By:  Carriker                                          S.C.R. No. 2
                                 CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
    1-1        WHEREAS, For each of the last 45 years, the YMCAs of the
    1-2  State of Texas have sponsored a Youth and Government Program; and
    1-3        WHEREAS, Its purpose is to train the youth of Texas in the
    1-4  process of government and democracy, both in theory and practice;
    1-5  and
    1-6        WHEREAS, This is a valuable and comprehensive educational
    1-7  program with the YMCA Youth Club participants elected by their
    1-8  local clubs or high schools.  District conferences are held in
    1-9  December and January to determine the legislative and judicial
   1-10  programs and to acquaint the youth with the legislative and
   1-11  judicial processes; and
   1-12        WHEREAS, The Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Attorney
   1-13  General, the Speaker of the House, and members of the Texas
   1-14  Legislature, and various state employees and experts in the field
   1-15  of government have aided in the preparation of the program; and
   1-16        WHEREAS, Plans are under way for the 46th and 47th annual
   1-17  Texas YMCA Model Legislature and Judicial Sessions to be held in
   1-18  Austin, Texas.  Dates for the 1993 Youth Legislature and Judicial
   1-19  Session are February 25 to February 28, inclusive, and for the 1994
   1-20  Session from February 17 to February 20 inclusive.   If the House
   1-21  and Senate Chambers are not in use, the House and Senate Chambers
   1-22  will be used for the opening sessions on the evening of February
   1-23  25, 1993 and February 17, 1994, and mock legislative sessions in
    2-1  both chambers on February 26 and 27 in 1993 and February 18 and
    2-2  February 19, 1994.
    2-3        WHEREAS, No expense would be incurred by the state in
    2-4  permitting the use of the chambers.  The staff of the Youth
    2-5  Legislature would be employed by the sponsoring organization; and
    2-6        WHEREAS, The Legislature is sympathetic with and heartily
    2-7  endorses the avowed purpose of the Youth Legislature as a means of
    2-8  developing understanding citizenry and as a training ground for
    2-9  future state officials; now, therefore, be it
   2-10        RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, the House of
   2-11  Representatives concurring, that the Texas YMCA Youth and
   2-12  Government Program be and is hereby granted permission to use the
   2-13  House Chamber of the State Capitol on February 25, 26, and 27 in
   2-14  1993 and February 17, 18 and 19 in 1994 and, be it further
   2-15        RESOLVED, That the Texas YMCA Youth and Government Program be
   2-16  and is hereby granted permission to use the Senate Chamber of the
   2-17  State Capitol on February 25, 26, and 27 in 1993 and February 17,
   2-18  18 and 19 in 1994.