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.
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Chief Clerk of the House