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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Successfully meeting the needs of the legislature |
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over the course of a 140-day regular session is a challenging task |
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taken on every two years by the staff of the legislative support |
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agencies, including the Texas Legislative Council; and |
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WHEREAS, Each odd-numbered year, legislators travel to the |
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Capitol from across the Lone Star State to represent their |
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constituents; helping them are the members of the council's |
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information systems division, whose skilled technical services |
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crew ensures that offices are equipped with needed PCs, printers, |
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and software; the division's Computer Support Center provides |
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training designed to serve everyone from the most technically adept |
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clients to those with little to no experience, and the division's |
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technical support staff and CSC operators lend their expertise over |
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the phone or dispatch one of the council computer consultants to an |
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office to provide assistance; others among the IS staff are at work |
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developing and supporting such custom network and web applications |
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as LMS, CMS, MSS, TLIS, TLO, and RedAppl to accomplish ever more |
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diverse tasks; and |
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WHEREAS, The hardworking attorneys, legal assistants, |
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editors, and support staff of the legal division help to craft |
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proposed bills and constitutional amendments, substitutes, |
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amendments, conference committee reports, and miscellaneous |
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drafts; the division's legal editing team also performs a dual role |
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by carrying out the engrossing and enrolling duties for the house; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, The research division of the TLC is composed of |
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policy issue researchers, statistical analysts, writers, |
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webmasters, mapmakers, and database specialists; during the |
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session, these staffers produced numerous senate and house |
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amendment and conference committee side-by-side analyses, bill |
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analyses for house committees, and policy, congratulatory, and |
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memorial resolutions; they also provided support for redistricting |
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and maintained Capweb and the Texas Redistricting websites; and |
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WHEREAS, Supporting the legal and research divisions in their |
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efforts to meet the needs of the legislature are members of the |
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TLC's document production staff; expertly producing and |
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distributing approximately 25,000 drafts, as well as over 9,000 |
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house official printings and other documents this session are the |
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employees of the data transcription, graphics, proofreading, print |
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shop, document processing, and document distribution sections; and |
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WHEREAS, None of these achievements would be possible were it |
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not for the human resources department, whose personnel played a |
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vital role in helping to hire the 140 extra employees needed |
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agency-wide to handle the workload of the session, and the |
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administration staff, who keep all divisions running smoothly |
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during the session; and |
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WHEREAS, Council staff strive to bring to their duties |
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accuracy, creativity, knowledge, and technical expertise, and they |
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serve the legislature, and thereby the citizens of this state, to |
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the very best of their abilities; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
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Legislature hereby recognize the staff of the Texas Legislative |
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Council for their efforts in behalf of the legislative branch of |
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government and the Lone Star State; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the staff of the council as an expression of high |
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regard by the Texas House of Representatives. |
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Geren |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 2818 was adopted by the House on May |
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30, 2011, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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