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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Shannon K. McClendon of Dripping Springs completed |
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an outstanding tenure on the Texas Board of Professional Engineers |
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in January 2011; and |
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WHEREAS, Appointed by Governor Rick Perry to the TBPE in |
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December 2002, she benefited the board as a member of its licensing, |
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legislative issues, and general issues committees, and she further |
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distinguished herself as interim secretary during July and August |
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2008 and as board secretary from August 2008 until January 2011; and |
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WHEREAS, This accomplished Texan previously served the state |
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as a member of the board of directors of the Electric Reliability |
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Council of Texas and as the residential consumer representative on |
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that organization's Technical Advisory Committee; and |
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WHEREAS, After earning her bachelor's degree from the |
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University of Houston--Clear Lake, Ms. McClendon worked at NASA, |
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Texas Instruments, and Texas A&M University before earning her law |
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degree from the University of Houston; now a private attorney |
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specializing in the electric industry, she has served as senior |
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regulatory counsel for the Texas-New Mexico Power Company and as |
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associate public counsel at the Texas Office of Public Utility |
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Counsel; and |
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WHEREAS, In addition to her busy professional life, Ms. |
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McClendon has been a board member of the Hill Country Republican |
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Women PAC, president of the University of Houston Alumni |
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Association--Austin UH Club, and vice president of the Texas |
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Ratepayers' Organization to Save Energy; she is also a member of the |
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State Bar of Texas, the Gulf Coast Power Association, and the Lady |
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Bird Johnson Wildflower Center; and |
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WHEREAS, Shannon McClendon's leadership during her tenure on |
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the TBPE has greatly benefited her fellow Texans, and she may indeed |
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reflect with pride on her contributions to the board's important |
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work; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
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Legislature hereby commend Shannon K. McClendon for her exemplary |
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service on the Texas Board of Professional Engineers and extend to |
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her sincere best wishes for continued success and happiness; and, |
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be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. McClendon as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |