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 1-2                          SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 46
 1-3           WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas joins the Texas
 1-4     Department of Insurance and Commissioner Jose Montemayor in
 1-5     honoring the longtime service of 27 exemplary employees; and
 1-6           WHEREAS, By ensuring that a $65-billion industry is
 1-7     regulated, the Texas Department of Insurance performs an
 1-8     invaluable service, and the agency depends on the hard work
 1-9     and dedication of its employees to carry out its important
1-10     function; and
1-11           WHEREAS, Those who have served the Texas Department of
1-12     Insurance for 20 or more years are held in especially high regard,
1-13     for their accumulated expertise enables the agency to perform its
1-14     duties with the highest degree of professionalism; and
1-15           WHEREAS, The Texas Department of Insurance paid tribute to
1-16     the 27 men and women who have been employed 20 or more years by
1-17     the agency in a ceremony held on January 17, 2001; and
1-18           WHEREAS, Helping to guide the insurance commissioners
1-19     through difficult times, providing expert advice to consumers in
1-20     need, enforcing insurance laws, monitoring the financial health
1-21     of companies, assisting in fraud investigations, tending to
1-22     the technical needs of the agency, licensing new agents, and
1-23     developing stronger fire safety measures are but of few essential
 2-1     and praiseworthy tasks these 27 individuals have performed; and
 2-2           WHEREAS, The State of Texas is indeed fortunate to have
 2-3     such dedicated employees attending to insurance regulation in
 2-4     this state; these men and women are deserving of the highest
 2-5     commendation; now, therefore, be it
 2-6           RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas hereby
 2-7     recognize Debbie Bowden, Elaine Cabrera, Carol Ann Carl,
 2-8     Mark Cheney, Mary Chung, Kathy Graf, Beatrice Hawkins, Dina R. Hawn,
 2-9     Helene Liming, Elizabeth A. Louviere, Aejaz Ahmed Palejwala,
2-10     Jose Elias Rosales, Richard Charles Watson, Cynthia Barrientes,
2-11     Nelda J. Biggs-Brasher, G. Mike Davis, Lois McElwain, Nancy Simpson,
2-12     Jerry Starr, Stan Wedel, Richard Baker, Janet Brewster,
2-13     Isabel Paz Campos, Laverne Chase, Sharon Suzanne Marshall,
2-14     Judy Ranum, and Jerome C. Schwab for their many years of service
2-15     to the Texas Department of Insurance; and, be it further
2-16           RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for
2-17     these 27 individuals as an expression of deepest gratitude from
2-18     the Texas Senate.
2-19                                                              Barrientos
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2-21                                          President of the Senate
2-22                                       I hereby certify that the above
2-23                                  Resolution was adopted by the Senate
2-24                                  on January 22, 2001.
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2-26                                          Secretary of the Senate
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2-28                                           Member, Texas Senate