H.R. No. 494

	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, After nearly three decades of outstanding public
	service, Maria del Carmen Botello Gutierrez retired from the Texas
	Department of Transportation on August 31, 2008; and
	WHEREAS, Carmen Gutierrez was born in Laredo, but she
	relocated to Del Rio at an early age; she joined the Del Rio
	maintenance section of the Texas Department of Transportation in
	October 1979, shortly after graduating from high school; from her
	first position as a maintenance technician, Ms. Gutierrez was
	promoted to positions of greater responsibility, and in 1993, she
	became a district superintendent; by this time, she had also earned
	an associate's degree in business management from Southwest Texas
	Junior College, where she was president of the Alpha Omega Iota
	chapter of Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society; and
	WHEREAS, In 1999, Ms. Gutierrez became the first female in
	the agency's history to be appointed to district equipment
	administrator, and in this role, she oversaw preventive maintenance
	and equipment safety for eight counties; throughout her tenure, she
	traveled across Texas representing the Laredo district and made
	lasting contributions to TxDOT; she initiated preventive
	maintenance campaigns to promote vehicle and operator safety,
	launched a vehicle identification program that was later
	incorporated into the TxDOT equipment operations manual, and
	produced safety training videos; in addition, she helped develop a
	hydraulic configuration for statewide use, and she was praised by
	the occupational safety division for her role in designing a new
	stepladder for trailers; she also introduced awards to recognize
	the exemplary preventive maintenance efforts of individuals
	working in various sections; despite her busy professional life,
	Ms. Gutierrez enrolled in the agency's tuition assistance program
	and graduated magna cum laude from Sul Ross State University in
	2005, with a bachelor's degree in business administration; and
	WHEREAS, This esteemed Texan has been affiliated with a
	number of organizations, including the Del Rio Chamber of Commerce,
	the Texas Public Employees Association, and the American Federation
	of State, County, and Municipal Employees; she became certified as
	a Texas purchaser and an election worker, and she completed the
	Border Patrol Citizens Academy in 2008; moreover, she has served
	her community as a volunteer with Safe Kids Val Verde County and the
	Andale Del Rio community health fair, as a reading tutor, and as a
	board member of the St. Henry de Osso Family Project, and she has
	remained active in her church as a catechist and lector; in all of
	her endeavors, she has enjoyed the love and support of her husband,
	Ruben, and the couple's two children, Ruben James and Carmen
	Christina; and
	WHEREAS, Carmen Gutierrez demonstrated the utmost
	professionalism and dedication throughout her career, and she may
	indeed reflect with great pride on her achievements and on the
	service she has rendered to the Lone Star State; now, therefore, be
	it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
	Legislature hereby honor Maria del Carmen Botello Gutierrez on her
	retirement from the Texas Department of Transportation and extend
	to her sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
	prepared for Ms. Gutierrez as an expression of high regard by the
	Texas House of Representatives.
	Gallego
	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 Peña
	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. 494 was adopted by the House on
	February 26, 2009, by a non-record vote.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House