H.C.R. No. 39
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Leonard J. Reese, who is retiring from the Texas
Legislative Council on January 31, 2005, after more than 26 years
with that organization, has rendered exceptional service to the
people of the Lone Star State; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Reese has devoted the whole of his professional
career to the council, having joined the TLC legal division in
October 1978, shortly after completing law school; within 11 years
he had become deputy director of the division, and in 2000 he was
appointed division director and general counsel; named assistant
executive director of the TLC in November 2003, he has guided the
agency with great ability and dedication; and
WHEREAS, His professional affiliations include the National
Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, with which he
has been associated since 1979; he has served as a commissioner of
that organization since 2001, and he also holds a seat on the Texas
Commission on Uniform State Laws; and
WHEREAS, Born in 1947, Mr. Reese graduated from South Oak
Cliff High School in Dallas in 1966; he earned a bachelor's degree
with honors in mathematics from The University of Texas at
Arlington in 1970 and a master's degree in education, guidance, and
counseling from Eastern Illinois University in 1974; after
attending law school for a year at the University of Illinois, he
transferred to The University of Texas School of Law and graduated
with honors in 1978; and
WHEREAS, With his undergraduate education behind him, Mr.
Reese served in the United States Air Force from 1971 to 1974;
during his term in the military he provided weather training as part
of his duties, and the skill and thoroughness with which he carried
out that assignment earned him designation as Instructor of the
Year in 1973; and
WHEREAS, Leonard Reese and his wife, Rebecca Yohe, met at the
council in 1984 and married in 1992; they are the proud parents of a
son, William Jefferson Reese; in addition to the time and concern
that he devotes to his family and to the council, Mr. Reese also
lends his active support to the First United Methodist Church of
Austin, where he helps teach fourth-grade and fifth-grade students;
and
WHEREAS, Over the course of his more than 2-1/2 decades with
the TLC, Leonard Reese has worked hard to support the efforts of the
legislature, bringing to the tasks before him a keen legal mind and
commitment to excellence; those same qualities, together with an
irrepressibly droll sense of humor, have also long inspired the
best efforts of his colleagues and staff, and as he steps down from
his present office, it is appropriate to honor him for his
outstanding tenure; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the 79th Legislature of the State of Texas
hereby honor Leonard J. Reese as he retires from the office of
assistant executive director and general counsel of the Texas
Legislative Council and extend to him deep appreciation for his
many years of exemplary public service; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Mr. Reese as an expression of high regard by the Texas
House of Representatives and Senate.
Van Arsdale
Craddick Geren Menendez
Allen of Harris Giddings Merritt
Allen of Dallas Gonzales Miller
Alonzo Gonzalez Toureilles Moreno of Harris
Anchia Goodman Moreno of El Paso
Anderson Goolsby Morrison
Bailey Griggs Mowery
Baxter Grusendorf Naishtat
Berman Guillen Nixon
Blake Haggerty Noriega
Bohac Hamilton Oliveira
Bonnen Hamric Olivo
Branch Hardcastle Orr
Brown of Kaufman Harper-Brown Otto
Brown of Brazos Hartnett Paxton
Burnam Hegar Pena
Callegari Herrero Phillips
Campbell Hilderbran Pickett
Casteel Hill Pitts
Castro Hochberg Puente
Chavez Hodge Quintanilla
Chisum Homer Raymond
Coleman Hope Reyna
Cook of Navarro Hopson Riddle
Cook of Colorado Howard Ritter
Corte Hughes Rodriguez
Crabb Hunter Rose
Crownover Hupp Seaman
Davis of Harris Isett Smith of Tarrant
Davis of Dallas Jackson Smith of Harris
Dawson Jones of Lubbock Smithee
Delisi Jones of Dallas Solis
Denny Keel Solomons
Deshotel Keffer of Dallas Strama
Driver Keffer of Eastland Swinford
Dukes King of Parker Talton
Dunnam King of Zavala Taylor
Dutton Kolkhorst Thompson
Edwards Krusee Truitt
Eiland Kuempel Turner
Eissler Laney Uresti
Elkins Laubenberg Van Arsdale
Escobar Leibowitz Veasey
Farabee Luna Villarreal
Farrar Madden Vo
Flores Martinez West
Flynn Martinez Fischer Wong
Frost McCall Woolley
Gallego McClendon Zedler
Gattis McReynolds
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.C.R. No. 39 was adopted by the House on
January 27, 2005, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.C.R. No. 39 was adopted by the Senate on
January 27, 2005, by a viva-voce vote.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor