HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
1-1 WHEREAS, The Texas Legislature is proud to recognize Wayne
1-2 Scott of Huntsville on the occasion of his impending retirement as
1-3 executive director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice; and
1-4 WHEREAS, Mr. Scott joined the staff of the Huntsville Unit of
1-5 the Texas Department of Corrections in 1972, a year before earning
1-6 his bachelor's degree in business administration from Sam Houston
1-7 State University; over the ensuing years he was promoted
1-8 repeatedly, and in 1996 he received appointment as executive
1-9 director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the largest
1-10 of the state's agencies; and
1-11 WHEREAS, In that capacity, Mr. Scott is responsible for the
1-12 confinement and care of 151,000 felony offenders, as well as for
1-13 the supervision of 518,000 offenders on probation or parole; he
1-14 leads an agency of more than 40,000 employees and administers an
1-15 annual budget of $2.3 billion; and
1-16 WHEREAS, Imbued with a deep sense of professionalism and
1-17 integrity, Mr. Scott has respected the taxpayers' dollars by
1-18 implementing major reforms in the management of purchasing,
1-19 construction, and contract operations and in the management of the
1-20 agency's finances; and
1-21 WHEREAS, He has also instituted aggressive new policies to
1-22 ensure equal employment opportunity, cultural diversity, and the
1-23 elimination of sexual harrassment in the workplace, and has created
1-24 an Advisory Council on Ethics to increase staff awareness of
2-1 ethical issues and to facilitate the practice of ethical behavior;
2-2 and
2-3 WHEREAS, Mr. Scott has ably guided the agency toward the
2-4 achievement of its goals and advocated the revision of the
2-5 organization's mission statement in order to reflect its newly
2-6 strengthened commitment to crime victims; and
2-7 WHEREAS, To afford offenders the broadest range of
2-8 rehabilitation opportunities, Wayne Scott has introduced several
2-9 innovative treatment programs, most notably the Inner Change
2-10 Freedom Initiative, which was begun in 1996 as the first
2-11 faith-based pre-release program in a penal institution in the
2-12 United States; and
2-13 WHEREAS, Offenders now provide more than 280,000 hours of
2-14 work each month in community service through cooperative programs
2-15 that Mr. Scott has promoted between the department and local
2-16 communities; moreover, the agency has entered into a partnership
2-17 with Habitat for Humanity, and it supplies 2.5 million pounds of
2-18 food each year to Texas food banks; and
2-19 WHEREAS, By his personal example, Mr. Scott has encouraged
2-20 community involvement among department employees, who have in turn
2-21 volunteered their time and resources to the fund-raising activities
2-22 of the Correctional Peace Officers Foundation, State Employee
2-23 Charitable Campaign, and Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch
2-24 Run; and
2-25 WHEREAS, He has actively pursued accreditation for the
2-26 department's confinement facilities from the American Correctional
2-27 Association, resulting in accreditation for 15 state-operated
3-1 facilities and 7 privately operated facilities, and the
3-2 establishment of a program to gain accreditation for all
3-3 institutional units; under Mr. Scott's directorship, the Texas
3-4 Department of Criminal Justice has also received four Awards of
3-5 Excellence from the American Correctional Association; and
3-6 WHEREAS, This nationally recognized expert in the field of
3-7 corrections has served as a resource for correctional professionals
3-8 around the country; in 1997 the Texas Public Employees Association
3-9 honored him as its Texas State Administrator of the Year, and in
3-10 2000 Sam Houston State University conferred on him its
3-11 Distinguished Alumnus award; and
3-12 WHEREAS, The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has indeed
3-13 been fortunate to enjoy the leadership of this longtime agency
3-14 veteran, who has adhered to the highest standards of correctional
3-15 practice; now, therefore, be it
3-16 RESOLVED, That the 77th Legislature of the State of Texas
3-17 hereby honor Wayne Scott for his exemplary record of achievement at
3-18 the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and express to him its
3-19 deep appreciation for his service and dedication to the people of
3-20 this state.
Haggerty
Allen
Laney Goodman Merritt
Alexander Goolsby Miller
Allen Gray Moreno of Harris
Averitt Green Moreno of El Paso
Bailey Grusendorf Morrison
Berman Gutierrez Mowery
Bonnen Haggerty Naishtat
Bosse Hamric Najera
Brimer Hardcastle Nixon
Brown of Kaufman Hartnett Noriega
Brown of Brazos Hawley Oliveira
Burnam Heflin Olivo
Callegari Hilbert Pickett
Capelo Hilderbran Pitts
Carter Hill Puente
Chavez Hinojosa Ramsay
Chisum Hochberg Rangel
Christian Hodge Raymond
Clark Homer Reyna of Bexar
Coleman Hope Reyna of Dallas
Cook Hopson Ritter
Corte Howard Sadler
Counts Hunter Salinas
Crabb Hupp Seaman
Craddick Isett Shields
Crownover Janek Smith
Danburg Jones of Lubbock Smithee
Davis of Harris Jones of Bexar Solis
Davis of Dallas Jones of Dallas Solomons
Delisi Junell Swinford
Denny Keel Talton
Deshotel Keffer Telford
Driver King of Parker Thompson
Dukes King of Uvalde Tillery
Dunnam Kitchen Truitt
Dutton Kolkhorst Turner of Coleman
Edwards Krusee Turner of Harris
Ehrhardt Kuempel Uher
Eiland Lewis of Tarrant Uresti
Elkins Lewis of Orange Villarreal
Ellis Longoria Walker
Farabee Luna West
Farrar McCall Williams
Flores McClendon Wilson
Gallego McReynolds Wise
Garcia Madden Wohlgemuth
George Marchant Wolens
Geren Martinez Fischer Woolley
Giddings Maxey Yarbrough
Glaze Menendez Zbranek
_______________________________ _______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.C.R. No. 308 was adopted by the House on May
24, 2001, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.C.R. No. 308 was adopted by the Senate on
May 27, 2001, by a viva-voce vote.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________________
Date
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Governor