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