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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Our esteemed colleague, the Honorable Toni Rose, is |
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celebrating her 49th birthday on February 3, 2017; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in 1968, Toni Rose was first elected to |
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represent Texas House District 110 in 2012; she has authored |
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legislation to improve senior access to transportation, children's |
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health care, access to mental health services, and emergency |
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preparedness management; she has served as vice chair of the House |
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Committee on Human Services, as a member of the Select Committees on |
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Mental Health and Child Protection, and as a member of both the |
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Rules and Resolutions and Juvenile Justice and Family Issues |
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Committees; in addition, she has served as secretary to the Texas |
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Legislative Black Caucus and as treasurer and deputy whip of the |
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Texas House Democratic Caucus; and |
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WHEREAS, Representative Rose has benefited her fellow Dallas |
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residents through her work on the Planning and Zoning Commission, |
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the Judicial Nominating Commission, the Martin Luther King Jr. |
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Community Center Board, and the North Central Texas Council of |
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Governments Executive Board; she has also given generously of her |
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time and expertise as a member of the Moorland Branch YMCA Board, |
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Dallas Development Board for Texan Can Academies, United Negro |
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College Fund North Texas Leadership Council, and the Dallas County |
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Local Emergency Planning Committee; moreover, she has served in |
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leadership roles with Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated and |
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many other organizations; the recipient of numerous accolades, |
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Representative Rose was honored in 2015 with both the Prism Award |
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from Mental Health America of Greater Dallas and the Mental Health |
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Advocate Award from the National Alliance on Mental Illness Dallas; |
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she holds a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from Paul Quinn |
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College; and |
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WHEREAS, Toni Rose has earned the lasting respect and |
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appreciation of her colleagues and fellow Texans, and it is indeed a |
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pleasure to honor her on this joyous occasion; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate the Honorable Toni Rose on her 49th |
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birthday and extend to her sincere best wishes for continued |
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happiness; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Representative Rose as an expression of high regard by |
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the Texas House of Representatives. |