Bill Text: TX HR2335 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Ann Bishop on her retirement as executive director of the Employees Retirement System of Texas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-05-26 - Reported enrolled [HR2335 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HR2335-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 2335 |
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WHEREAS, Ann S. Bishop is retiring as executive director of | ||
the Employees Retirement System of Texas in 2015, bringing to a | ||
close her outstanding tenure at the agency; and | ||
WHEREAS, Appointed executive director in 2004, Ann Bishop has | ||
skillfully guided the Employees Retirement System in administering | ||
programs that provide retirement, deferred compensation, and | ||
flexible benefits for more than 225,000 state employees and | ||
retirees; moreover, she has played a key role in strengthening the | ||
ERS Trust, an investment portfolio of over $26 billion, and in | ||
adopting new technology that allows the agency to deliver quality | ||
benefits at a reasonable cost; and | ||
WHEREAS, Ms. Bishop previously acted as deputy comptroller | ||
of public accounts and as the first director of the Department of | ||
Information Resources after its creation in 1989; from November | ||
2012 to February 2013, she served as Governor Rick Perry's chief of | ||
staff; additionally, she has operated an independent business | ||
consulting service and was vice president of Transactive | ||
Corporation; and | ||
WHEREAS, In recognition of her noteworthy achievements as a | ||
state administrator, Ms. Bishop has received a Bob Bullock Award | ||
for Outstanding Public Stewardship and an Administrator of the Year | ||
Award from the Texas Public Employees Association; furthermore, she | ||
has been inducted into the Blinn College Hall of Honor; she holds a | ||
business degree from The University of Texas at Austin and a juris | ||
doctor degree from Texas Tech University; and | ||
WHEREAS, Ann Bishop has distinguished herself throughout her | ||
career with the state, and she is indeed deserving of commendation | ||
for her valuable contributions to ERS and the public employees | ||
served by the agency; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby congratulate Ann Bishop on her retirement as | ||
executive director of the Employees Retirement System of Texas and | ||
extend to her sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Ms. Bishop as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
House of Representatives. | ||
Howard | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 2335 was adopted by the House on May | ||
21, 2015, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||