ACCEPTED 03-13-00400-CV 3909548 THIRD COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 1/27/2015 10:06:53 AM JEFFREY D. KYLE No. 03-13-00400-CV CLERK

In the Court of Appeals FILED IN for the Third Judicial District 3rd COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 1/27/2015 10:06:53 AM Austin, Texas JEFFREY D. KYLE _____________ Clerk

GLENN HEGAR, COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellant, v. RYAN, LLC, Appellee. _____________ On Appeal from the 200th Judicial District Court, Travis County, Texas _____________ NOTICE OF DESIGNATION OF LEAD APPELLATE COUNSEL _____________ TO THE HONORABLE THIRD COURT OF APPEALS: Pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 6.1(c), please note that Assistant Solicitor General Rance Craft is now lead appellate counsel for Appellant, Glenn Hegar. Mr. Craft is substituting for Deputy Solicitor Gen- eral Andrew S. Oldham, who is leaving the Attorney General’s Office.

Please send all further communications relating to this appeal to Rance Craft, Office of the Attorney General, Solicitor General’s Division, P.O. Box 12548 (MC 059), Austin, Texas 78711-2548, (512) 936-2872 (telephone), (512) 474-2697 (facsimile), [email protected].

Respectfully submitted.

KEN PAXTON Attorney General of Texas CHARLES E. ROY First Assistant Attorney General SCOTT A. KELLER Solicitor General

/s/ Andrew S. Oldham ANDREW S. OLDHAM Deputy Solicitor General State Bar No. 24081616

/s/ Rance Craft RANCE CRAFT Assistant Solicitor General State Bar No. 24035655 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL P.O. Box 12548 (MC 059) Austin, Texas 78711-2548 (512) 936-1700 (512) 474-2697 [email protected] Counsel for Appellant

C ERTIFICATE OF S ERVICE I certify that this document has been filed with the clerk of the court and served by File&Serve Xpress on January 27, 2015, upon: Doug Sigel RYAN LAW FIRM, LLP Congress Avenue, Suite 950 Austin, Texas 78701 [email protected] Fax: (512) 459-6601 Lead Counsel for Appellee Ryan, LLC

/s/ Andrew S. Oldham Andrew S. Oldham Counsel for Appellant