H.R. No. 515
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, The Texas Junior College Student Government
Association, comprising numerous institutions of higher learning
and representing more than 450,000 students, provides a valuable
forum for student leaders at junior and community colleges
throughout the state; and
WHEREAS, Each spring, in pursuit of educational
opportunities and exchanges among participating member schools,
the association holds an annual convention attended by
approximately 400 to 500 students; and
WHEREAS, In alternating years, the association traditionally
has met in the chamber of the Texas House of Representatives in
Austin, where attendees use the final day to pass resolutions and to
elect officers for the coming year; and
WHEREAS, The Texas Junior College Student Government
Association has again requested that privilege to be exercised on
April 17, 2005; and
WHEREAS, It is appropriate that the Texas House of
Representatives show its support for this exemplary organization
and help cultivate the leaders of the future; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas
Legislature, in accordance with house rules and the policies of the
Committee on House Administration, hereby grant permission to the
Texas Junior College Student Government Association to use the
house chamber on April 17, 2005, from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m., provided
the house is not in session at that time.
Swinford
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 515 was adopted by the House on April
7, 2005, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House