Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

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1	1	SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 480
2	2	WHEREAS, The year 2009 marks the 20th anniversary of the
3	3	founding of the Texas Public Policy Foundation; and
4	4	WHEREAS, In the 20 years since its founding, the foundation
5	5	has been a tireless defender of the founding principles of this
6	6	great country of liberty, personal responsibility, and free
7	7	enterprise; and
8	8	WHEREAS, The foundation was founded in San Antonio in 1989
9	9	by a small group of civic-minded Texans who were inspired by the
10	10	effectiveness of the Heritage Foundation at the national level
11	11	and wanted to protect Texans' liberty and freedom by bringing
12	12	independent, market-based research to tackle problems facing
13	13	state government; and
14	14	WHEREAS, While the Texas Public Policy Foundation was
15	15	founded with an initial focus on education and tort reform, the
16	16	foundation has grown to become a broad-based research institute
17	17	examining issues that include taxes, government spending,
18	18	criminal justice, health care, property rights, public
19	19	infrastructure, consumer markets, and the environment; and
20	20	WHEREAS, The foundation's current board of directors
21	21	consists of members from a variety of professions, including law,
22	22	medicine, oil, media, real estate, and academia; and
23	23	WHEREAS, The foundation is the state's largest free-market
24	24	public policy research institute, with academic research,
25	25	policy-driven events, and independent insight as its hallmarks; and
26	26	WHEREAS, With research conducted by in-house policy
27	27	analysts and scholars from across the state, nation, and world,
28	28	the foundation pursues the highest standards of academic
29	29	integrity; and
30	30	WHEREAS, The foundation has played an integral role in the
31	31	Texas legislative process by providing principled and
32	32	independent research and recommendations and educating elected
33	33	leaders without regard to their political affiliation or
34	34	philosophical viewpoint; and
35	35	WHEREAS, Implementation of the foundation's research
36	36	recommendations has contributed to the economic successes of
37	37	this great state, as Texas now leads or ranks near the top in the
38	38	nation in the number of Fortune 500 companies, overall job
39	39	creation, and state financial condition and proudly ranks almost
40	40	last in per capita general revenue tax burden; and
41	41	WHEREAS, The foundation has grown during the past 20 years
42	42	into a leading defender of freedom and liberty, with almost 20
43	43	employees and contracted experts and a budget of more than $3
44	44	million; it is now the largest state-based think tank in the
45	45	nation and serves as a model for other free-market organizations;
46	46	now, therefore, be it
47	47	RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 81st
48	48	Legislature, hereby congratulate the Texas Public Policy
49	49	Foundation on its notable achievements and its 20th anniversary
50	50	and extend to the foundation sincere best wishes for continued
51	51	success; and, be it further
52	52	RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for
53	53	the Texas Public Policy Foundation as an expression of high
54	54	regard from the Texas Senate.
55	55	Shapiro
56	56	________________________________
57	57	President of the Senate
58	58	I hereby certify that the
59	59	above Resolution was adopted by
60	60	the Senate on April 27, 2009.
61	61	________________________________
62	62	Secretary of the Senate
63	63	________________________________
64	64	Member, Texas Senate