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1-1 WHEREAS, Billy Hamilton, deputy comptroller of public
1-2 accounts, has had a long and distinguished career that has spanned
1-3 three decades and three Texas comptrollers: Bob Bullock, John
1-4 Sharp, and Carole Keeton Rylander; and
1-5 WHEREAS, For nine years, Mr. Hamilton has demonstrated his
1-6 outstanding leadership skills as deputy comptroller, and for his
1-7 exemplary work he was given the Administrator of the Year Award by
1-8 the Texas State Agency Business Administrators Association; he has
1-9 also served as executive director for the Select Committee on Tax
1-10 Equity and as chief revenue estimator of Texas, and he survived the
1-11 tax reform of the 75th Texas Legislature; and
1-12 WHEREAS, This esteemed gentleman organized and managed the
1-13 nationally recognized Texas Performance Reviews of 1991, 1993,
1-14 1994, and 1996, identifying a combined total of more than $11.5
1-15 billion in potential savings while ensuring numerous improvements
1-16 in the performance of state government; and
1-17 WHEREAS, Mr. Hamilton designed, planned, and directed the
1-18 Texas Information Technology (IT) Academy, a collaborative effort
1-19 between state government agencies and the private sector to help
1-20 the state recruit, train, and retain IT workers while also
1-21 expanding the private IT labor pool in Texas; moreover, he created
1-22 the Agency's Renaissance Project: Rethinking the Way We Do
1-23 Business, invoking a new period of employee creativity,
1-24 inventiveness, and innovation to improve service to citizens of
2-1 Texas, and this project has now expanded to include the annual Idea
2-2 Fair; and
2-3 WHEREAS, Recognized for his expertise in tax administration
2-4 and financial management, Mr. Hamilton is the past president and
2-5 current board member of the National Tax Association and the
2-6 National Federation of Tax Administrators; he was the first
2-7 recipient of the Bob Bullock Award for Public Stewardship presented
2-8 by the Government Technology Conference; and
2-9 WHEREAS, This McGregor, Texas, native graduated from The
2-10 University of Texas at Austin with highest honors and the Lyndon B.
2-11 Johnson School of Public Affairs, and the LBJ School presented him
2-12 its first Distinguished Alumni Award; Mr. Hamilton is a devoted
2-13 husband and father, and he and his wife, Chris, have raised three
2-14 outstanding children: Kelly, Michael, and Mark; and
2-15 WHEREAS, Referencing the contributions of Billy Hamilton to
2-16 the State of Texas evokes an expression he is wont to use: "It's
2-17 like eating potato chips--or Krispy Kreme Doughnuts: Once you
2-18 start, it's hard to stop"; now, therefore, be it
2-19 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 77th Texas
2-20 Legislature hereby honor Billy Hamilton on the occasion of his 50th
2-21 birthday and extend to him sincere best wishes for continued
2-22 success and happiness in all his endeavors.
Junell
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
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 725 was adopted by the House on April
9, 2001, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House