By: Barrientos S.R. No. 710 1-1 SENATE RESOLUTION 1-2 WHEREAS, The Texas Senate takes special pride in honoring 1-3 the Mexican American Comptroller Employees' Association on the 1-4 occasion of its 10th anniversary as an active organization and its 1-5 10th annual Cinco de Mayo Fiesta; and 1-6 WHEREAS, The Mexican American Comptroller Employees' 1-7 Association was established to foster an awareness of Mexican 1-8 American culture, enhance the appreciation of the Hispanic heritage, 1-9 and promote educational opportunities for minorities; and 1-10 WHEREAS, Over the past 10 years, this worthy organization has 1-11 made thousands of dollars in contributions to deserving high school 1-12 and college students in the form of scholarships and to such worthy 1-13 programs as the National Hispanic Institute and the Austin 1-14 Independent School District Drop-out Program; and 1-15 WHEREAS, Many of the recent successes of the Mexican American 1-16 Comptroller Employees' Association are directly attributable to 1-17 Comptroller John Sharp, who has given the association his strong 1-18 support, participated in the Mexican American Comptroller Employees' 1-19 Association's mentorship program, and demonstrated a genuine 1-20 commitment to its goal of enhancing the awareness of Mexican American 1-21 culture and to its efforts to improve the community; in addition, 1-22 Comptroller Sharp has greatly expanded employment opportunities for 1-23 Mexican Americans in his agency and dramatically increased the number 2-1 of qualified Mexican Americans in managerial positions in his agency; 2-2 and 2-3 WHEREAS, The generosity displayed by the members of the 2-4 Mexican American Comptroller Employees' Association continues to 2-5 benefit countless numbers of Texans, and the occasion of the group's 2-6 annual Cinco de Mayo Fiesta provides an appropriate opportunity to 2-7 express praise and support of their many outstanding accomplishments 2-8 in this regard; now, therefore, be it 2-9 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 2-10 73rd Legislature, hereby honor the members of the Mexican American 2-11 Comptroller Employees' Association and extend best wishes to them on 2-12 the occasion of their 10th anniversary and 10th annual Cinco de Mayo 2-13 Fiesta; and, be it further 2-14 RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for the 2-15 Mexican American Comptroller Employees' Association as a token of 2-16 esteem from the Texas Senate. 2-17 _____________________________________ 2-18 President of the Senate 2-19 I hereby certify that the 2-20 above Resolution was adopted by 2-21 the Senate on April 26, 1993. 2-22 _____________________________________ 2-23 Secretary of the Senate 2-24 _____________________________________ 2-25 Member, Texas Senate