sebree, Ben (Texas Oil & Gas Association)
 
 
 
 
HB  4279
 
    For:
Bartolotta, Michael (First Southwest Company)
 
 
 
 
HB  4724
 
    For:
Lary, Trey (David Klein & Pete Terpstra)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Klein, David  (Self)