Bill Text: TX HR2177 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Congratulating Ken Levine on his retirement as director of the Texas Sunset Commission.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-29 - Reported enrolled [HR2177 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR2177-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Congratulating Ken Levine on his retirement as director of the Texas Sunset Commission.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-29 - Reported enrolled [HR2177 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR2177-Introduced.html
86R36818 CJM-D | ||
By: Price | H.R. No. 2177 |
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WHEREAS, Ken Levine retired as director of the Texas Sunset | ||
Commission on August 31, 2018, drawing to a close an exemplary | ||
career that spanned 37 years with the agency; and | ||
WHEREAS, Hired in 1981, Mr. Levine was instrumental in the | ||
development of numerous proposals to improve government operations | ||
and programs through Sunset Commission recommendations; he | ||
supervised policy evaluation projects for all state agencies in | ||
myriad areas; after serving as assistant director, he was appointed | ||
deputy director in 1995, and 14 years later, he was tapped to lead | ||
the agency; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Levine is a fellow of the Public Policy Dispute | ||
Resolution Center of The University of Texas School of Law; during | ||
one of three terms on the National Legislative Program Evaluation | ||
Society Executive Committee, he served as its chair; he has also | ||
been a member of the Legislative Staff Coordinating Committee and | ||
vice chair of the standing committee on Budget and Revenue for the | ||
National Conference on State Legislatures; a graduate of The | ||
University of Texas at Austin, he holds a master's degree from the | ||
institution's LBJ School of Public Affairs; and | ||
WHEREAS, Through his exemplary leadership, professionalism, | ||
and steadfast commitment to good governance, Ken Levine greatly | ||
benefited his fellow Texans, and he may indeed reflect with pride on | ||
a career well spent; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby congratulate Ken Levine on his retirement as | ||
director of the Texas Sunset Commission and extend to him sincere | ||
best wishes for the future; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Mr. Levine as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
House of Representatives. |