Mr. Allen P. Beinke Jr.

Now the Chronicle and Texas Observer report that Allen, who chairs the House Corrections Committee, is riding herd on legislation to privatize more state prison beds-even as he moonlights as a hired gun for a trade group that represents two companies that run many Texas prisons.

Prison labor With his legislative chief of staff, Scott Gilmore, Allen operates Service House, Inc.
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These same prison companies would appear to benefit from bills that Allen authored to expand prison privatization in Texas and to ease regulation of this industry.Allen's HB 1669, which would repeal a legal cap on the number of state prison beds that can be contracted out to private contractors.
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Allen received from this firm made it his No. 3 campaign donor in the 2002 election cycle. Working on the Prison Lobby Chain Gang
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Allen failed to pass his own privatization bill out of his own committee on its merits, the legislation resurfaced in the Republican leadership's massive government reorganization bill (HB 2).That bill awaits a full House vote if and when that divided chamber can muster a quorum.

In the 2002 election cycle current Texas officials received $42,500 from the founder and a director of Nashville-based Corrections Corp. of America (CCA), which is a member of the trade group that employs Rep.Allen.

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ALLEN P. BEINKE, JR.
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Allen P. BeinkeAllen Beinke, a Partner in the Government Affairs and Public Law Groups in the firm's Austin and San Antonio offices, has been engaged in the practice of law since 1976.He has extensive experience and an active practice in government affairs matters at both the state and local levels.He has represented public and private clients in water, environmental, legislative, and administrative matters relating to real property, intergovernmental contracts, and corporate transactions, including representation of lenders and borrowers.

Mr. Beinke's experience includes advising clients regarding environmental aspects of real estate transactions and securing permits and regulatory authorizations including solid waste permits, water quality permits and air qulity permits from state and federal environmental agencies.He has advised on numerous Phase I, II and III environmental assessments associated with real estate and commercial transactions of all sizes.He has also negotiated numerous enforcement actions, compliance agreements and administrative orders for alleged violations of environmental regulations promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency, the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission and the Texas Railroad Commission, and has participated in many policy and rule-making activities before the state and federal environmental agencies.

Mr. Beinke also has negotiated an EPA water quality general permit for concentrated animal feeding operations in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and New Mexico and negotiated the clean-up and closure of numerous underground storage tanks for commercial clients and represented such clients in cost-recovery applications.He has considerable experience in lobbying the Texas Legislature on environmental matters.

Mr. Beinke served as executive director of the Texas Water Commission (now named the Commission on Environmental Quality) before entering private practice.He has extensive experience in surface water and groundwater permitting and water quality issues.He assisted in the development of a model industrial stormwater permit for the EPA and the City of Dallas.

Mr. Beinke has served on numerous civic boards, including the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce Health, Safety & Environment Committee and the Clean Air Metro Austin Steering Committee.

Mr. Beinke's professional affiliations include the State Bar of Texas, the Travis County Bar Association, and the American Bar Association.He is a Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation and member of the Texas Water Conservation Association.Mr. Beinke received his Juris Doctor from The University of Texas School of Law in 1974 and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin in 1971.Email: Allen Beinke

Allen P. Beinke Beinke is a partner in the government affairs and public law practices of Loeffler Tuggey Pauerstein Rosenthal, with extensive experience in environmental law, legislative and administrative matters at the state and local levels. Extended Profile

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Engaged in the practice of law since 1976, Allen Beinke serves as a partner in the firm's Austin and San Antonio offices.He has extensive experience and an active practice in government affairs matters at both the state and local levels.

Mr. Beinke has represented public and private clients in environmental, legislative, and administrative matters before state agencies and the Texas Legislature, and he offers varied and comprehensive government affairs experience.With more than 12 years experience in representing clients before the Texas Legislature, he also has background in a wide range of issues, including environmental matters, health care policy, pharmaceutical policy, municipal issues, telecommunications issues, security issues, criminal justice issues and education policy matters.

With an active administrative law and regulatory law practice, his work with the firm involves counseling clients on legislative strategy, monitoring the legislative process, and engaging in active intervention with legislators on specific pieces of legislation.

Mr. Beinke has significant experience in environmental regulatory matters, and has advised clients regarding the environmental aspects of real estate transactions, as well as securing permits and regulatory authorizations, including solid waste permits, water quality permits, and air quality permits from state and federal environmental agencies.He has also advised on numerous Phase I, II and III environmental assessments associated with real estate and commercial transactions of all sizes.

Mr. Beinke brings to the firm experience representing clients before a wide range of state administrative agencies, including the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, the Texas Railroad Commission, the General Land Office, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission and its providing agencies, the Texas Department of Insurance and the Texas Department of Transportation.He has negotiated numerous enforcement actions, compliance agreements, and administrative orders for alleged violations of environmental regulations promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and state environmental agencies.

Formerly, Mr. Beinke served as executive director of the Texas Water Commission (now the Commission on Environmental Quality) and as a policy analyst with the Legislative Budget Board.He has also served as general counsel for the Texas Sunset Advisory Commission.

An active member of the Austin community, Mr. Beinke dedicates time to numerous civic boards.Notably, he has served as a leader in the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce Health, Safety & Environment Committee and the Clean Air Metro Austin Steering Committee.He is also a member of the Texas Water Conservation Association.