Bill Text: TX HCR36 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Commemorating the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Texas Silver-Haired Legislature.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-02-14 - Signed by the Governor [HCR36 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HCR36-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Commemorating the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Texas Silver-Haired Legislature.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-02-14 - Signed by the Governor [HCR36 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HCR36-Introduced.html
82R1016 MMS-D | ||
By: Naishtat | H.C.R. No. 36 |
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WHEREAS, The Texas Silver-Haired Legislature, a volunteer, | ||
nonpartisan organization that advocates for older Texans, | ||
celebrated the 25th anniversary of its founding in 2010; and | ||
WHEREAS, Created in 1985 by the 69th Texas Legislature, the | ||
TSHL is composed of 116 Texans, age 60 and over, who are elected by | ||
older, registered voters to represent the 28 Texas Area Agencies on | ||
Aging; collectively, those who serve in the TSHL volunteer more | ||
than 15,000 hours annually in service to their fellow seniors; and | ||
WHEREAS, During their two-year terms, TSHL members identify | ||
public policy issues affecting older citizens, research those | ||
issues, and craft pertinent legislative proposals in the TSHL | ||
legislative session, which is held every other year at the State | ||
Capitol; members subsequently present their legislative report to | ||
the governor, state representatives and senators, state officials, | ||
and the Texas Aging Network; they also testify at senate and house | ||
committee hearings on matters of concern to older residents; and | ||
WHEREAS, Among the many significant laws passed relating to | ||
TSHL resolutions have been Acts establishing the Legislative | ||
Committee on Aging, creating the Silver Alert for missing seniors, | ||
allowing grandparent caregivers to enroll their grandchildren in | ||
school and to access state programs for their grandchildren, | ||
requiring criminal history checks of employees and applicants at | ||
special care facilities, and setting up a volunteer advocate | ||
program for elderly persons; and | ||
WHEREAS, For two and a half decades, the work of the Texas | ||
Silver-Haired Legislature has promoted the engagement of older | ||
Texans in the legislative process and contributed to improved | ||
quality of life for older residents of the Lone Star State; now, | ||
therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the 82nd Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
hereby commemorate the 25th anniversary of the founding of the | ||
Texas Silver-Haired Legislature and extend to all those who have | ||
ever been associated with the program sincere appreciation for | ||
their invaluable service; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for the Texas Silver-Haired Legislature as an expression | ||
of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate. |