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                                                                              WITNESS LIST

            Water & Rural Affairs

            April 29, 2019 11:00 AM - or upon adjournment

            HB 1066

                  FOR:

                                 Steinbach, Stacey  (Texas Water Conservation Association), Austin, TX

                                 Wells, Hope  (San Antonio Water System), San Antonio, TX

                  AGAINST:

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

                                 TX

                                 Mullins, Chris  Staff Attorney  (also providing written testimony)  (Self; Save Our Springs

                                 Alliance), Austin, TX

                                 Wier, Andrew   (also providing written testimony)  (Self; Simsboro Aquifer Water Defense

                                 Fund), Bastrop, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Cammack, Kerry  (SouthWest Water Company), Austin, TX

                                 Forbes, Tom  Attorney (North Plains Groundwater Conservation District), Austin, TX

                                 Harward, Heather  (Brazos Valley GCD), Austin, TX

                                 Heckler, Jeff  (Alliance Regional Water Authority), Austin, TX

                                 Martinsson, Leah  Executive Director (Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts), Austin,

                                 TX

                                 Phenix, Billy  (Cibolo Valley Local Government Corporation), Austin, TX

                                 Robbins, Dean  General Manager (Texas Water Conservation Assn.), Austin, TX

                                 Satterwhite, Kent  General Manager (Canadian River Municipal Water Authority), Sanford,

                                 TX

                                 Schumann, Peyton  Director of Government Affairs (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers

                                 Association), Austin, TX

                                 Wells, Hope  (San Antonio Water System), San Antonio, TX

                                 Williams, C.E.  General Manager (Panhandle Groundwater Conservation District), White

                                 Deer, TX

                                 Wright, Christine  Legislative Mgr (City of San Antonio), San Antonio, TX

                  ON:

                                 Dupnik, John  DEA, Water Science & Conservation (Texas Water Development Board),

                                 Austin, TX

            HB 1300

                  FOR:

                                 Bonnot, Shane  Advocacy Director - CCA Texas  (Self; Coastal Conservation Association),

                                 Houston, TX

                                 Lomax, Bradley   (Self; Texas Restaurant Association), Corpus Christi, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Besserman, Kenneth  General Counsel (Texas Restaurant Association), Austin, TX

                                 Embrey, Tammy  Director, Intergovernmental Relations (City of Corpus Christi), Corpus

                                 Christi, TX

                                 Lieberknecht, Chloe  (The Nature Conservancy), Austin, TX

                                 Oswald, Bill  Mr.  (Self; Koch Companies), Austin, TX


                                                                              WITNESS LIST

            Water & Rural Affairs

            April 29, 2019 11:00 AM - or upon adjournment

                                 Shepperd, John  Executive Director  (Self; Texas Foundation for Conservation and Texas

                                 Coalition for Conservation), Austin, TX

                                 Shipton, Patricia  (Nueces County), Austin, TX

                                 Sinclair, David  Legislative Consultant (Game Warden Peace Officers Association),

                                 Pflugerville, TX

                                 Yarbrough, Brian  (Port of Corpus Christi Authority), Austin, TX

                  ON:

                                 Hawkins, Andrew  Attorney (Texas General Land Office), Austin, TX

                                 Riechers, Robin  Coastal Fisheries Division Director (Texas Parks and Wildlife

                                 Department), Austin, TX

                                 Sweeney, Robert  General Counsel (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department), Austin, TX

            HB 1506

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Bentley, Matthew  (San Jose Water Group dba Canyon Lake Water Service Company),

                                 Austin, TX

                                 Cammack, Kerry  (SouthWest Water Company), Austin, TX

                                 Garcia, Buddy  (Brownsville Public Utilities Board), Austin, TX

                                 Reed, Cyrus  Conservation director (Lone star chapter sierra club), Austin, TX

            HB 1628

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Johnson, Windy  Program manager (Texas Conference of Urban Counties), Austin, TX

                                 Reed, Cyrus  Conservation director (Lone star chapter sierra club), Austin, TX

            HB 1828

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Bonnot, Shane  (Coastal Conservation Association), Houston, TX

                                 Shepperd, John  Executive Director  (Self; Texas Foundation for Conservation and Texas

                                 Coalition for Conservation), Austin, TX

                                 Sinclair, David  Legislative Consultant (Game Warden Peace Officers Association),

                                 Pflugerville, TX

                  ON:

                                 Barker, Jarret  Assist. Commander, Fisheries Law Enforcement (Texas Parks and Wildlife

                                 Department), Austin, TX

            HB 1995

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Azopardi, Tommy   (Self; Gillespie County Fair), Austin TX, TX

                                 Clark, Val   (Self; Texas Quarter Horse Association), Elgin, TX

                                 Eller, Jimmy   (Self), Wheelock, TX

                                 Hodge, Daniel  (The Chickasaw Nation), Austin, TX

                                 Hooper, Jeff   (Self), Ft Worth, TX


                                                                              WITNESS LIST

            Water & Rural Affairs

            April 29, 2019 11:00 AM - or upon adjournment

                                 Ruyle, Mary   (Self; Texas Thoroughbred Association), Buda, TX

            SB 911

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Mason, Shelby   (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas), Austin, TX

            SB 1446

                  FOR:

                                 Ablaza, Leticia  Air alliance houston - Govt Relations  (Self; Air alliance houston), Houston,

                                 TX

                                 Borrego, Frank   (Self), Pasadena, TX

                                 Christensen, Laurie  Fire Marshal (Harris County Fire Marshal's Office), Houston, TX

                                 Parras, Bryan  Community organizer  (Self; Sierra club healthy communities campaign),

                                 Austin, TX

                                 Peterson, Doug   (Self), Houston, TX

                                 Raun, Loren  Chief Envi Science Officer Houston (City of Houston), Houston, TX

                                 Reed, Cyrus  Conservation director  (also providing written testimony) (Lone star chapter

                                 sierra club), Austin, TX

                                 Shelley, Adrian  Director  (also providing written testimony) (Public Citizen), Austin, TX

                                 Thomas, Stephanie   (Self; The Healthy Port Communities Coalition), Houston, TX

                  AGAINST:

                                 Gammage, Sam  (Texas Chemical Council), Austin, TX

                                 Lewis, Don   (also providing written testimony) (Texas Pipeline Association), Austin, TX

                                 Pomeroy, Cory  (Texas Oil and Gas Association), Austin, TX

                  ON:

                                 Javlonski, Susan  (TCEQ), Austin, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Bertrand, Aimee  (Harris County Commissioners Court), Houston, TX

                                 Kelly, Sierra  (Environment Texas), Austin, TX

                                 Schneider, Robin   (Self; Texas Campaign for the Environment), Austin, TX

                  AGAINST:

                                 Bulcao, Paula  (BP America, Inc.), Austin, TX

                                 Ellmer, Mindy  (LyondellBasell), Austin, TX

                                 Oswald, Bill  Mr.  (Self; Koch Companies), Austin, TX

                                 Reid, Courtney  (NuStar Energy), Taylor, TX

                                 Vickery, Mark  (Texas Association of Manufacturers), Austin, TX

                                 Womack, Daniel  Director State Government Affairs (Dow), Austin, TX

            SB 1725

                  FOR:

                                 Laughman, Robert  President (Aqua Texas), Ausrin, TX


                                                                              WITNESS LIST

            Water & Rural Affairs

            April 29, 2019 11:00 AM - or upon adjournment

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Bentley, Matthew  (San Jose Water Group dba Canyon Lake Water Service Company),

                                 Austin, TX

                                 Cammack, Kerry  (SouthWest Water Company), Austin, TX

                                 Franks, Terry  Director, Utility Solutions  (Self; AquaTexas), Austin, TX

                                 Garcia, Buddy  (Aqua Texas), Austin, TX

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

                                 TX

                  ON:

                                 Benter, Tammy  Water director (Public utility commission), Austin, TX

            SB 1998

                  FOR:

                                 Ruyle, Mary  Executive Director  (Self; Texas Thoroughbred Assn), Buda, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Azopardi, Tommy   (Self; Gillespie County Fair), Austin TX, TX

                                 Clark, Val   (Self; Texas Quarter Horse Association), Elgin, TX

                                 Eller, Jimmy   (Self), Wheelock, TX

                                 Hooper, Jeff   (Self), Ft Worth, TX

                                 Ruyle, Mary   (Self; Texas Thoroughbred Association), Buda, TX