R E S O L U T I O N 1-1 WHEREAS, The Texas House of Representatives takes pleasure in 1-2 recognizing the Texas Retired Teachers Association (TRTA), whose 1-3 members have made substantial contributions to the welfare of the 1-4 State of Texas; and 1-5 WHEREAS, Last year, association members contributed almost 1-6 5,000,000 hours of volunteer work to their communities; and 1-7 WHEREAS, The Texas Retired Teachers Association was founded 1-8 in 1953, and it has a current membership of more than 32,500 1-9 members; and 1-10 WHEREAS, An able advocate in behalf of its members, the 1-11 association was instrumental in passing legislation in 1995 that 1-12 provided $1.6 billion in increased annuities for retired personnel; 1-13 TRTA's president is Robert Richards and the executive director is 1-14 Mike Lehr; and 1-15 WHEREAS, Membership in the TRTA provides the members access 1-16 to health services programs, retirement planning programs, 1-17 protective services, and informative publications; and 1-18 WHEREAS, Among the goals of the TRTA are promoting the 1-19 well-being of its members in the areas of intellectual, 1-20 professional, and economic development; providing a united and 1-21 functional organization; encouraging members to cooperate with 1-22 other organizations in solving problems of mutual concern; and 1-23 encouraging members to donate their time and expertise to civic and 1-24 educational projects; and 2-1 WHEREAS, The TRTA is an effective and helpful organization, 2-2 and its members have greatly assisted the citizens of Texas; now, 2-3 therefore, be it 2-4 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 75th Texas 2-5 Legislature hereby commend the members of the Texas Retired 2-6 Teachers Association and recognize April 16, 1997, as Texas Retired 2-7 Public School Personnel Day; and, be it further 2-8 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 2-9 prepared for the organization as an expression of high regard by 2-10 the Texas House of Representatives. Telford 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 _______________________________ Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 614 was adopted by the House on April 15, 1997, by a non-record vote. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House