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  H.R. No. 677
 
 
 
R E S O L U T I O N
         WHEREAS, The Texas House of Representatives is proud to honor
  the Parent Association for the Retarded of Texas, Incorporated, for
  its outstanding work on behalf of persons with mental retardation
  and is pleased to recognize March 4, 2009, as Parent Association for
  the Retarded of Texas Day at the State Capitol; and
         WHEREAS, The Parent Association for the Retarded of Texas is
  an organization of volunteers who are dedicated to preserving,
  improving, and expanding services for persons with mental
  retardation in our state; the association promotes quality services
  for state school residents, the mentally retarded in the state
  center system, and mentally retarded residents in the community;
  and
         WHEREAS, The dedicated members of the Parent Association for
  the Retarded of Texas present the parents' viewpoint to the
  Department of Aging and Disability Services, the state legislature,
  Congress, and the general public; and
         WHEREAS, This association is well known for the support it
  offers to state school employees and its advocacy of new programs to
  meet the unique needs of the retarded; and
         WHEREAS, Members of the Parent Association for the Retarded
  of Texas have been prominently involved in the development of
  programs for persons with mental retardation since the 1950s, and
  they have fought vigorously for improved state schools, state
  centers, special education, and community mental health and mental
  retardation centers; and
         WHEREAS, Today, the Parent Association for the Retarded of
  Texas continues to protect the mentally retarded people of Texas
  and tenaciously places responsibility on caregivers to maintain
  standards for quality care; the organization addresses such issues
  as fiscal accountability and special population needs; and
         WHEREAS, The services provided by the Parent Association for
  the Retarded of Texas have been vital to the welfare of both
  children and adults with mental retardation in our state, and
  members of the association are truly worthy of legislative
  recognition for their exceptional efforts and outstanding
  accomplishments; now, therefore, be it
         RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
  Legislature hereby recognize March 4, 2009, as Parent Association
  for the Retarded of Texas Day at the State Capitol as an expression
  of appreciation for the association's valuable contributions to the
  people of Texas; and, be it further
         RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
  prepared for the Parent Association for the Retarded of Texas,
  Incorporated, as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of
  Representatives.
 
  King of Taylor
  Alvarado
 
 
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 Peńa
 
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. 677 was adopted by the House on March
  4, 2009, by a non-record vote.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House