WITNESS LIST
Ways & Means Committee
April  6, 2009 - 8:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess
HB  236
 
    For:
Bearden, Chase (Coalitior of Texans with Disabilities)
 
 
Blye, Regina  (Self and TX State Independent Living Council)
 
 
Mills, Sarah (Advocacy, Inc.)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Calvo, Ana  (Self)
 
 
Chishty, Farhat  (Self)
 
 
Cranston, Ron  (Self)
 
 
Dooley, Michelle (Community Now!)
 
 
Dument, Sandra  (Self and CTD (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities))
 
 
Kafka, Bob (Institute for Disability Access)
 
 
Lyons, Crystal (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
 
 
Mann, Aaron  (Self)
 
 
Meinkowsky, John  (Self)
 
 
Robles-Cranston, Catherine  (Self)
 
 
Thomas, Stephanie  (Self and Adapt of TX)
 
 
Valdez, Debby L. Salinas  (Self)
 
 
 
 
HB  422
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Gordon, Brian (Muniservices, LLC)
 
 
 
 
HB  754
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Yarbrough, Brian (Enterprise Rent A Car)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Segovia, Cindy (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
 
 
 
 
HB  1202
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Caraway, Luanne  (Self and Tax Assessor - Collector Association of TX)
 
 
Force, Duane (Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP)
 
 
 
 
HB  1205
 
    For:
Pardue, Craig (Dallas County)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)
 
 
Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)
 
 
 
 
HB  1465
 
    For:
Force, Duane (Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Beinke, Allen (Texas Property Tax Lenders Assoc.)
 
 
Caraway, Luanne  (Self and Tax Assessor - Collector Assn. of Texas)
 
 
 
 
HB  1575
 
    For:
Clamp, John (City Councilman District 10)
 
 
Venable, Peggy  (Self and Americans for Prosperity)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Allison, Jim (County Judges & Commissioners Assn.)
 
 
Amos, Allen  (Self and Rural County Judges Association)
 
 
Brown, Patrick (Texas Association of Appraisal Districts)
 
 
Hardgrove, Wallace  (Self and County of El Paso)
 
 
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
 
 
Sandlin, Bennett (Texas Municipal League)
 
 
Scott, Robert (City of Carrollton, TX)
 
 
Starr, Bret (City of Irving, Tx)
 
Against:
Villagomez, Maria (City of San Antonio)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Hodges, Ken (Texas Farm Bureau)
 
 
Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)
 
 
Sullivan, Michael (Texans for Fiscal Responsibility)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Bostwick, Breck (Texas Assoc. of Property Tax Professionals)
 
 
Cabrales, John (City of Denton, TX)
 
 
Chidester, Veronica (Travis County)
 
 
Ellis, Rod (City of Austin)
 
 
Flores-Ortiz, Aurora (Texas Association of Counties)
 
 
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)
 
 
Pardue, Craig (Dallas County)
 
 
Rhodes, Karen (City of Plano & GFOAT)
 
 
Turner, Bob (Rural County Judges Assn)
 
 
 
 
HB  1591
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Barber, Kathy (Texas Retailers Association)
 
 
Shelton, Emily (Texas Impact)
 
 
Yarbrough, Brian (Home Depot)
 
 
 
 
HB  2165
 
    For:
Brown, Patrick (Texas Association of Appraisal Districts)
 
 
Scott, Richard  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Braun, David (Clients of Braun & Associates)
 
 
Coccins, David  (Self)
 
 
Gaderson, Christie  (Self)
 
 
Gunn, Robert  (Self)
 
 
McDonald, Carol (Independent Colleges and Universities of Texas, Inc)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Theriot, Edward (University of Texas - Austin)
 
 
 
 
HB  2230
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Favia del Core Borromeo, Marida  (Self and Exotic Wildlife Association)
 
 
Gaines, Jimmy (Texas Landowners Counicl, Inc)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Allison, Jim (County Judges & Commissioners Assn. of TX)
 
 
Cabrales, John (City of Denton, TX)
 
 
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)
 
 
 
 
HB  2291
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)
 
 
Sullivan, Michael (Texans for Fiscal Responsibility)
 
 
Venable, Peggy  (Self and Americans for Prosperity)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Cabrales, John (City of Denton, TX)
 
 
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)
 
 
 
 
HB  2292
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Caraway, Luanne  (Self)
 
 
Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)
 
 
Muñoz, Ned (Texas Association of Builders)
 
 
Skaggs, Jason (TX and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Assoc.)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Allison, Jim (County Judges & Commissioners Assn. of TX)
 
Against:
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)
 
 
 
 
HB  2459
 
    For:
Crauer, Jeff (Advantage Capital Partners)
 
 
Landry, Sherry  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Delgadillo, Danielle (Advantage Capital Partners)
 
 
Hayes, Rick  (Self and Waveland Ventures)
 
 
Lehman, Mark (Texas Association of Realtors)
 
 
Lopez, Elvia (Edinburg Economic Development Corporation)
 
 
Walker, Kwame (The City of Dallas)
 
 
 
 
HB  3133 - Committee Substitute  (Oliveira)
 
    For:
Ashby, Danny (ReadyOne Industries)
 
 
 
 
HB  3133
 
    For:
Hughes, Wayne (High Plains Public Radio)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
Against:
Cabrales, John (City of Denton, TX)
 
 
 
 
HB  3136
 
    For:
Cave, Ken (Texas Hill County River Region)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Poole, Edward  (Self and THCRR Legislative Committee)
 
 
 
 
HB  3144
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Favia del Core Borromeo, Narida  (Self and Exotic Wildlife Association)
 
 
Hodges, Ken (Texas Farm Bureau)
 
 
Horton, Ken (Texas Pork Producers Assn.)
 
 
Jones, Max (Texas Nursery and Landscape Assoc.)
 
 
Oefinger, David (Plains Cotton Growers)
 
 
Pitts, John R (Texas Deer Association Attorney)
 
 
Shields, Chris (Texas Agricultural Aviation Association)
 
 
Skaggs, Jason (TX and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Assoc.)
 
 
Turner, Bob (Texas Poultry Federation  Texas Sheep & Goat Raisers Assn)
 
 
Woodard, Shayne (Texas Association of Dairymen)
 
 
 
 
HB  3899
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Goleman, Kinnan (Devon Energy, Shell Oil)
 
 
Sebree, Ben (Texas Oil and Gas Association)
 
 
Stevens, Bill (Tx Alliance of Energy Producers)
 
 
Warndof, Donna (TIPRO - Tx. Independent Producers & Royalty Owners Assn.)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Lomax, Bryant (Comptroller)
 
 
 
 
HB  3900
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
     On:
Lomax, Bryant (Comptroller)
 
 
 
 
HB  4063
 
    For:
Warndof, Donna (TIPRO - Tx Independent Producers & Royalty Owners Assn.)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Acevedo, Adrian (Anadarko Petroleum Corp.)
 
 
Davis, Tricia (American Royalty Council)
 
 
Golemon, Kinnan (Devon Energy, Shell Oil)
 
 
Hughes, Wayne (Panhandle Producers & Royalty Owners Assn)
 
 
Kemptner, Sara (Chesapeake Energy)
 
 
Pate, Gardner (EOG Resources)
 
 
Sebree, Ben (Texas Oil & Gas Association)
 
 
Stevens, Bill (TX Alliance of Energy Producers)
 
 
 
 
HB  4070
 
    For:
Burris, John  (Self)
 
    For:
Holt, Larry  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Lomay, Bryant (Comptroller)
 
 
Mondrik, Christi  (Self and Helicopter pilots, doing agriculture work (predator control, cattle herding etc))
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Buell, Travis  (Self)
 
 
Favia del Core Borromes, Marida  (Self and Exotic Wildlife Association)
 
 
Hindes, Philip  (Self)
 
 
Hodges, Ken (Texas Farm Bureau)
 
 
Holt, Dusty  (Self)
 
 
Horton, Ken (Texas Pork Producers Association)
 
 
Johnston, Philip  (Self and Exotic Game Managment)
 
 
Jones, Max (Texas Nursery and Landscape Assoc.)
 
 
Morris, Pat  (Self)
 
 
Oefinger, David (Plains Cotton Growers)
 
 
Oefinger, David (Texas Pest Management Association)
 
 
Pitts, John R (Texas Deer Association Attorney)
 
 
Shields, Chris (Texas Agriculture Aviation Association)
 
 
Skaggs, Jason (TX and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Assoc.)
 
 
Smith, Jay  (Self)
 
 
Thompson, Ross  (Self)
 
 
Turner, Bob (Texas Poultry Federation Texas Sheep & Goat Raisers Assn)
 
 
Woodard, Shayne (Texas Association of Dairymen)
 
 
 
 
HB  4611
 
    For:
Barton, Karey (Texas Bankers Association)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Warren, Ed (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Scurlock, Steve (Independent Bankers Association of Texas)