H.R. No. 233R E S O L U T I O N WHEREAS, For nearly three decades, the members of the Texas Probation Association have provided training, networking opportunities, and advocacy for probation professionals throughout the Lone Star State; and WHEREAS, Established in 1974, the organization represents workers in the nearly 300 adult and juvenile probation departments across the state who are responsible for enforcing court orders, collecting fees, providing offender treatment referrals and counseling, and collecting restitution for victims; and WHEREAS, The Texas Probation Association provides these individuals with a unified voice, empowering them to express their concerns, make public their successes, and articulate their vision for the future; and WHEREAS, The men and women of the Texas Probation Association are committed to improving the state's criminal and juvenile justice system, and their efforts in this regard are helping to build a brighter and more promising future for all Texans; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas Legislature hereby recognize February 19, 2003, as Texas Probation Association Day at the Capitol and extend to the members of that organization sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for the Texas Probation Association as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Ritter Deshotel Craddick Giddings Merritt Allen Goodman Miller Alonzo Goolsby Moreno of Harris Bailey Griggs Moreno of El Paso Baxter Grusendorf Morrison Berman Guillen Mowery Bohac Gutierrez Naishtat Bonnen Haggerty Nixon Branch Hamilton Noriega Brown of Kaufman Hamric Oliveira Brown of Brazos Hardcastle Olivo Burnam Harper-Brown Paxton Callegari Hartnett Pena Campbell Heflin Phillips Canales Hegar Pickett Capelo Hilderbran Pitts Casteel Hill Puente Castro Hochberg Quintanilla Chavez Hodge Rangel Chisum Homer Raymond Christian Hope Reyna Coleman Hopson Riddle Cook of Navarro Howard Ritter Cook of Colorado Hughes Rodriguez Corte Hunter Rose Crabb Hupp Seaman Crownover Isett Smith of Tarrant Davis of Harris Jones of Lubbock Smith of Harris Davis of Dallas Jones of Bexar Smithee Dawson Jones of Dallas Solis Delisi Keel Solomons Denny Keffer of Dallas Stick Deshotel Keffer of Eastland Swinford Driver King Talton Dukes Kolkhorst Taylor Dunnam Krusee Telford Dutton Kuempel Thompson Edwards Laney Truitt Eiland Laubenberg Turner Eissler Lewis Uresti Elkins Luna Van Arsdale Ellis Mabry Villarreal Farabee Madden West Farrar Marchant Wilson Flores Martinez Fischer Wise Flynn McCall Wohlgemuth Gallego McClendon Wolens Garza McReynolds Wong Gattis Menendez Woolley Geren Mercer Zedler ______________________________ Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 233 was adopted by the House on February 19, 2003, by a non-record vote. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House