H.R. No. 494
                                  R E S O L U T I O N
    1-1        WHEREAS, Bluebonnet Girls State is a training program in
    1-2  Americanism and citizenship, sponsored annually by the American
    1-3  Legion Auxiliary, Department of Texas, to provide high school girls
    1-4  from throughout the state a chance to experience firsthand the
    1-5  functioning of representative government; and
    1-6        WHEREAS, Participants in the program, chosen locally on the
    1-7  basis of leadership, citizenship, scholarship, and character,
    1-8  gather each year at the State Capitol, where they convene to
    1-9  conduct a simulated legislative session; and
   1-10        WHEREAS, Such sessions, a longtime Texas tradition
   1-11  inaugurated in 1941, convey skills of organization, advocacy,
   1-12  compromise, and persuasion that generate from among our state's
   1-13  youth the public and civic leaders of the future; and
   1-14        WHEREAS, The American Legion Auxiliary has requested the use
   1-15  of the house chamber to conduct its 1995 and 1996 Girls State House
   1-16  of Representatives sessions; and
   1-17        WHEREAS, The Texas House of Representatives is proud to
   1-18  endorse the goals and ideals of Bluebonnet Girls State and express
   1-19  its appreciation to the American Legion Auxiliary for its
   1-20  sponsorship of this commendable program; now, therefore, be it
   1-21        RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 74th Texas
   1-22  Legislature hereby grant permission to the Bluebonnet Girls State
   1-23  program, in accordance with house rules and the policies of the
   1-24  Committee on House Administration, to use the house chamber from
    2-1  9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., June 19, 1995, provided that the Texas
    2-2  House of Representatives is not in session; and, be it further
    2-3        RESOLVED, That the house also grant permission for the
    2-4  organization's use of the chamber in 1996, again provided that the
    2-5  house is not in session and contingent on approval of a date and
    2-6  time by the Committee on House Administration.