By: Cain S.C.R. No. 4
2001S0109/1
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
1-1 WHEREAS, It is a time-honored custom that the portrait of
1-2 each outgoing Governor of the State of Texas be hung in the Texas
1-3 Capitol along with those of previous Texas governors; and
1-4 WHEREAS, Governor George W. Bush, 46th Governor of the State
1-5 of Texas, resigned as governor after his election as President of
1-6 the United States; now, therefore, be it
1-7 RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, the House of
1-8 Representatives concurring, That the 77th Legislature direct that a
1-9 suitable portrait of Governor George W. Bush be placed in an
1-10 appropriate location in the Texas Capitol with the portraits of
1-11 other governors of Texas; the portrait and the charge for such
1-12 portrait may be made by an artist agreeable with Governor Bush, the
1-13 lieutenant governor, the Chairman of the Committee on
1-14 Administration of the Senate, the speaker of the house of
1-15 representatives, and the Chairman of the House Administration
1-16 Committee; before the portrait is accepted and placed by the State
1-17 Preservation Board, it shall have the approval of the lieutenant
1-18 governor, the Chairman of the Committee on Administration of the
1-19 Senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the
1-20 Chairman of the House Administration Committee; and, be it further
1-21 RESOLVED, That a sufficient sum of money be provided through
1-22 the Committee on Administration of the Senate and the House
1-23 Administration Committee of the House of Representatives to pay the
1-24 artist's charges for the portrait.