First Regular Session
               Seventieth General Assembly
                    STATE OF COLORADO
                                                 INTRODUCED
 
 LLS NO. R15-0835.01 Jennifer Gilroy x4327        HR15-1005
                    HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
 Hullinghorst, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 House Committees
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                     HOUSE RESOLUTION 15-1005 
       Concerning the approval by the House of Representatives of
            the Speaker's appointment of Rosemary Marshall to
            the Independent Ethics Commission.
       
       
            WHEREAS, Section 5 (2) (a) (II) of article XXIX of the state
       constitution provides that one member of the Independent Ethics
       Commission created in section 5 (1) of that article, hereafter referred to
       as the "Commission", shall be appointed by the House of Representatives,
       and section 24-18.5-101 (2) (a), Colorado Revised Statutes, provides that
       said appointment shall be made by the Speaker of the House of
       Representatives with the approval of two-thirds of the members elected
       to the House; and
       
            WHEREAS, Pursuant to such authority, Speaker Hullinghorst has
       appointed Rosemary Marshall to serve as the House appointee to the
       Commission; and
       
            WHEREAS, Rosemary Marshall, a Denver native, is currently
       serving on the Commission, having been appointed by the House of
       Representatives in 2013 to fill the vacancy occasioned by the early
       resignation of Dorothy Butcher from the Commission in December of
       2011; and
       
            WHEREAS, Section 5 (2) (e) of article XXIX of the state
       constitution provides that when a member of the Commission is
       appointed to fill an unexpired term, that member's term ends at the same
       time as the term of the person being replaced; and
       
            WHEREAS, Commissioner Marshall's current term will therefore
       end June 30, 2015; and
       
            WHEREAS, Since her appointment in 2013, Commissioner
       Marshall has demonstrated diplomacy, dedication, respect, integrity, and
       professionalism in her service on the Commission; and 
       
            WHEREAS, Prior to her service on the Commission, Rosemary
       Marshall, who is affiliated with the Democratic Party, served as a member
       of the Colorado House of Representatives, representing House District 8,
       for four two-year terms, from 2001 through 2008; and
       
            WHEREAS, Rosemary Marshall, while a member of the Colorado
       General Assembly, also served on the Committee on Ethics appointed by
       Speaker Romanoff during the 2006 legislative session pursuant to Rule
       49 of the Rules of the House of Representatives; and
       
            WHEREAS, Rosemary Marshall was a House prime sponsor of
       Senate Bill 07-210, which legislation implemented article XXIX of the
       state constitution, "Ethics in Government", and a prime sponsor of House
       Joint Resolution 07-1029, concerning a request to the supreme court of
       the state of Colorado to render its opinion on questions regarding Senate
       Bill 07-210; and
       
            WHEREAS, On the basis of her dedicated service on the
       Independent Ethics Commission over the past two years as well as her
       prior public service as a member of the Colorado General Assembly,
       including her service on the House Committee on Ethics and sponsorship
       of ethics legislation, Rosemary Marshall has demonstrated the
       knowledge, experience, fairness, and demeanor that will allow her to
       continue to carry out her duties as a member of the Commission in an
       exemplary manner and in a manner that will reflect well upon the House
       of Representatives, the Colorado General Assembly, and the State of
       Colorado; now, therefore,
       
            Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Seventieth
       General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
       
            That the House of Representatives hereby approves Speaker
       Hullinghorst's appointment of Rosemary Marshall to the Independent
       Ethics Commission for a four-year term commencing July 1, 2015, and
       ending June 30, 2019.
       
            Be It Further Resolved, That copies of this Resolution be sent to
       the members of the Independent Ethics Commission and the Executive
       Director of the Independent Ethics Commission, Amy DeVan.