2016
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       HOUSE RESOLUTION 16-1003
       
       BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Hullinghorst,  Arndt, Becker K.,
       Buckner, Court, Duran, Esgar, Fields, Garnett, Ginal, Hamner,
       Kagan, Kraft-Tharp, Lebsock, Lee, Lontine, McCann, Melton,
       Mitsch Bush, Moreno, Pabon, Primavera, Rosenthal, Ryden,
       Salazar, Tyler, Vigil, Williams, Winter, Young.
       
          CONCERNING THE APPROVAL BY THE HOUSE OF
       REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SPEAKER'S APPOINTMENT OF
       APRIL JONES 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 April Jones to serve as the House appointee to the
       Commission; and
       
          WHEREAS, Section 5 (2) (f) of article XXIX of the state constitution
       provides that a member of the Commission shall continue to serve until
       a successor has been appointed; and
       
          WHEREAS, Pursuant to this provision, Rosemary Marshall, whose
       term concluded on June 30, 2015, continues to serve on the Commission
       as the appointee of the House of Representatives until her successor is
       appointed; and
       
          
          WHEREAS, The Speaker of the House of Representatives has
       selected April Jones to succeed Commissioner Marshall due to Ms. Jones'
       outstanding qualifications as an individual with integrity and the highest
       ethical standards; and
       
          WHEREAS, Ms. Jones, designated as an unaffiliated elector, is a
       licensed attorney in Colorado, whose Greenwood Village practice is
       limited to family law; and
       
          WHEREAS, Ms. Jones has been recognized in the legal field and in
       the Denver business community as a committed and dedicated family law
       litigator; and
       
          WHEREAS, Ms. Jones is an active member of the legal and non-legal
       communities, having been appointed by Colorado Governor Bill Ritter to
       a six-year term as a Nomination Commissioner for the nomination of
       Justices to the Colorado Supreme Court and Judges to the Colorado Court
       of Appeals; and
       
          WHEREAS, Ms. Jones was also appointed by Colorado Governor Bill
       Owens to serve on the State Board of Marriage and Family Therapists,
       where she served a second term as the Vice Chairman of the Board; and
       
          WHEREAS, Ms. Jones is a member of the Board of Directors for the
       Kempe Foundation, an organization dedicated to preventing child abuse
       and neglect and treating victims of abuse and neglect; and
       
          WHEREAS, Ms. Jones also serves as the current Vice President and
       former President of the Sam Cary Bar Association, a professional
       organization founded over 45 years ago to instill professionalism and
       serve as a vehicle for the exchange of ideas among African-American
       lawyers; and
       
          WHEREAS, Ms. Jones has served as a member of the Board of
       Directors of Colorado Legal Services, an entity that includes the Colorado
       Legal Aid Foundation and the Metro Volunteer Lawyers program, and
       one that is dedicated to providing legal information to low-income
       individuals facing civil legal matters; and 
       
          
          WHEREAS, Ms. Jones is also a founding member of the Board of
       Directors of the American Transplant Foundation, a nonprofit
       organization dedicated to creating donor awareness and increasing organ
       donations in Colorado and nationwide; and
       
          WHEREAS, Ms. Jones has dedicated herself to many other laudable
       endeavors, including having served as the Diversity Chairperson for the
       Arapahoe County Bar Association for two terms, a past executive board
       member of the Colorado Women's Bar Association, and a past member
       of the Inns of Court, a society dedicated to protecting and promoting the
       integrity and quality of the legal profession; and
       
          WHEREAS, On the basis of her dedicated service to the legal and
       non-legal communities of Colorado, as well as her legal knowledge,
       experience, and integrity, April Jones has demonstrated the qualifications
       that will allow her to serve as a respected member of the Commission in
       an exemplary manner and in a way 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 April Jones to the Independent Ethics
       Commission for a term commencing upon the date of the approval of this
       House Resolution by the House of Representatives and ending June 30,
       2019.
       
          Be It Further Resolved, That copies of this House Resolution be sent
       to the Chair of the Independent Ethics Commission, William Leone.
       
       
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       Marilyn Eddins              Dickey Lee Hullinghorst 
       CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE        SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
       OF REPRESENTATIVES                OF REPRESENTATIVES