Bill Text: TX HR2529 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Honoring Nancy Rister on her 25 years of service as Williamson County Clerk.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-30 - Reported enrolled [HR2529 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR2529-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 2529 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Nancy Rister has demonstrated an exemplary | ||
| commitment to public service throughout her 25-year tenure as | ||
| Williamson County Clerk; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mrs. Rister was appointed to the office of county | ||
| clerk on June 5, 1998, and went on to win election with more than 80 | ||
| percent of the vote the following November; over the past quarter of | ||
| a century, she has applied her accounting and management skills to | ||
| the many duties of the position, and she has been responsible for | ||
| overseeing the modernization of the clerk's office and the | ||
| digitization of the recordkeeping process; in addition to various | ||
| other accolades, she and her staff were recently honored with a 2021 | ||
| 5 Star Vital Registration Award by the Texas Department of State | ||
| Health Services' Vital Statistics Unit; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Engaged in her professional community, Mrs. Rister | ||
| has held membership in the County and District Clerks' Association | ||
| of Texas, the Property Records Industry Association, and the | ||
| National Association of County Recorders, Election Officials, and | ||
| Clerks; she also previously served on the Attorney General Open | ||
| Records Steering Committee and on the Judicial Data Management | ||
| Project of the Texas Judicial Council; and | ||
| WHEREAS, This dynamic public servant has sought civic | ||
| volunteer opportunities as well, and after moving to Georgetown in | ||
| 1989, she joined Newcomers and Friends of Georgetown, the | ||
| Republican Women's Club, and Community Bible Study and became an | ||
| active member of Crestview Baptist Church; she currently belongs to | ||
| the Georgetown Lions and Kiwanis Clubs, and she previously served | ||
| on the Georgetown Main Street Advisory Board and the board of the | ||
| Georgetown Area United Way; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mrs. Rister holds a bachelor of business | ||
| administration degree from The University of Texas Permian Basin | ||
| and certification as an investment officer; in all her endeavors, | ||
| she enjoys the support of a treasured family that includes her | ||
| husband, Milton Rister, and their two daughters and four | ||
| grandchildren; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Over the course of her tenure as county clerk, Nancy | ||
| Rister has made significant contributions to the betterment of life | ||
| in Williamson County, and she may take justifiable pride in her | ||
| exemplary record of achievement; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby honor Nancy Rister on her 25 years of dedicated | ||
| service as Williamson County Clerk and extend to her sincere best | ||
| wishes for the future; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Mrs. Rister as an expression of high regard by the | ||
| Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Harris of Williamson | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 2529 was adopted by the House on May | ||
| 29, 2023, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
