SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 1012

	WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to 
pay tribute to former State Senator O. H. "Ike" Harris on the 
grand occasion of his 70th birthday on June 5, 2003; and

	WHEREAS, Ike Harris was born in Pittsburg, Texas, 
and "raised on Pittsburg Hot Links"; he was elected to the 
Texas House of Representatives in 1962 and to the Texas Senate 
in 1967, where he served until 1995; and

	WHEREAS, Senator Harris earned a degree in 1960 from 
Southern Methodist University School of Law, where he was 
president of the law school and student body and a member of 
Cycen Fjodr, a men's honorary society, and Barristers, a legal 
honorary society; and

	WHEREAS, He was admitted to the State Bar of Texas in 1960 
and was admitted to practice before the United States District 
Court, the Northern District of Texas, the United States Court 
of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court; 
and

	WHEREAS, During his 27 years in the Senate, he served 
on numerous committees and was chairman of the State Affairs, 
Economic Development, and Jurisprudence committees and 
vice chairman of the Committee of the Whole on Redistricting 
and of the Ethics and Elections and Nominations committees; 
he also served as the vice chairman of the Sunset Advisory 
Commission; and

	WHEREAS, Senator Harris was a member of the National 
Conference of State Legislatures, the Texas Judicial Council, 
the Legislative Natural Resources Board, and the Legislative 
Budget Board; he was an alternate member of the Commerce, Labor, 
and Regulation Committee; and

	WHEREAS, He was successful in passing legislation on 
interstate banking and branch banking, pari-mutuel wagering, 
and insurance reform, and he led the efforts that succeeded 
in making The University of Texas at Dallas a four-year 
institution of higher education; Senator Harris was elected 
president pro tempore of the Senate during the interim of the 
63rd Legislature and served as Dean of the Senate during the 
73rd legislative session; and

	WHEREAS, As an attorney, his area of practice is in 
business and administrative law, and he has served as the 
principal lobbyist for numerous business organizations dealing with 
a wide variety of policy issues, including taxation, economic 
and industrial development, oil and gas, education, and property 
interests; and

	WHEREAS, Ike Harris has been an honorable and dedicated 
public servant and is an esteemed attorney in the Austin 
community, and his many accomplishments are a source of much 
pride to the Senate and the State of Texas; now, therefore, be it

	RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 
78th Legislature, hereby recognize O. H. "Ike" Harris as a 
treasured citizen of Austin and the State of Texas and extend 
best wishes to him on his 70th birthday; and, be it further

	RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for 
him as a token of esteem from the Texas Senate.
                                                                      Barrientos




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    President of the Senate
 
    I hereby certify that the 
above Resolution was adopted by 
the Senate on May 30, 2003.



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    Secretary of the Senate



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     Member, Texas Senate