H.R. No. 2272


R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Rafael Quintanilla of Austin has distinguished himself through his outstanding contributions as a board member of both the Mexican American Legislative Caucus and the Mexican American Legislative Leadership Foundation; and WHEREAS, A program attorney with the Texas Workers' Compensation Committee, Mr. Quintanilla is a former chair of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and board member of People's Community Clinic; and WHEREAS, This dedicated public servant earned his undergraduate degree in government and economics from The University of Texas at Austin and received his law degree from the UT School of Law; he was recently reelected to the board of trustees of Austin Community College for a six-year term after serving as board chair for two years; and WHEREAS, Through his leadership as a board member of the Mexican American Legislative Caucus and the Mexican American Legislative Leadership Foundation, Mr. Quintanilla continues to build on a notable record of service that will have a positive and lasting effect for the citizens of this state for generations to come; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas Legislature hereby recognize Rafael Quintanilla for his exemplary service as a board member of the Mexican American Legislative Caucus and the Mexican American Legislative Leadership Foundation and commend him for his commitment to furthering the work of these vital organizations; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for Mr. Quintanilla as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Gallego 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 Straus Dukes King of Parker Swinford Dunnam King of Zavala Talton Dutton Kolkhorst Taylor Edwards Krusee Thompson Eiland Kuempel Truitt Eissler Laney Turner Elkins Laubenberg Uresti Escobar Leibowitz Van Arsdale Farabee Luna Veasey Farrar Madden Villarreal Flores Martinez Vo Flynn Martinez Fischer West Frost McCall Wong Gallego McClendon Woolley Gattis McReynolds Zedler ______________________________ Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 2272 was adopted by the House on May 30, 2005, by a non-record vote. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House