Bill Text: TX HR688 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commending Shannon K. McClendon for her service on the Texas Board of Professional Engineers.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2011-03-23 - Reported enrolled [HR688 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR688-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 688 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Shannon K. McClendon of Dripping Springs completed | ||
| an outstanding tenure on the Texas Board of Professional Engineers | ||
| in January 2011; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Appointed by Governor Rick Perry to the TBPE in | ||
| December 2002, she benefited the board as a member of its licensing, | ||
| legislative issues, and general issues committees, and she further | ||
| distinguished herself as interim secretary during July and August | ||
| 2008 and as board secretary from August 2008 until January 2011; and | ||
| WHEREAS, This accomplished Texan previously served the state | ||
| as a member of the board of directors of the Electric Reliability | ||
| Council of Texas and as the residential consumer representative on | ||
| that organization's Technical Advisory Committee; and | ||
| WHEREAS, After earning her bachelor's degree from the | ||
| University of Houston--Clear Lake, Ms. McClendon worked at NASA, | ||
| Texas Instruments, and Texas A&M University before earning her law | ||
| degree from the University of Houston; now a private attorney | ||
| specializing in the electric industry, she has served as senior | ||
| regulatory counsel for the Texas-New Mexico Power Company and as | ||
| associate public counsel at the Texas Office of Public Utility | ||
| Counsel; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In addition to her busy professional life, Ms. | ||
| McClendon has been a board member of the Hill Country Republican | ||
| Women PAC, president of the University of Houston Alumni | ||
| Association--Austin UH Club, and vice president of the Texas | ||
| Ratepayers' Organization to Save Energy; she is also a member of the | ||
| State Bar of Texas, the Gulf Coast Power Association, and the Lady | ||
| Bird Johnson Wildflower Center; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Shannon McClendon's leadership during her tenure on | ||
| the TBPE has greatly benefited her fellow Texans, and she may indeed | ||
| reflect with pride on her contributions to the board's important | ||
| work; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby commend Shannon K. McClendon for her exemplary | ||
| service on the Texas Board of Professional Engineers and extend to | ||
| her sincere best wishes for continued success and happiness; and, | ||
| be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Ms. McClendon as an expression of high regard by the | ||
| Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Isaac | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 688 was adopted by the House on March | ||
| 17, 2011, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
