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            |  | R E S O L U T I O N | 
         
            |  | WHEREAS, Brenda Foster is marking 50 years of service to the | 
         
            |  | State of Texas on July 29, 2023; and | 
         
            |  | WHEREAS, In 1973, Mrs. Foster began her state employment with | 
         
            |  | a summer job in the Texas Department of Insurance Industrial | 
         
            |  | Accident Board, now the Division of Workers' Compensation, and by | 
         
            |  | the end of the summer, she had accepted a promotion; over the course | 
         
            |  | of her tenure with the agency, she has held a variety of roles in the | 
         
            |  | insurance, employee and employer services, customer service, | 
         
            |  | business process improvement, and hearings divisions, and she | 
         
            |  | currently serves as a program specialist in the dispute resolution | 
         
            |  | division; she has played an instrumental role in testing and | 
         
            |  | implementing such technologies as the TXCOMP automated information | 
         
            |  | system and the attorney fee application; and | 
         
            |  | WHEREAS, A native of Austin, Mrs. Foster attended Anderson | 
         
            |  | High School and went on to earn a bachelor's degree from Prairie | 
         
            |  | View College; in all her endeavors, she enjoys the love and support | 
         
            |  | of her husband of 52 years, Donald; and | 
         
            |  | WHEREAS, With her dedication, professionalism, and | 
         
            |  | commitment to excellence, Brenda Foster has earned the respect and | 
         
            |  | admiration of her colleagues and greatly benefited her fellow | 
         
            |  | citizens, and she may indeed reflect with pride on her | 
         
            |  | accomplishments on this special milestone in her career; now, | 
         
            |  | therefore, be it | 
         
            |  | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | 
         
            |  | Legislature hereby congratulate Brenda Foster on 50 years of | 
         
            |  | service to the Texas Department of Insurance 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. Foster as an expression of high regard by the | 
         
            |  | Texas House of Representatives. |