By Uher                                               H.R. No. 1443
         77R16581 MMS-D                           
                                 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.