R E S O L U T I O N
 1-1           WHEREAS, On February 20, 2001, with more than 23 years of
 1-2     outstanding service to the Lone Star State, Benny Mathis announced
 1-3     his retirement as executive director of the Texas Structural Pest
 1-4     Control Board; and
 1-5           WHEREAS, Since joining the board as an investigator in 1978,
 1-6     and subsequently being promoted to executive director in 1991,
 1-7     Mr. Mathis has worked to implement  regulations, policies, and
 1-8     practices for the pest control industry that helped to establish
 1-9     standards and criteria for Integrated Pest Management throughout
1-10     the state; and
1-11           WHEREAS, As president and longtime board member of the
1-12     Association of Structural Pest Control Regulatory Officials, this
1-13     esteemed Texan has been an emissary to Mexico and to other states
1-14     throughout the United States in his development of the Model
1-15     Technician Training Standards and the Model IPM plan; and
1-16           WHEREAS, He was instrumental in having the Texas Structural
1-17     Pest Control Board designated as the state agency that  oversees
1-18     the federal project known as the "US and Mexico Pesticide
1-19     Information Exchange," a program that ensures cooperation between
1-20     the Mexican and U.S. border states on issues concerning pesticide
1-21     safety, scientific and technological information, and pesticide
1-22     registration, use, and removal; and
1-23           WHEREAS, Mr. Mathis has committed himself to facilitating the
1-24     flow of information among all those potentially affected by pest
 2-1     control practices, including environmentalists, real estate agents,
 2-2     building inspectors, contractors, consumers, businesspersons, and
 2-3     industry members; and
 2-4           WHEREAS, For more than two decades, this esteemed individual
 2-5     has acted with integrity and foresight in promoting the profession
 2-6     of structural pest control in Texas, and his many contributions to
 2-7     this state and the pest control industry will not soon be
 2-8     forgotten; now, therefore, be it
 2-9           RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 77th Texas
2-10     Legislature hereby congratulate Benny Mathis on the occasion of his
2-11     retirement from the Texas Structural Pest Control Board and extend
2-12     to him sincere best wishes for happiness and success in all of his
2-13     future endeavors; and, be it further
2-14           RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
2-15     prepared for Mr. Mathis as an expression of high regard by the
2-16     Texas House of Representatives.
                                                                    Swinford
         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
                                             _______________________________
                                                   Speaker of the House
               I certify that H.R. No. 922 was adopted by the House on May
         2, 2001, by a non-record vote.
                                             _______________________________
                                                 Chief Clerk of the House