This website will be unavailable from Friday, April 26, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. through Monday, April 29, 2024 at 7:00 a.m. due to data center maintenance.

                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            Natural Resources Committee

            March 5, 2019 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted

            HB 478

                 For:

                                 Birdwell, Wes (Self; Texas Floodplain Management Association)

                                 Bloom, Michael (American Society of Civil Engineers - Texas Section)

                                 Campbell, Augustus (West Houston Association)

                                 Campbell, Jim (San Antonio River Authority)

                                 Fuentes, David (Self)

                                 Huffman, Laura (The Nature Conservancy)

                                 January-Bevers, Deborah (Houston Wilderness)

                                 Landin, Taylor (Greater Houston Partnership)

                                 McKnight, Peyton (American Council of Engineering Companies of Texas)

                                 Montagne, David (Sabine River Authority)

                                 Norman, Scott (Texas Association of Builders)

                                 Pepper, Chris (Texas Aggregates and Concrete Association)

                                 Phillips, Matt (Brazos River Authority)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter sierra club)

                                 Robbins, Dean (Texas Water Conservation Assn.)

                                 Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)

                                 Wolff, Edward (Self; Houston Stronger)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Arnold, Jim (Scenic Texas/Scenic Houston)

                                 Bresnen, Steve (El Paso County)

                                 Briggs, Marlisa (Self; North Houston Association)

                                 Burnam, Lon (Public Citizen)

                                 Cain, Randy (City of Dallas)

                                 Carr, Snapper (City of Sugar Land)

                                 Chavez, Andrea (Texas Society of Professional Engineers)

                                 Contreras, Sergio (Rio Grande Valley Partnership)

                                 Davies, Holli (North Texas Commission)

                                 Doran, Laird (The Friedkin Group)

                                 Flatten, Charles (Self; Hill Country Alliance)

                                 Foster, David (Clean Water Action)

                                 Fowler, Perry (Texas Water Infrastructure Network (TXWIN))

                                 Gomez, Raul (Cameron County)

                                 Gonzales, Eduardo (Willacy County Commissioners Court)

                                 Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas REALTORS)

                                 Grace, Jr, Jim (Houston First)

                                 Gutierrez, Martin (San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)

                                 Harward, Heather (Texas Water Supply Partners)

                                 Howe, Billy (Texas Farm Bureau)

                                 Hutchens, Mia (Texas Association of Business)

                                                                                               1


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)

                                 Kramer, Ken (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter)

                                 Lanagan, Lindsay (Legacy Community Health)

                                 Lary, Trey (Allen Boone Humphries Robinson LLP)

                                 Montellano, Alexandrea (Self; Environment Texas)

                                 Oney, Jessica (NRG)

                                 Oney, Tom (LCRA)

                                 Parenteau, Julia (Texas Realtors)

                                 Parker, Blaire (San Antonio Water System)

                                 Pepper, Bradley (Greater Houston Builders Association)

                                 Pitts, John R (Trinity River Authority)

                                 Schaffner, Russell (Tarrant County)

                                 Schwab, Carlton (Texas Economic Development Council)

                                 Sesin, Raul (Hidalgo County Drainage District No. 1)

                                 Steinbach, Stacey (Texas Water Conservation Association)

                                 Sullivan, Mike (Group 1 Automotive)

                                 Tatum, Alexis (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                                 Trevino, Jr., Eddie (Cameron County Commissioners Court)

                                 Vickery, Mark (Texas Association of Manufacturers)

                                 Villareal, Gabriela (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Warndof, Donna (Harris County Commissioners Court)

                                 Womack, Daniel (Dow Chemical)

                                 Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)

                                 Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)

                 On:

                                 Conyers, Mindy (Twdb)

                                 Dupnik, John (Texas water development board.)

                                 Lavin, Amanda (TX Water Development Board)

                                 Willams, Tony (Texas General Land Office)

            HB 925

                 For:

                                 Norman, Monique (Gateway Groundwater Conservation District)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Turner, Robert (Self; Texas poultry federation)

                 On:

                                 Dupnik, John (Texas water development board.)

            HB 1044

                 For:

                                 Dwyer, James (Self)

                                 Grau, Micah (Self; City of Buda)

                                 McFarland, Jane (Self; League of Women of Texas)

                                                                                               2


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Neffendorf, Blake (Self; City of Buda)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Flatten, Charles (Self; Hill Country Alliance)

                                 Foster, David (Clean Water Action)

                                 Griffith, Idona (Self)

                                 Keysor, Georgiag (Self)

                                 Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)

                                 Simon, Arthur (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Compton, Ann (Self)

                 On:

                                 Dupnik, John (Texas water development board.)

                                 Forbes, Ashley (TCEQ)

                                 Galindo, David (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)

            HB 1066

                 For:

                                 Kosub, Steve (San Antonio Water System)

                                 Steinbach, Stacey (Texas Water Conservation Association)

                 Against:

                                 Berky, Ellen (Self; League of Independent voters)

                                 Gangnes, Michele (Self; Simsboro aquifer water defense fund)

                                 McGeary, Judith (Self; Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance)

                                 Mitchell, Stan (Self; SAMBA)

                                 Murphy, James Lee (Self; League of Imdependent Voters)

                 On:

                                 Kramer, Ken (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter)

                                 Martinsson, Leah (Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Aaron, Dirk (Clearwater UWCD)

                                 Coyle, Jeff (City of San Antonio)

                                 Fitzsimmons Sledge, Shauna (Prairielands Groundwater Conservation District)

                                 Fitzsimmons Sledge, Shauna (Upper Trinity Groundwater Conservation District)

                                 Gutierrez, Martin (San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)

                                 Harward, Heather (Brazos Valley GCD)

                                 Heck, Jess (SouthWest Water Company)

                                 Heckler, Jeff (Alliance Regional Water Authority)

                                 Hutchens, Mia (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Mast, Brian (San Antonio River Authority)

                                                                                               3


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Oney, Tom (LCRA)

                                 Phenix, Billy (Schertz Seguin Local Government Corporation, Cibolo Valley Local

                                 Government Corporation)

                                 Robbins, Dean (Texas Water Conservation Assn.)

                                 Schumann, Peyton (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)

                 Against:

                                 Brown, Travis (Self; Neighbors for neighbors citizens group lee county)

                                 Cook, Philip (Environmental stewardship)

                                 Curtis, Linda (Self; League of independent voters)

                                 Denison, Kathy (Self)

                                 Gaines, Jimmy (Texas landowners council)

                                 Glass, Tom (Self)

                                 Heaton, Kermit (Self)

                                 Heeg, Todd (Self)

                                 Heeg, Todd (Our Revolution San Antonio)

                                 Hilburn, Marshall (Self)

                                 Hilburn, Peggy Jo (Self)

                                 Jessup, Jeannie (Self)

                                 Martinez, Esther (Self; Saws)

                                 Mullins, Christopher (Save Our Springs Alliance)

                                 Smith, Sheril (Self)

                                 Teuscher, David (Self)

                                 Tillman, Calvin (Self)

                 On:

                                 Dupnik, John (Texas water development board.)

                                 Flatten, Charles (Self; Hill Country Alliance)

            HJR 81

                 For:

                                 Fuentes, David (Self)

                                 Landin, Taylor (Greater Houston Partnership)

                                 McKnight, Peyton (American Council of Engineering Companies of Texas)

                                 Pepper, Chris (Texas Aggregates and Concrete Association)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter sierra club)

                                 Robbins, Dean (Texas Water Conservation Assn.)

                                 Robbins, Dean (Texas Water Conservation Assn.)

                                 Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)

                                 Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)

                                 Wolff, Edward (Self; Houston Stronger)

                                 Wolff, Edward (Self; Houston Stronger)

                                 Wolff, Edward (Self; Houston Stronger)

                                                                                               4


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Arnold, Jim (Scenic Texas/Scenic Houston)

                                 Bresnen, Steve (El Paso County)

                                 Briggs, Marlisa (Self; North Houston Association)

                                 Burnam, Lon (Public Citizen)

                                 Campbell, Augustus (West Houston Association)

                                 Campbell, Jim (San Antonio River Authority)

                                 Carr, Snapper (City of Sugar Land)

                                 Chavez, Andrea (Texas Society of Professional Engineers)

                                 Contreras, Sergio (Rio Grande Valley Partnership)

                                 Flatten, Charles (Self; Hill Country Alliance)

                                 Foster, David (Clean Water Action)

                                 Fowler, Perry (Texas Water Infrastructure Network (TXWIN))

                                 Gomez, Raul (Cameron County)

                                 Gonzales, Eduardo (Willacy County Commissioners Court)

                                 Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas REALTORS)

                                 Grace, Jr, Jim (Houston First)

                                 Griffith, Idona (Self)

                                 Gutierrez, Martin (San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)

                                 Harward, Heather (Texas Water Supply Partners)

                                 Howe, Billy (Texas Farm Bureau)

                                 Huffman, Laura (The Nature Conservancy)

                                 Hutchens, Mia (Texas Association of Business)

                                 January-Bevers, Deborah (Houston Wilderness)

                                 Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)

                                 Kramer, Ken (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter)

                                 Lanagan, Lindsay (Legacy Community Health)

                                 Lary, Trey (Allen Boone Humphries Robinson LLP)

                                 Montagne, David (Sabine River Authority)

                                 Norman, Scott (Texas Association of Builders)

                                 Oney, Jessica (NRG)

                                 Oney, Tom (LCRA)

                                 Pepper, Bradley (Greater Houston Builders Association)

                                 Phillips, Matt (Brazos River Authority)

                                 Pitts, John (Trinity River Authority)

                                 Pitts, John R (Trinity River Authority)

                                 Schaffner, Russell (Tarrant County)

                                 Sesin, Raul (Hidalgo County Drainage District No. 1)

                                 Simon, Arthur (Self)

                                 Steinbach, Stacey (Texas Water Conservation Association)

                                 Tatum, Alexis (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                                 Trevino, Jr., Eddie (Cameron County Commissioners Court)

                                 Vickery, Mark (Texas Association of Manufacturers)

                                 Villareal, Gabriela (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                                                                                               5


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Warndof, Donna (Harris County Commissioners Court)

                                 Womack, Daniel (Dow Chemical)

                                 Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)

                 On:

                                 Dupnik, John (Texas water development board.)

                                 Lavin, Amanda (TX Water Development Board)

                                                                                               6