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S.C.R. No. 44
1 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The Texas Legislative Council is marking the 60th
3 anniversary of its founding in 2009; and
4 WHEREAS, Created by statute in 1949, the council was
5 established to gather information for the use of the legislature
6 and to assist in drafting legislation; the agency operates under
7 the guidance of a 14-member governing body composed of the
8 lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house, who serve as joint
9 chairs, together with the chair of the house administration
10 committee, five other state representatives, and six senators; the
11 agency's executive director oversees the council staff, which is
12 organized into six major divisions: administration, document
13 production, information systems, legal, policy and planning, and
14 research; and
15 WHEREAS, Through the years, the council has continued to
16 evolve to meet the needs of the legislative branch; today, its staff
17 conducts research, drafts legislation, provides computer services,
18 offers technical support for redistricting, produces publications,
19 reports, and maps, and maintains a number of public and legislative
20 websites; moreover, the council is responsible for the engrossing
21 and enrolling of house bills and resolutions and for the
22 distribution of all house documents; additionally, since 1963 the
23 council has been charged with operating a permanent statutory
24 revision program that involves reorganizing the statutes in topical
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