Bill Text: TX SR853 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing the director and staff of the Legislative Reference Library.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-26 - Reported enrolled [SR853 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SR853-Enrolled.html
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WHEREAS, The Legislative Reference Library has provided | ||
invaluable assistance to Texas lawmakers for more than a century; and | ||
WHEREAS, The library houses a specialized collection of | ||
materials and is well positioned to support the varied and | ||
extensive work of legislators; along with legal resources and | ||
periodicals, its materials include historical and current | ||
publications of legislative committees, of state agencies, and | ||
of institutions of higher education, and original legislative | ||
bill files dating back to the 63rd Session; 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, | ||
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, furnishing real-time | ||
information to the legislative community, to executive agencies, | ||
and to 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 | ||
Camp, the Legislative Reference Library staff members are | ||
hardworking professionals who consistently demonstrate a | ||
commitment to excellence; 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, 86th | ||
Legislature, hereby honor the Legislative Reference Library and | ||
extend to its director and staff sincere appreciation for their | ||
outstanding work; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for | ||
the library as an expression of esteem from the Texas Senate. | ||
Schwertner | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on May 26, 2019. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |