By Uher                                               H.R. No. 1364
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                                 R E S O L U T I O N
 1-1           WHEREAS, This year marks Robert I. "Bob" Kelly's 30th as a
 1-2     member of the legislative community and it is a privilege to honor
 1-3     him for the vast contributions he has made to the work of this
 1-4     chamber; and
 1-5           WHEREAS, Mr. Kelly can truly say that he has given state
 1-6     government the best years of his life to date, for he began his
 1-7     tenure with the Texas Legislative Council on January 8, 1969, and
 1-8     under his expert stewardship the council has grown from a small
 1-9     operation where bills were drafted on typewriters to a major
1-10     legislative support agency comprising 476 employees; and
1-11           WHEREAS, Far from limiting his service to the council alone,
1-12     this respected gentleman first came to the chamber as assistant
1-13     parliamentarian in the 64th Legislature and, after receiving his
1-14     training from the master, Bob Johnson, over the course of three
1-15     sessions, Mr. Kelly was named parliamentarian during the 67th
1-16     Legislature, in which capacity he has reigned supreme ever since;
1-17     and
1-18           WHEREAS, Mr. Kelly became executive director of the council
1-19     on March 1, 1980, and his management of the agency and knowledge of
1-20     his staff's abilities is rivaled only by his mastery of the house
1-21     rules and legislative process, and his love for golf and hunting;
1-22     and
1-23           WHEREAS, With the session drawing to a close, it is most
1-24     appropriate that we commend Mr. Kelly for completing yet another
 2-1     bogey-free round; now, therefore, be it
 2-2           RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 76th Texas
 2-3     Legislature hereby honor Robert I. "Bob" Kelly for his exceptional
 2-4     service as parliamentarian during this regular session and extend
 2-5     to him sincere best wishes for a happy and relaxing interim; and,
 2-6     be it further
 2-7           RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
 2-8     prepared for Mr. Kelly as an expression of high regard by the Texas
 2-9     House of Representatives.