TITLE: Commending Larry A. Thomas for his service as a legislative aide in the office of State Representative Toni Rose.

SUMMARY: Commending Larry A. Thomas for his service as a legislative aide in the office of State Representative Toni Rose.

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WHEREAS, Larry A. Thomas has ably served his fellow Texans as a legislative aide in the office of State Representative Toni Rose during the 83rd Legislative Session; and WHEREAS, Mr. Thomas brought to his role a range of experience, including serving as an administrative assistant for the Texas Residential Construction Commission, the Texas Water Development Board, and the Texas Education Agency, and as an executive assistant for the Office of the Fire Fighters' Pension Commissioner; and WHEREAS, An active member of his community, Mr. Thomas has been involved in a number of civic organizations; he served on the advisory panel of the Free Minds Project, a program offering free college-level humanities classes to low-income adults who have faced barriers to higher education, and he was the longtime project director of the Nineteenth Century African American Legislators Monument Project; the monument commemorates 52 African American legislators and delegates to constitutional conventions who contributed to Texas in the late 1800s and now stands in the Texas State Cemetery; and WHEREAS, This outstanding Texan has performed his duties as a legislative aide with skill and dedication, and he is indeed deserving of special recognition; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas Legislature hereby commend Larry A. Thomas for his service as a legislative aide in the office of State Representative Toni Rose and extend to him sincere best wishes for continued success in all his endeavors; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for Mr. Thomas as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Rose Straus M. Gonzalez of El Paso Oliveira Allen N. Gonzalez of El Paso Orr Alonzo Gooden Otto Alvarado Guerra Paddie Anchia Guillen Parker Anderson Gutierrez Patrick Ashby Harless Perez Aycock Harper-Brown Perry Bell Hernandez Luna Phillips Bohac Herrero Pickett Bonnen of Brazoria Hilderbran Pitts Bonnen of Galveston Howard Price Branch Huberty Raney Burkett Hughes Ratliff Burnam Hunter Raymond Button Isaac Reynolds Callegari Johnson Riddle Canales Kacal Ritter Capriglione Keffer Rodriguez of Bexar Carter King of Hemphill Rodriguez of Travis Clardy King of Parker Rose Coleman King of Taylor Sanford Collier King of Zavala Schaefer Cook Kleinschmidt Sheets Cortez Klick Sheffield of Bell Craddick Kolkhorst Sheffield of Coryell Creighton Krause Simmons Crownover Kuempel Simpson Dale Larson Smith Darby Laubenberg Smithee Davis of Dallas Lavender Springer J. Davis of Harris Leach Stephenson S. Davis of Harris Lewis Stickland Deshotel Longoria Strama Dukes Lozano Taylor Dutton Lucio III Thompson of Brazoria Eiland Marquez Thompson of Harris Elkins Martinez Toth Fallon Martinez Fischer Turner of Collin Farias McClendon Turner of Harris Farney Menendez Turner of Tarrant Farrar Miles Villalba Fletcher Miller of Comal Villarreal Flynn Miller of Fort Bend Vo Frank Moody Walle Frullo Morrison White Geren Munoz, Jr. Workman Giddings Murphy Wu Goldman Naishtat Zedler Gonzales Nevarez Zerwas Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 3169 was adopted by the House on May 27, 2013, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House