| 1 | 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 414 |
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| 2 | 2 | | WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to |
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| 3 | 3 | | honor Von William Byer, committee director of the Senate |
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| 4 | 4 | | Committee on Education, for his 10 years of outstanding service |
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| 5 | 5 | | with Senator Florence Shapiro; and |
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| 6 | 6 | | WHEREAS, A native of Kansas and proud graduate of the |
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| 7 | 7 | | University of Kansas, Von Byer saw the light and moved to Texas, |
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| 8 | 8 | | earning a law degree from The University of Texas School of Law in |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1998; and |
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| 10 | 10 | | WHEREAS, He was admitted to the State Bar of Texas in 1998 |
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| 11 | 11 | | and began working with Senator Shapiro in 1999 when she was chair |
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| 12 | 12 | | of the Committee on State Affairs; he was a policy analyst for the |
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| 13 | 13 | | committee and became one of the senator's primary advisors on |
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| 14 | 14 | | constitutional reform, campaign finance laws, transportation, |
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| 15 | 15 | | and bonding issues; and |
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| 16 | 16 | | WHEREAS, He became general counsel for Senator Shapiro's |
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| 17 | 17 | | office and subsequently general counsel of the Senate Committee |
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| 18 | 18 | | on Education when the senator was appointed education committee |
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| 19 | 19 | | chair for the 78th Legislature in 2003; quickly learning the |
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| 20 | 20 | | intricacies of the complex and sometimes baffling topic of school |
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| 21 | 21 | | finance, he helped the senator and her 30 colleagues pass a |
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| 22 | 22 | | school finance bill by a vote of 31-0 in the Senate; and |
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| 23 | 23 | | WHEREAS, Von has served as director of the Senate Committee |
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| 24 | 24 | | on Education since November of 2003; he has survived four special |
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| 25 | 25 | | sessions on school finance and has more than proved his mettle in |
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| 26 | 26 | | the fast-paced environment of the legislature; while his |
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| 27 | 27 | | specialty is school finance, Von ultimately holds responsibility |
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| 28 | 28 | | for all issues before the committee; and |
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| 29 | 29 | | WHEREAS, A man of many interests, Von is a student of the |
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| 30 | 30 | | Austrian school of economics and a fervent proponent of |
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| 31 | 31 | | individual liberty; he is a trusted advisor, mentor, and friend |
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| 32 | 32 | | to his colleagues and an invaluable asset to the Texas Senate; |
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| 33 | 33 | | now, therefore, be it |
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| 34 | 34 | | RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 81st |
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| 35 | 35 | | Legislature, hereby commend Von William Byer for his exemplary |
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| 36 | 36 | | service with the Texas Senate and Senator Florence Shapiro and |
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| 37 | 37 | | extend to him best wishes for the future; and, be it further |
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| 38 | 38 | | RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for |
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| 39 | 39 | | him as an expression of highest regard from the Texas Senate. |
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| 40 | 40 | | Shapiro |
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| 41 | 41 | | ________________________________ |
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| 42 | 42 | | President of the Senate |
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| 43 | 43 | | I hereby certify that the |
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| 44 | 44 | | above Resolution was adopted by |
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| 45 | 45 | | the Senate on March 10, 2009. |
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| 46 | 46 | | ________________________________ |
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| 47 | 47 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 48 | 48 | | ________________________________ |
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| 49 | 49 | | Member, Texas Senate |
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