R E S O L U T I O N 1-1 WHEREAS, February 17, 1999, marks the birthday of our 1-2 esteemed colleague, the Honorable Harold V. Dutton, Jr., and it 1-3 gives the members of this chamber great pleasure to acknowledge him 1-4 on this auspicious occasion; and 1-5 WHEREAS, A native of Houston's Fifth Ward, Representative 1-6 Dutton is a proud graduate of Phillis Wheatley High School and 1-7 Texas Southern University, from which he earned a bachelor's degree 1-8 in accounting in 1966, and he was designated a distinguished 1-9 alumnus by that university; and 1-10 WHEREAS, This esteemed public servant also graduated from the 1-11 Thurgood Marshall School of Law and currently serves the university 1-12 as an adjunct professor; he operates a private legal practice in 1-13 Houston and is a member of the Texas Bar Association, the Houston 1-14 Bar Association, the Texas Trial Lawyers Association, and the 1-15 American Trial Lawyers Association; and 1-16 WHEREAS, Representative Dutton's professional career has also 1-17 encompassed employment with Conoco, Inc., and service as the 1-18 president of Four Star Broadcasting; granted a license to construct 1-19 and operate an independent UHF television station in Houston in 1-20 1986, he later hosted the television show "Sunday Night Journal," 1-21 which featured guests of local and national interest; and 1-22 WHEREAS, Representative Dutton is now in his eighth term in 1-23 the Texas House of Representatives, which he currently serves as 1-24 co-chairman of the Joint Select Committee on Historically 2-1 Underutilized Businesses and as vice chairman of the Public 2-2 Education Committee and the House Democratic Caucus; in addition, 2-3 he is an esteemed member of the House Calendars Committee, the 2-4 House Committee on Civil Practices, the Select Committee on 2-5 Constitutional Revision, the Steering Committee for the House 2-6 Research Organization, the Legislative Study Group, the Legislative 2-7 Black Caucus, and the Harris County Delegation; and 2-8 WHEREAS, Representative Dutton's myriad legislative 2-9 accomplishments include successful sponsorship of Texas' first 2-10 statutory program for women-owned and minority-owned businesses and 2-11 initiatives addressing public education improvements and insurance 2-12 availability and affordability; his achievements have earned him 2-13 recognition as Legislator of the Year by the Forward Times 2-14 Newspaper, the Houston Police Officers Association, the Harris 2-15 County Deputy Sheriff's Association, and the Afro-American Deputy 2-16 Sheriff's Association; and 2-17 WHEREAS, Throughout his many years of legislative service, 2-18 Representative Dutton has played an active role in making this 2-19 state a better place in which to live, work, and raise a family, 2-20 and the occasion of his birthday provides a fitting opportunity to 2-21 honor him; now, therefore, be it 2-22 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 76th Texas 2-23 Legislature hereby congratulate the Honorable Harold V. Dutton, 2-24 Jr., on the joyous occasion of his birthday and extend to him 2-25 sincere best wishes for continued success and happiness; and, be it 2-26 further 2-27 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 3-1 prepared for Representative Dutton as an expression of highest 3-2 regard by his colleagues in the Texas House of Representatives. Farrar Laney Glaze Moreno of El Paso Alexander Goodman Morrison Allen Goolsby Mowery Alvarado Gray Naishtat Averitt Green Najera Bailey Greenberg Nixon Berman Grusendorf Noriega Bonnen Gutierrez Oliveira Bosse Haggerty Olivo Brimer Hamric Palmer Brown of Kaufman Hardcastle Pickett Brown of Brazos Hartnett Pitts Burnam Hawley Puente Capelo Heflin Ramsay Carter Hilbert Rangel Chavez Hilderbran Reyna of Bexar Chisum Hill Reyna of Dallas Christian Hinojosa Ritter Clark Hochberg Sadler Coleman Hodge Salinas Cook Homer Seaman Corte Hope Shields Counts Howard Siebert Crabb Hunter Smith Craddick Hupp Smithee Crownover Isett Solis of Cameron Cuellar Janek Solis of Bexar Culberson Jones of Brazos Solomons Danburg Jones of Lubbock Staples Davis of Harris Jones of Dallas Swinford Davis of Dallas Junell Talton Delisi Keel Telford Denny Keffer Thompson Deshotel King of Parker Tillery Driver King of Uvalde Truitt Dukes Krusee Turner of Coleman Dunnam Kuempel Turner of Harris Edwards Lengefeld Uher Ehrhardt Lewis of Tarrant Uresti Eiland Lewis of Orange Van de Putte Elkins Longoria Walker Ellis Luna West Farabee McCall Williams Farrar McClendon Wilson Flores McReynolds Wise Gallego Madden Wohlgemuth Garcia Marchant Wolens George Maxey Woolley Giddings Merritt Yarbrough Moreno of Harris Zbranek _______________________________ Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 198 was adopted by the House on February 17, 1999, by a non-record vote. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House