By: Cain S.C.R. No. 4
1-1 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
1-2 WHEREAS, It is a time-honored custom that the portrait of
1-3 each outgoing Governor of the State of Texas be hung in the Texas
1-4 Capitol along with those of previous Texas governors; and
1-5 WHEREAS, Governor George W. Bush, 46th Governor of the State
1-6 of Texas, resigned as governor after his election as President of
1-7 the United States; now, therefore, be it
1-8 RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, the House of
1-9 Representatives concurring, That the 77th Legislature direct that a
1-10 suitable portrait of Governor George W. Bush be placed in an
1-11 appropriate location in the Texas Capitol with the portraits of
1-12 other governors of Texas; the portrait and the charge for such
1-13 portrait may be made by an artist agreeable with Governor Bush, the
1-14 lieutenant governor, the Chairman of the Committee on
1-15 Administration of the Senate, the speaker of the house of
1-16 representatives, and the Chairman of the House Administration
1-17 Committee; before the portrait is accepted and placed by the State
1-18 Preservation Board, it shall have the approval of the lieutenant
1-19 governor, the Chairman of the Committee on Administration of the
1-20 Senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the
1-21 Chairman of the House Administration Committee; and, be it further
1-22 RESOLVED, That a sufficient sum of money be provided through
1-23 the Committee on Administration of the Senate and the House
1-24 Administration Committee of the House of Representatives to pay the
2-1 artist's charges for the portrait.