Bill Text: TX SR721 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing the staff of the Legislative Reference Library for their contributions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-28 - Reported enrolled [SR721 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR721-Enrolled.html
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| WHEREAS, For more than a century, the Legislative Reference | ||
| Library has provided invaluable assistance to Texas lawmakers; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Housing a specialized collection of materials | ||
| including original legislative bill files dating back to the 63rd | ||
| Session, historical and current publications of legislative | ||
| committees, of state agencies, and of institutions of higher | ||
| education, legal resources, and periodicals, the library is well | ||
| positioned to support the varied and extensive work of | ||
| legislators; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The library's electronic data systems expedite | ||
| the delivery of knowledge to the legislative community; the Texas | ||
| Appointment System contains information on members of state | ||
| councils, boards, and committees appointed by the governor, | ||
| lieutenant governor, and speaker; the Legislative Archive System | ||
| holds the only electronic version of original legislative bill | ||
| files and documentation, while the Index to Sections Affected | ||
| details the proposed statutory effect of bills; moreover, the | ||
| library maintains Texas Legislators: Past & Present, a database | ||
| highlighting legislative membership information from 1846 to | ||
| today, as well as a legislative reports database covering that | ||
| same period, and it archives gubernatorial executive orders, | ||
| messages, and proclamations; and | ||
| WHEREAS, During legislative sessions, the library plays an | ||
| integral part in the legislative process; staff members develop | ||
| electronic records in the Texas Legislative Tracking System for | ||
| each bill or resolution filed, assign and enter subject terms and | ||
| companion relationships, and review enrolled legislation for | ||
| effective dates of each measure; moreover, library staff members | ||
| stationed on the floor of the house and senate chambers enter | ||
| legislative actions as they occur and furnish real-time | ||
| information to the legislative community, executive agencies, | ||
| and citizens of this state through such proprietary applications | ||
| as TLIS (the Texas Legislative Information System) and TLO (Texas | ||
| Legislature Online); and | ||
| WHEREAS, Among the services the library offers are a bill | ||
| status hotline for constituents, professional and confidential | ||
| research, a daily legislative clipping service, weekly listings | ||
| of important journal articles, and monthly listings of | ||
| newsworthy additions to the library's collection; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Guided skillfully by director and librarian Mary | ||
| L. Camp, the Legislative Reference Library staff includes | ||
| assistant director and librarian Catherine Wusterhausen and | ||
| librarians Elizabeth Buchanan, Colton Chambers, Ali Dzienkowski, | ||
| Melanie Harshman, Elizabeth Hinderer, Karen McBurney, Marissa | ||
| Talamantes, and Ia Wood; the library's archivists are Tricia | ||
| Bailey, Linna Dean, and Kaelyn Morice; library assistants and | ||
| administrative staff are Elizabeth Bellisario, Donald Brower, | ||
| Michelle Martinez, Kelvin Mote, Kali Palmer, Julia Walden, Jay | ||
| Young, and Fernanda Zamora, and the library's clipping service | ||
| staff members are Vincent Cowan, Christopher Taylor, David Wood, | ||
| and Karen Wright; and | ||
| WHEREAS, These hardworking professionals demonstrate a | ||
| commitment to excellence as they perform their duties with skill | ||
| and dedication, and they may take justifiable pride in the | ||
| important services they provide to the legislature and to the | ||
| citizens of the Lone Star State; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th | ||
| Legislature, hereby honor the Legislative Reference Library and | ||
| extend to the staff members sincere appreciation for their | ||
| outstanding contributions; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be | ||
| prepared for the library as an expression of high regard from the | ||
| Texas Senate. | ||
| Schwertner | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on May 28, 2023. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
