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1	1	By: Marquez (Senate Sponsor - Shapleigh) H.C.R. No. 47
2	2	(In the Senate - Received from the House March 2, 2009;
3	3	May 21, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on
4	4	International Relations and Trade; May 23, 2009, reported
5	5	adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following
6	6	vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 23, 2009, sent to printer.)
7	7	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.C.R. No. 47 By: Williams
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9	9
10	10	HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
11	11	WHEREAS, The Honorable Paul Cruz Moreno, who joined the Texas
12	12	House of Representatives in 1967, retired as the
13	13	second-longest-serving member of that body in January 2009; and
14	14	WHEREAS, This esteemed Texan was born on April 28, 1931, and
15	15	was raised in El Paso; following his high school graduation, he
16	16	enlisted in the Marines and, during his six years in uniform, he
17	17	served with valor in the Korean War, earning numerous awards and
18	18	decorations; he subsequently received a bachelor's degree in
19	19	business administration from Texas Western College and a law degree
20	20	from The University of Texas; and
21	21	WHEREAS, Representative Moreno began his legislative career
22	22	in 1967; long regarded as the "conscience" of the Texas House, he
23	23	pushed for ethics reforms in the 1970s as a member of the "Dirty
24	24	30"; he has also been a tenacious champion of the disadvantaged,
25	25	fighting for single-member districts, seeking to expand access to
26	26	quality education, and calling for the respectful recognition, both
27	27	in rhetoric and in policy, of every individual's human dignity; and
28	28	WHEREAS, Believed to be the longest-serving Mexican American
29	29	lawmaker in the country, Representative Moreno in 1973 joined in
30	30	founding the Mexican American Legislative Caucus, which addresses
31	31	issues of particular concern to Latinos in Texas; moreover, he has
32	32	endeavored to encourage grassroots participation in the political
33	33	process, helping to establish the group Tejano Democrats and giving
34	34	substantial support to the creation of the University Democrats at
35	35	UTEP; and
36	36	WHEREAS, For 40 years, Paul Moreno has devoted his
37	37	considerable talents and abilities to representing the interests of
38	38	his constituents and to advancing the cause of social justice in the
39	39	Lone Star State, and his colleagues have proposed naming a state
40	40	office building in his honor as a fitting tribute; and
41	41	WHEREAS, By this resolution, the presiding officers and
42	42	members of the house and senate express support and consent for
43	43	naming a state office building in El Paso in Representative
44	44	Moreno's honor, and this resolution serves as the authorization
45	45	required by Section 2165.005, Government Code; now, therefore, be
46	46	it
47	47	RESOLVED, That the 81st Legislature of the State of Texas
48	48	hereby pay tribute to the Honorable Paul Cruz Moreno for his four
49	49	decades of exemplary legislative service and direct the Texas
50	50	Facilities Commission to name the state office building located at
51	51	401 East Franklin Avenue in El Paso the Paul C. Moreno State Office
52	52	Building; and, be it further
53	53	RESOLVED, That the secretary of state forward an official
54	54	copy of this resolution to the chair and executive director of the
55	55	Texas Facilities Commission.
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