R E S O L U T I O N
1-1 WHEREAS, Sharon Carter has rendered exceptional service to
1-2 this chamber during her first year as parliamentarian and her third
1-3 term as chief clerk for the Texas House of Representatives; and
1-4 WHEREAS, In her role as chief clerk, Ms. Carter administers
1-5 the Chief Clerk's Office, with its committee services division, and
1-6 works with the Office of House Bill Analysis, overseeing the
1-7 processing of bills, resolutions, and committee reports and
1-8 coordinating the flow of legislative paperwork; supremely
1-9 organized, with a meticulous understanding of legislative
1-10 procedures, she has handled this assignment with characteristic
1-11 aplomb and dispatch; and
1-12 WHEREAS, Having served since 1989 as assistant
1-13 parliamentarian, Ms. Carter was elevated to the post of
1-14 parliamentarian at the beginning of the 77th Legislature; being a
1-15 woman, she judged that this office would not prove sufficiently
1-16 challenging, so she retained the position of chief clerk as well;
1-17 and
1-18 WHEREAS, Only the third woman to wear the mantle of house
1-19 parliamentarian, she has followed with masterful skill in the
1-20 decisive footsteps of Oveta Culp, later Oveta Culp Hobby, who
1-21 blazed this particular trail for women in the 41st Legislature; and
1-22 WHEREAS, Throughout a session weighted with the additional
1-23 challenge of redistricting, Ms. Carter has maintained a clearheaded
1-24 equanimity and deft assurance in monitoring and adjudicating the
2-1 proceedings of the house, and her even-handed expertise has been
2-2 critical to advancing the work of this body; now, therefore, be it
2-3 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 77th Texas
2-4 Legislature hereby honor Sharon Carter for her exemplary execution
2-5 of the duties of house parliamentarian and chief clerk and express
2-6 to her its deep appreciation for her unfailing judiciousness and
2-7 composure in the eye of the storm; and, be it further
2-8 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
2-9 prepared for Ms. Carter as an expression of highest regard by the
2-10 Texas House of Representatives.
Uher
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. 1443 was adopted by the House on May
28, 2001, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House