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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, The staff of the Texas Legislative Council has |
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| 6 | 7 | | worked diligently to meet the needs of the legislature over the |
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| 7 | 8 | | course of this 140-day regular session; and |
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| 8 | 9 | | WHEREAS, Each odd-numbered year, when legislators travel to |
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| 9 | 10 | | the Capitol from across the Lone Star State to represent their |
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| 10 | 11 | | constituents, waiting to support them are the members of the |
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| 11 | 12 | | council's information systems division, whose technical services |
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| 12 | 13 | | crew ensures that offices are equipped with needed PCs, iPads, |
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| 13 | 14 | | printers, and software; the division provides training designed to |
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| 14 | 15 | | serve everyone from the most technically adept clients to those |
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| 15 | 16 | | with little to no experience, and its support staff lends its |
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| 16 | 17 | | expertise by phone or e-mail or in person to provide assistance; |
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| 17 | 18 | | other members of the IS staff develop and support custom network and |
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| 18 | 19 | | web applications to accomplish a diverse range of tasks; and |
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| 19 | 20 | | WHEREAS, Guided by innovative director Mark Humphrey, the |
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| 20 | 21 | | information systems division this session was staffed with vigilant |
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| 21 | 22 | | acumen by Osama Abdulhussain, Russell Anderson, Cody Armacher, |
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| 22 | 23 | | Harlan Bachmayer, Jeff Bane, Todd Beaubien, Justin Beger, Martha |
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| 23 | 24 | | Bodden, Jana Bone, Joe Borowski, David Branch, Armando Breceda Jr., |
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| 24 | 25 | | Sally Brooks, Amabel Burgos, Joey Burgos, Antonio Bustos, Chris |
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| 25 | 26 | | Butruff, Jeb Callan, Paul Carter, Godwin Chang, Nicole Chargualaf, |
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| 26 | 27 | | Judy Chen, Hugo Cisneros, John Clark, Catherine Colhoun, Donnie |
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| 27 | 28 | | Collins, Kelvin Collins, Jim Conover, Stephen Cox, Amy Crandell, |
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| 28 | 29 | | Scott Culp, Michael Curtis, Sam Davenport, Joseph Davis, Linda |
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| 29 | 30 | | Davis, Russ Dean, Paul DeVooght, Joe Diana, Kris Doerr, Mona |
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| 30 | 31 | | Donaldson, Mark Drummond, Debbie Elliott, Philip Felux, Michael |
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| 31 | 32 | | Flores, Kevin Foley, Coby Fontenette, Marsha Foss-Krumrey, Keith |
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| 32 | 33 | | Foster, Stephanie Freng, Daniel Gaddis, Carlos Galvan, Mangal |
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| 33 | 34 | | Gangatirkar, Rebecca Garcia, Nathan Gauldin, Sasha German, Melissa |
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| 34 | 35 | | Godin, Ambrose Gonzales, Daniel Goodwin, Colin Gormley, Tom Graf, |
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| 35 | 36 | | Thomas Graser, Andrew Gray, Charnetha Grayson, Joel Griebel, Luis |
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| 36 | 37 | | Gutierrez, John Hagan, Charles Hare, Robert Harris, Kyle Harvey, |
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| 37 | 38 | | Christopher Helsel, Charles Henry, Carlos Hernandez, Crayton |
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| 38 | 39 | | Hickey, Roxann Hoffman, Janell Hopkins, Larry Hosek, Richard Huang, |
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| 39 | 40 | | Patrick Huey, Cecilia Hwang, Craig Johnson, Gregory Jones, Prabha |
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| 40 | 41 | | Kamath, Mark Kerr, Alex Kimball, Rick King, Renee Kingsland, Jay |
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| 41 | 42 | | Koog, Eric Lavagni, Christopher Leibas, David Lemons, Keith |
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| 42 | 43 | | Loggins, Scott Loiselle, Patrick MacGran, Philip Mannie, Daniel |
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| 43 | 44 | | Marquette, Derek Martinez, Michael Martinez, Pat McPhaul, Oscar |
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| 44 | 45 | | Mendez, Chad Miculek, Logan Mingus, Amaresh Mirwani, Thomas Moe, |
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| 45 | 46 | | Damian Moore, Robert Mullin, Daniel Nance, Brent Nations, Carol |
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| 46 | 47 | | Nemir, Kimberly Nichols, Isaac Paredes, Lee Parker, Jeremy Pehl, |
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| 47 | 48 | | Thomas Peirce, Jesse Perez, Linda Pittsford, Jason Plemons, Jeremy |
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| 48 | 49 | | Pope, Randall Post, Dwayne Powell, Howard Powell, Douglas Pyka, |
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| 49 | 50 | | Aaron Rainbolt, John Raney, Jason Saldana, Nicholas Saldana, Karin |
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| 50 | 51 | | Sanchez, Thomas Sennett, Mark Shaffer, Paul Shelton, Jennifer |
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| 51 | 52 | | Sherrill, Ryan Slaymaker, Andy Smith, Keith Smith, Amber Snyder, |
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| 52 | 53 | | Christopher Snyder, Thomas Southall, Doug Spaw, Gary Stockton, |
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| 53 | 54 | | Patricia Swiderski, Michael Talajkowski, Kevin Taylor, Garrett |
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| 54 | 55 | | Thomas, Greg Tingle, Darlene Tolen, Andrew Tovar, Sara Trinkle, |
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| 55 | 56 | | Will Tullos, Danny Turner, Steve Voukidis, Nancy Watkins, Craig |
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| 56 | 57 | | Whisenhunt, Joshua Wier, and Matthew Zappitello; and |
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| 57 | 58 | | WHEREAS, The attorneys, legal assistants, editors, and |
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| 58 | 59 | | support staff of the legal division help to craft proposed bills and |
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| 59 | 60 | | constitutional amendments, substitutes, amendments, conference |
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| 60 | 61 | | committee reports, and miscellaneous drafts, and provide legal |
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| 61 | 62 | | advice and analysis when called upon; the division's legal editing |
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| 62 | 63 | | team also performs a dual role by carrying out the engrossing and |
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| 63 | 64 | | enrolling duties for the house; and |
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| 64 | 65 | | WHEREAS, Led by its sagacious director Deborah Fulton, the |
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| 65 | 66 | | astute professionals of the legal division this session included |
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| 66 | 67 | | Angela Alexander, Susan Alexander, Rita Arneil, Kelley Atkinson, |
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| 67 | 68 | | Kristi Ayala, Stacy Bergendahl, Mike Black, Gabe Brake, Maria |
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| 68 | 69 | | Breitschopf, Shalyn Bridges, Natalie Brown, Trey Burke, Danae Bush, |
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| 69 | 70 | | Michael Caesar, Jennifer Carter, Jennifer Christen, Chris Clapham, |
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| 70 | 71 | | Jessica Connaughton, Nelissa Conners, Jessie Coulter, Colleen |
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| 71 | 72 | | Covington, Laura de la Garza, Matthew Diedrich, Kathy Dunham, Cathy |
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| 72 | 73 | | Eady, Amy Eastup, Kaylei Elworth, Krissie Farmer, Brett Ferguson, |
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| 73 | 74 | | Alyssa Flores, Cynthia Gonzalez, Krystal Hagan, Carolyn Hall, Dave |
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| 74 | 75 | | Bob Hanna, Bill Hanrahan, Shawn Harrison, Lauren Hislop, Eric |
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| 75 | 76 | | Hougland, Jennifer Jackson, Chris Johnson, Gary Kansteiner, Thomas |
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| 76 | 77 | | Kelly, Josh Krauter, Meera Krishnan, Mark Kuster, Jared Livingston, |
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| 77 | 78 | | Stephen Loomis, Kelly Lowe, Mike Marshall, Raeanne Martinez, Grant |
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| 78 | 79 | | McLoughlin, John Mistrot, Pam Moore, Adam Moses, Patty Otto, Anne |
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| 79 | 80 | | Peters, Taheera Randolph, Marsha Ratliff, Serena Reiser, Joe |
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| 80 | 81 | | Ritchick, Kristine Rodriguez, Sandra Salazar, Erin Smith, Jennifer |
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| 81 | 82 | | Stewart, Heather Strain, Drew Tedford, Jeff Thorne, Clare Townes, |
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| 82 | 83 | | Michele Trepagnier, Meaghan Walsh, Tisha Welch, Melanie |
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| 83 | 84 | | Westerberg, Mark Wimmer, and Allison Zaby; and |
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| 84 | 85 | | WHEREAS, The research division of the TLC is composed of |
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| 85 | 86 | | policy issue researchers, statistical analysts, writers, |
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| 86 | 87 | | webmasters, mapmakers, and database specialists; during the |
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| 87 | 88 | | session, these staffers produce numerous senate and house amendment |
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| 88 | 89 | | and conference committee side-by-side analyses, bill analyses for |
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| 89 | 90 | | house committees, and policy, congratulatory, and memorial |
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| 90 | 91 | | resolutions; they also maintain Capweb and other useful websites; |
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| 91 | 92 | | and |
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| 92 | 93 | | WHEREAS, The research division is led by intrepid director |
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| 93 | 94 | | Patty McLeod and includes the dynamic staff of Ryan Allen, Sandra |
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| 94 | 95 | | Allen, Rick Antoine, Jason Bane, Mike Barnett, Ricardo Betancourt, |
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| 95 | 96 | | Lann Bolding, Kate Bulla, Randall Bush, Julie Calhoun, Carrie |
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| 96 | 97 | | Crisp, Ashley Crutchfield, Emma Currin, Nathan Darus, Nick De La |
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| 97 | 98 | | Garza, Jana Deardorff, Clare Dyer, Charles Eckstein, Tammy Edgerly, |
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| 98 | 99 | | Cindy Ellison, Carey Eskridge, Brooke Espinosa, Brett Finley, Peter |
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| 99 | 100 | | Gaskin, Parry Gettelman, Kurt Gore, Marla Grimes, Will Grimes, |
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| 100 | 101 | | Daniel Gutierrez, Jeff Hill, Kelley Hosek, Jim Hynes, Carl Keprta, |
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| 101 | 102 | | Brianne Klitgaard, Douglas Knauth, Pamela Lam-Yip, Rachel Lance, |
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| 102 | 103 | | Chandler Lewis, Juan Lewis-Zavala, Lynna Longaro, Chris Mattsson, |
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| 103 | 104 | | Jared May, Andrea Mayo, Charles McCarty, Barrett McPhaul, Dee |
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| 104 | 105 | | Mickelson, Logan Moore, Amy Mosley, Colleen Mullen, Robert |
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| 105 | 106 | | Nietupski, Caroline O'Meara, Ana Ortega-Villegas, Christopher |
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| 106 | 107 | | Overath, Kelly Parker, Aimee Perez, Abby Pfeiffer, Mark Priebe, |
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| 107 | 108 | | Katherine Raymond, Dushyanth Reddivari, Alejandra Rocha, Max |
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| 108 | 109 | | Romero, Kellie Smith, Mary Standifer, Rebekah Starnes, John Stubbe, |
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| 109 | 110 | | Eddie Torres, Patrick Tyler, Brent Urbach, Fernando Villagomez, |
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| 110 | 111 | | Lisa Weatherford, Camille Wheeler, Karen White, Robert White, and |
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| 111 | 112 | | Emily Yager; and |
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| 112 | 113 | | WHEREAS, Contributing to the council's efforts to serve the |
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| 113 | 114 | | legislature are the members of the TLC document production staff; |
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| 114 | 115 | | encompassing the data transcription, graphics, proofreading, print |
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| 115 | 116 | | shop, and document processing sections, this division produces and |
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| 116 | 117 | | distributes thousands of drafts, house official printings, and |
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| 117 | 118 | | other documents over the course of the session; and |
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| 118 | 119 | | WHEREAS, Guided by its resourceful director Janet Sullivan, |
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| 119 | 120 | | the indefatigable members of the document production division staff |
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| 120 | 121 | | include Dominic Aiello, Glenda Albertson, Annie Almanza, Bill |
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| 121 | 122 | | Anderson, Austin Anton, Ray Arrington, Ambar Atta, Marco Barajas, |
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| 122 | 123 | | Shane Beck, Brant Bingamon, Julie Bracken, Sarah Bradley, Jonathan |
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| 123 | 124 | | Brand, Ean Brown-Meacham, Jon Butler, Ricardo Caffarate, Marcus |
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| 124 | 125 | | Cardenas, John Cerkan, Charles Cheatham, Sarah Cheikho, Lei-Leen |
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| 125 | 126 | | Choo, Sung Chun, Jessica Cinque, Andrea Citrin-Gardner, Gerald |
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| 126 | 127 | | Clark, Kathy Clarkson, Jamie Cleary-Wedell, Matthew Cuellar, |
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| 127 | 128 | | Claire Davis, Kirsten Dean, Dana DeLassus, Lindsay DeWitt, James |
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| 128 | 129 | | Edwards, Judith Edwards, Bryan Estes, David Estlund, JoAnn Estrada, |
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| 129 | 130 | | Phyllis Evetts, Jennifer Fidler, Rebecca Freer, Angel Fuhre, |
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| 130 | 131 | | Raymond Gilford, Cisco Gilliland, Joe Glover, Gilbert Gonzales, |
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| 131 | 132 | | Veronica Gordon, Luis Guevara, Stan Hales, James M. Harbuck, |
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| 132 | 133 | | Carolina Hardigree, Kevin Hargis, Rory Harman, Jim Hein, Darlene |
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| 133 | 134 | | Herrera, Samantha Hill, Samantha Hoffman, Guy Holland, Eric |
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| 134 | 135 | | Holmgren, Kristopher Infante, Valli Irvine, Craig P. Johnson, |
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| 135 | 136 | | Gaynor Keprta, Clavdia Khairallah, Edward Kiaune, Edwin King, Ed |
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| 136 | 137 | | Kulczyk, Louisa Lee, William H. Legg, Annecy Liddell, Darrin |
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| 137 | 138 | | Little, Adriana Mahoney, Lucian Maloy, Carolyn May, Philip May, |
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| 138 | 139 | | Joseph Mayfield, Katy McElroy, Dakota McFarlin, Desaree McKinney, |
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| 139 | 140 | | Emily McPhaul, Diane Mendoza, Daniel Mingus, Shelby Monroe, Madison |
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| 140 | 141 | | Moody, Dennis Morgan, Eryn Moris, Landon O'Brien, John O'Neill, |
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| 141 | 142 | | Joel Ossar, Amy Padilla, Adrienne Pedrotti, Thomas L. Pendleton, |
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| 142 | 143 | | Javier Perez, Cindy Prosser, Megan Pulido, Claude Ramey, Andrea |
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| 143 | 144 | | Rangel, John Ratliff, Lorena Reyna, Brittany Robertson, Adam |
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| 144 | 145 | | Robinette, Lisa Robles, Belen Rodriguez, Holly Rodriguez, Steve |
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| 145 | 146 | | Rosok, Ruby Ruiz, Michael Rushing, Andrew Russell, Samuel |
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| 146 | 147 | | Salazar-Isaza, Miguel San Miguel, Robert Sandoz, Candy |
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| 147 | 148 | | SantaAna-Moncada, Patrick Schlicht, Jeffrey Seely, Rebecca Semik, |
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| 148 | 149 | | Joshua Sims, Joshua Sklar, Kristen Smith, Kaylee Stackhouse, Larry |
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| 149 | 150 | | Strub, Sabryna Sulak, Barry Tarlton, Haben Tesfamariam, Travis |
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| 150 | 151 | | Timmons, Janet Tjonakwie, Luke Torn, Kieu Tran, Perry Urbina, |
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| 151 | 152 | | Margaret Vilim, Lee Roy Walker, Philip Weaver, Diana Welch, Rachel |
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| 152 | 153 | | Welch, Marcus West, Hannah Williams, John Williams, Clint Wilson, |
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| 153 | 154 | | and Peter Woloszyn; and |
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| 154 | 155 | | WHEREAS, The council's diverse responsibilities are |
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| 155 | 156 | | coordinated and supported by the staff of the executive team and |
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| 156 | 157 | | administrative department, who keep all divisions running smoothly |
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| 157 | 158 | | during the session while also assisting with legislative drafting |
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| 158 | 159 | | and analysis; the council is ably overseen by its tireless |
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| 159 | 160 | | executive director Jeff Archer, with the indispensable aid of |
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| 160 | 161 | | general counsel Jon Heining and director of operations Kimberly |
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| 161 | 162 | | Shields; the steadfast administrative staff for the 84th session |
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| 162 | 163 | | included Anna Abraham, Jonathan Bronson, Maria Cami, Jermaine |
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| 163 | 164 | | Clark, Marilyn Dorsey, Curt Glover, Valencia Hadnot, Dana Haulotte, |
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| 164 | 165 | | Jan La Tour, Judy Laughlin, Bob Lott, Aaron Mahoney, Sabina Mills, |
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| 165 | 166 | | Claudia Newman, Craig O'Brien, Victoria Perales, Elena Powell, |
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| 166 | 167 | | Anessa Reese, Mathew Richardson, Jannice Smith, Lisa Tovar, Dennis |
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| 167 | 168 | | Williams, and Mary Wilson; and |
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| 168 | 169 | | WHEREAS, Council staff bring to their duties precision, |
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| 169 | 170 | | creativity, knowledge, and technical expertise, serving the |
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| 170 | 171 | | legislature and the citizens of this state with stamina and |
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| 171 | 172 | | resilience to the very best of their abilities; now, therefore, be |
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| 172 | 173 | | it |
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| 173 | 174 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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| 174 | 175 | | Legislature hereby recognize the staff of the Texas Legislative |
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| 175 | 176 | | Council for their work in behalf of the legislative branch of |
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| 176 | 177 | | government and the Lone Star State; and, be it further |
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| 177 | 178 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 178 | 179 | | prepared for the staff of the council as an expression of high |
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| 179 | 180 | | regard by the Texas House of Representatives. |
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