By Pitts H.R. No. 1221 76R17780 JBR-D R E S O L U T I O N 1-1 WHEREAS, There is great uncertainty regarding the effect the 1-2 century date transition will have on the State of Texas on January 1-3 1, 2000; and 1-4 WHEREAS, In an effort to reduce the negative impact of Y2K, 1-5 the State of Texas will spend $256 million to remediate information 1-6 systems and embedded systems, and hundreds of state employees have 1-7 already devoted their time, energy, and expertise to protect Texans 1-8 from being harmed by the century date transition; and 1-9 WHEREAS, The state agencies and universities of Texas have 1-10 received vital assistance and direction in their remediation 1-11 efforts from the following employees of the Department of 1-12 Information Resources, under the leadership of Carolyn Purcell, 1-13 executive director of the department, and Shannon Porterfield, 1-14 director of the department's Year 2000 Project Office: Mel 1-15 Mireles, Nick Osborn, Tim Kennedy, Linda Mullins, Charlene 1-16 Strickland, Andrea Richeson, Carol Harwell, Ruth Hooks, Brett 1-17 Schurle, and Yvonne Montgomery; and 1-18 WHEREAS, Leadership has also been provided by Y2K 1-19 coordinators of key agencies and universities, including, but not 1-20 limited to, Sam Rogers of the Office of the Governor; Don Bailey 1-21 of the Office of the Attorney General; Mike DuBois of the General 1-22 Services Commission; Kaye Tucker of the Office of the Comptroller 1-23 of Public Accounts; Jan Justice of the Texas General Land Office; 1-24 Patricia A. Thomas of the Office of the Secretary of State; Britt 2-1 Brookshire of the Texas Workforce Commission; Bill Grabo of the 2-2 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board; Norma Irvine of the 2-3 Teacher Retirement System of Texas; Wanda Allen of the Texas 2-4 Department of Human Services; Sally Anderson of the Texas 2-5 Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation; Gene Massey of 2-6 the Employees Retirement System of Texas; George Schneider of the 2-7 Texas Rehabilitation Commission; Mary Lauderdale of the Texas 2-8 Department of Public Safety; Steven A. Wilkins of the Texas 2-9 Department of Licensing and Regulation; Phil Darby of the Texas 2-10 Workers' Compensation Commission; Andy Robinson of the Texas 2-11 Department of Insurance; and Lorelei Weitzel of the Railroad 2-12 Commission of Texas; and 2-13 WHEREAS, Other Y2K coordinators who are providing valuable 2-14 service include: Jay Webster of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage 2-15 Commission; Mary Doran of the Public Utility Commission of Texas; 2-16 Ann Syptak of the Texas Department of Health; Bryan Shirley of the 2-17 Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse; Cindy Peck of the Texas 2-18 Health and Human Services Commission; Joan Owens of the Texas 2-19 Department of Protective and Regulatory Services; Jim Clark of the 2-20 Texas Department of Agriculture; Don Johnson of the Texas Natural 2-21 Resource Conservation Commission; Sharon Fitzpatrick of the Texas 2-22 Department of Transportation; Jon T. Newman of the Texas Department 2-23 of Mental Health and Mental Retardation; Ken W. Miller of the Texas 2-24 Youth Commission; Linda Burney of the Texas Department of Criminal 2-25 Justice; Ralph Smyrni of the Texas Education Agency; Leroy Molock 2-26 of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department; Patti Layne of The 2-27 University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston; John 3-1 McGowan of The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston; 3-2 Anna Hines of The University of Texas at El Paso; Michael Phillips 3-3 of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Lubbock; and 3-4 Cathy Lester of The University of Texas at Austin; and 3-5 WHEREAS, At this time, it is indeed a great pleasure to 3-6 commend these talented individuals for their exemplary efforts in 3-7 behalf of state government; now, therefore, be it 3-8 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 76th Texas 3-9 Legislature hereby acknowledge the tremendous contributions that 3-10 these and many unnamed state employees have provided in securing a 3-11 safer and more efficient state government on January 1, 2000; and, 3-12 be it further 3-13 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 3-14 prepared for the above-named employees as an expression of high 3-15 regard by the Texas House of Representatives.