S.R. No. 1143
    1-1                           SENATE RESOLUTION
    1-2        WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas takes great
    1-3  pride in welcoming the Honorable Heinrich Neisser, Deputy Speaker
    1-4  of the Austrian Parliament; and
    1-5        WHEREAS, Mr. Neisser was born in Vienna, Austria, in
    1-6  1936 and from 1954 to 1960 he studied at the University of Vienna's
    1-7  School of Law, from which he received a doctor juris degree; and
    1-8        WHEREAS, From 1961 to 1966, Mr. Neisser worked as
    1-9  secretary at the Constitutional Court in Vienna; from 1966 to
   1-10  1969, he was special adviser to the Austrian Federal Chancellor;
   1-11  from 1969 to 1970 he was vice member at the chancellery; from 1974
   1-12  to 1980 he was a top staff member of the Austrian Industrialist
   1-13  Association; and
   1-14        WHEREAS, Mr. Neisser has been a Member of the Austrian
   1-15  Parliament since 1975 and Minister of Federalism and of the Reform
   1-16  of Administration between 1987 through 1989; and
   1-17        WHEREAS, He was Floor Leader of the Austrian People's
   1-18  Party in the Parliament between 1990 and 1994; and
   1-19        WHEREAS, Mr. Neisser has been Deputy Speaker since 1994
   1-20  and has played a role in Austria's negotiations for entry into
   1-21  the European Union; and
   1-22        WHEREAS, Mr. Neisser is an honorary professor for
   1-23  political science at the University of Vienna's Institute for
    2-1  Political Studies, where he lectures particularly on the role
    2-2  of public administration within the political system, political
    2-3  structure of the European Union, and political reforms in the
    2-4  new democracies in Eastern Europe; and
    2-5        WHEREAS, The Deputy Speaker has written several books and
    2-6  articles on parliamentary government, bureaucracy in the political
    2-7  system, and the importance of human rights; now, therefore, be it
    2-8        RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas,
    2-9  74th Legislature, hereby extend a warm welcome to the Deputy
   2-10  Speaker; and, be it further
   2-11        RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared
   2-12  under the official seal of the Senate as an expression of the
   2-13  goodwill of the people of Texas.
   2-14                                                 Truan
   2-15        Armbrister           Henderson           Ratliff
   2-16        Barrientos           Leedom              Rosson
   2-17        Bivins               Lucio               Shapiro
   2-18        Brown                Luna                Sibley
   2-19        Cain                 Madla               Sims
   2-20        Ellis                Moncrief            Turner
   2-21        Gallegos             Montford            Wentworth
   2-22        Galloway             Nelson              West
   2-23        Harris               Nixon               Whitmire
   2-24        Haywood              Patterson           Zaffirini
   2-25                   Bullock, President of the Senate
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    3-2                                       President of the Senate
    3-3                                    I hereby certify that the above
    3-4                               Resolution was adopted by the Senate
    3-5                               on May 22, 1995.
    3-6                               ______________________________________
    3-7                                       Secretary of the Senate
    3-8                               ______________________________________
    3-9                                         Dean of the Senate