HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 1-1 WHEREAS, The citizens of Fort Bend County suffered a great 1-2 loss with the tragic passing of Assistant District Attorney Gil 1-3 Epstein on September 19, 1996, at the age of 27; and 1-4 WHEREAS, A graduate of the University of Houston, this fine 1-5 young man completed a six-month internship with the Fort Bend 1-6 County District Attorney's Office, during which time he so 1-7 impressed his colleagues with his professionalism, intelligence, 1-8 and genuine belief in the judicial system that he was offered a 1-9 permanent position with the department in May 1995; and 1-10 WHEREAS, Regarded by all who knew him as a tough but just 1-11 prosecutor, Mr. Epstein was also an outstanding person who faced a 1-12 future bright with promise as he strived to make his community a 1-13 safer place in which to live, work, and raise a family; and 1-14 WHEREAS, It is within the purview of the governor of the 1-15 State of Texas to order the state flag to be flown at half-staff 1-16 following a person's death as a mark of respect to that 1-17 individual's memory (Article 6139c, Revised Statutes); Gil Epstein 1-18 embodied those qualities that all Texans desire in a public servant 1-19 and it is appropriate that tribute be paid to Mr. Epstein in a 1-20 manner befitting his stature and sterling character; now, 1-21 therefore, be it 1-22 RESOLVED, That the 75th Legislature of the State of Texas 1-23 hereby request the governor of the State of Texas to order the 1-24 state flag to be flown at half-staff to honor the life and many 2-1 good works of Fort Bend County Assistant District Attorney Gil 2-2 Epstein; and, be it further 2-3 RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward an 2-4 official copy of this resolution to the governor of the State of 2-5 Texas. Wilson Danburg Hochberg Howard Olivo Laney Gutierrez Oliveira Alexander Haggerty Olivo Allen Hamric Palmer Alvarado Hartnett Patterson Averitt Hawley Pickett Bailey Heflin Pitts Berlanga Hernandez Place Bonnen Hightower Price Bosse Hilbert Puente Brimer Hilderbran Rabuck Burnam Hill Ramsay Carter Hinojosa Rangel Chavez Hirschi Raymond Chisum Hochberg Reyna of Bexar Christian Hodge Reyna of Dallas Clark Holzheauser Rhodes Coleman Horn Rodriguez Cook Howard Roman Corte Hunter Sadler Counts Hupp Seaman Crabb Isett Serna Craddick Jackson Shields Cuellar Janek Siebert Culberson Jones of Lubbock Smith Danburg Jones of Dallas Smithee Davila Junell Solis Davis Kamel Solomons Delisi Keel Staples Denny Keffer Stiles Driver King Swinford Dukes Krusee Talton Dunnam Kubiak Telford Dutton Kuempel Thompson Edwards Lewis of Tarrant Tillery Ehrhardt Lewis of Orange Torres Eiland Longoria Turner of Coleman Elkins Luna Turner of Harris Farrar McCall Uher Finnell McClendon Van de Putte Flores McReynolds Walker Gallego Madden West Galloway Marchant Williams Garcia Maxey Williamson Giddings Merritt Wilson Glaze Moffat Wise Goodman Moreno Wohlgemuth Goolsby Mowery Wolens Gray Naishtat Woolley Greenberg Nixon Yarbrough Grusendorf Oakley Zbranek _______________________________ _______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.C.R. No. 11 was adopted by the House on March 25, 1997, by a non-record vote. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.C.R. No. 11 was adopted by the Senate on May 5, 1997, by a viva-voce vote. _______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: _____________________ Date _____________________ Governor