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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 18



	WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to 

recognize the Honorable Dolores Briones for her years of 

outstanding service to the citizens of El Paso and El Paso County;

and



	WHEREAS, Dolores Briones has taken her dedication to 

public service into the fields of health, education, and human 

services, and by so doing, she has helped to give voice to those 

who are least able to speak for themselves; and



	WHEREAS, Dolores Briones was born and raised in El Paso; 

she graduated from Stanford University in 1974 and earned a master's

degree in social work from The University of Texas at Austin; she 

soon returned to El Paso to raise her family and begin her life's 

work; and



	WHEREAS, She became a member of Leadership El Paso and 

worked in the area of education to help bring funding to

The University of Texas at El Paso; through her work with the

El Paso Interreligious Sponsoring Organization, Dolores uncovered

the historical abuse and exploitation by developers of the families

living in the Third World conditions of the colonias and the 

neglect of these people by officials; her untiring efforts

to expose the squalor of life in the colonias led to policy 

changes, legislation, and funding to aid the residents of these

communities; and



	WHEREAS, Dolores Briones has contributed to the civic life 

of El Paso throughout the years in numerous ways; in 1982, she

was elected to serve on the City Charter Commission to revise

El Paso's city charter, and she served as a casework supervisor 

and program analyst for the El Paso Council on Aging; she is a 

founding member of the Hispanic Women's Network of Texas; and



	WHEREAS, Dolores Briones was elected El Paso County judge 

in 1998, and in 2002, she became the first El Paso County judge to 

be elected to a second term in 24 years; in 2003, she received a 

Texas Association of Counties Best Practices Award for Superior 

Innovation for her "Strong Families Strong Future" initiative; 

and



	WHEREAS, Her other awards include the 2003 National LULAC 

President's Award and the 2005 Civil Rights Award by the

Martin Luther King, Jr., Committee; in 2005, she also received 

the Nolan Richardson Woman of the Year Award and the National 

Good Housekeeping Women in Government Award; now, therefore, be 

it



	RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas,

79th Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby commend

Judge Dolores Briones for her years of exceptional service





to El Paso and the citizens of El Paso County and recognize her

as a treasured citizen of our state; and, be it further



	RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for 

her as an expression of esteem from the Texas Senate.

                                                                       Shapleigh









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    President of the Senate

 

    I hereby certify that the 

above Resolution was adopted by 

the Senate on July 28, 2005.







________________________________ 

    Secretary of the Senate







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     Member, Texas Senate