H.R. No. 239
 
 
 
R E S O L U T I O N
         WHEREAS, Members of the Texas Silver-Haired Legislature are
  visiting the State Capitol on February 10, 2009; and
         WHEREAS, Designed as a model legislature for senior citizens,
  the first Silver-Haired Legislature was organized in Missouri in
  1973, and since that time a number of states have established
  similar programs; and
         WHEREAS, The Texas Silver-Haired Legislature was created in
  1985 with the assistance of enabling legislation passed during the
  69th Texas Legislature, and its inaugural session was gaveled to
  order in September 1986; the Silver-Haired Legislature serves as a
  means of informing older Texans about the legislative process and
  provides a forum where they can discuss issues particularly
  affecting senior citizens; and
         WHEREAS, Included among the visiting delegation is Billie
  Erwin, a leader in the group's Coastal Bend district; this notable
  Texan has served her fellow members with distinction on the
  Executive and Election & Credentials Committees and as vice chair
  of the Retirement & Aging Committee; and
         WHEREAS, For more than two decades, Texans participating in
  the Silver-Haired Legislature have rendered exemplary service to
  their fellow citizens through their thoughtful, insightful
  engagement in a wide array of public policy issues, and this program
  is indeed deserving of recognition and commendation for its
  contributions to the quality of life in the Lone Star State; now,
  therefore, be it
         RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
  Legislature welcome the members of the Texas Silver-Haired
  Legislature to the State Capitol and commend them for their efforts
  in behalf of senior citizens throughout the Lone Star State; and, be
  it further
         RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
  prepared for the group as an expression of high regard by the Texas
  House of Representatives.
 
  Herrero
 
 
Straus Gattis Menendez
 
Allen Geren Merritt
 
Alonzo Giddings Miklos
 
Alvarado Gonzales Miller of Comal
 
Anchia Gonzalez Toureilles Miller of Erath
 
Anderson Guillen Moody
 
Aycock Gutierrez Morrison
 
Berman Hamilton Naishtat
 
Bohac Hancock Oliveira
 
Bolton Hardcastle Olivo
 
Bonnen Harless Orr
 
Branch Harper-Brown Ortiz, Jr.
 
Brown of Kaufman Hartnett Otto
 
Brown of Brazos Heflin Parker
 
Burnam Hernandez Patrick
 
Button Herrero Paxton
 
Callegari Hilderbran Pena
 
Castro Hochberg Phillips
 
Chavez Hodge Pickett
 
Chisum Homer Pierson
 
Christian Hopson Pitts
 
Cohen Howard of Fort Bend Quintanilla
 
Coleman Howard of Travis Raymond
 
Cook Hughes Riddle
 
Corte Hunter Rios Ybarra
 
Crabb Isett Ritter
 
Craddick Jackson Rodriguez
 
Creighton Jones Rose
 
Crownover Keffer Sheffield
 
Darby Kent Shelton
 
Davis of Harris King of Parker Smith of Tarrant
 
Davis of Dallas King of Taylor Smith of Harris
 
Deshotel King of Zavala Smithee
 
Driver Kleinschmidt Solomons
 
Dukes Kolkhorst Strama
 
Dunnam Kuempel Swinford
 
Dutton Laubenberg Taylor
 
Edwards Legler Thibaut
 
Eiland Leibowitz Thompson
 
Eissler Lewis Truitt
 
Elkins Lucio III Turner of Tarrant
 
England Madden Turner of Harris
 
Farabee Maldonado Vaught
 
Farias Mallory Caraway Veasey
 
Farrar Marquez Villarreal
 
Fletcher Martinez Vo
 
Flores Martinez Fischer Walle
 
Flynn McCall Weber
 
Frost McClendon Woolley
 
Gallego McReynolds Zerwas
 
  ______________________________
  Speaker of the House     
 
         I certify that H.R. No. 239 was adopted by the House on
  February 10, 2009, by a non-record vote.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House