| 1 | 1 | | H.R. No. 1248 |
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| 4 | 4 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, Each year, the John Ben Shepperd Public Leadership |
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| 6 | 6 | | Institute and The University of Texas of the Permian Basin host the |
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| 7 | 7 | | Texas Leadership Forum, a gathering that brings together future and |
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| 8 | 8 | | current leaders of Texas to discuss issues facing the state and |
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| 9 | 9 | | develop creative solutions for those problems; and |
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| 10 | 10 | | WHEREAS, At the 24th annual forum, held in Austin in October |
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| 11 | 11 | | 2008, nine Texans were recognized for presenting the best overall |
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| 12 | 12 | | solution during the forums Search for Solutions competition; their |
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| 13 | 13 | | winning proposal strategically addressed the issues of border |
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| 14 | 14 | | security and human trafficking by establishing the Border |
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| 15 | 15 | | Enforcement Security and Training (BEST) Act, which directs the |
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| 16 | 16 | | Department of Public Safety to assign 180 of 300 new employees to |
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| 17 | 17 | | the 18 counties of the Texas Border Sheriffs Coalition; the |
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| 18 | 18 | | proposal also creates an education and training program on border |
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| 19 | 19 | | security and human trafficking and requires participation in the |
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| 20 | 20 | | program by the new DPS employees in the border region; and |
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| 21 | 21 | | WHEREAS, Those contributing to the winning proposal were team |
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| 22 | 22 | | facilitator David Erinakes, along with team members Aimee Anderson, |
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| 23 | 23 | | Craig Caruana, Chuck Moad, Ruby Lichte Powers, Jon Rogers, Gregory |
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| 24 | 24 | | Stevenson, Alec Weissgerber, and Kent Willis; and |
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| 25 | 25 | | WHEREAS, Judges for the competition were Justice Harriet |
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| 26 | 26 | | ONeill of the Texas Supreme Court, State Representative David |
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| 27 | 27 | | Farabee, and Ernest Angelo, Jr., former mayor of Midland and former |
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| 28 | 28 | | vice chair of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission; and |
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| 29 | 29 | | WHEREAS, The young professionals who gathered for the 2008 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Texas Leadership Forum have demonstrated an exemplary commitment to |
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| 31 | 31 | | public service, and their creativity, initiative, and |
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| 32 | 32 | | resourcefulness will serve this state well in the years to come; |
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| 33 | 33 | | now, therefore, be it |
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| 34 | 34 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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| 35 | 35 | | Legislature hereby congratulate the winners of the Search for |
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| 36 | 36 | | Solutions competition at the 2008 John Ben Shepperd Texas |
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| 37 | 37 | | Leadership Forum and extend to them sincere best wishes for |
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| 38 | 38 | | continued success; and, be it further |
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| 39 | 39 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 40 | 40 | | prepared for these young leaders as an expression of high regard by |
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| 41 | 41 | | the Texas House of Representatives. |
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| 42 | 42 | | Farabee |
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| 43 | 43 | | ______________________________ |
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| 44 | 44 | | Speaker of the House |
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| 45 | 45 | | I certify that H.R. No. 1248 was adopted by the House on April |
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| 46 | 46 | | 23, 2009, by a non-record vote. |
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| 47 | 47 | | ______________________________ |
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| 48 | 48 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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