Bill Text: TX SR896 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing the staff members of the Legislative Reference Library for their service.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-26 - Reported enrolled [SR896 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SR896-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, 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; | ||
WHEREAS, Guided skillfully by director and librarian Mary | ||
Camp, the Legislative Reference Library staff includes assistant | ||
director and librarian Catherine Wusterhausen, administrative | ||
and legislative staff members Leah Alejandro, Donald Brower, | ||
Elizabeth Buchanan, Emilie Jezisek, Michelle Martinez, Kali | ||
Palmer, Julia Walden, and Jay Young, clipping service staffers | ||
Vincent Cowan, David Wood, and Karen Wright, and librarians Ali | ||
Dzienkowski,CassandraGallegos,SallyHarlow,MelanieHarshman, | ||
Karen McBurney, Rona Mertink, Amanda Norman, Kay Schlueter, Ana | ||
Sifuentes-Martinez, Brandon Vasquez, Nancy Watson, Lindsay | ||
Wickham, and Ia Wood; 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, 85th | ||
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 | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on May 26, 2017. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |