2013
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       SENATE RESOLUTION 13-006
       
       
       BY SENATOR(S) Morse,  Aguilar, Brophy, Carroll, Crowder, Giron, Heath,
       Hodge, Jahn, Jones, Kefalas, Kerr, Newell, Nicholson, Scheffel, Steadman,
       Tochtrop, Ulibarri.
       
       
          CONCERNING THE APPROVAL BY THE SENATE OF THE
       SENATE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENT OF ROBERT BACON AS
       THE APPOINTEE BY THE SENATE TO THE INDEPENDENT
       ETHICS COMMISSION CREATED IN ARTICLE XXIX OF THE
       STATE CONSTITUTION. 
       
       
          WHEREAS, Section 5 (2) (a) (I) of article XXIX of the state
       constitution provides that one member of the Independent Ethics
       Commission created in section 5 (1) of said article, hereafter referred to
       as the "Commission", shall be appointed by the Colorado Senate, and
       section 24-18.5-101 (2) (a), Colorado Revised Statutes, provides that the
       Senate President shall appoint that member with the approval of
       two-thirds of the members elected to the Senate; and
       
          WHEREAS, Pursuant to the authority granted to the Senate President
       under section 24-18.5-101 (2) (a), Colorado Revised Statutes, the
       President has appointed Robert "Bob" Bacon to serve as the Senate
       appointment to the Commission; and
       
          WHEREAS, Bob Bacon, who is affiliated with the Democratic Party,
       is a retired school teacher, having taught as a high school teacher with the
       Poudre School District for thirty-one years from 1960 to 1991, and at
       Front Range Community College thereafter from 1991 to 1996, and who
       also served on the Poudre School District Board of Education from 1991
       to 1999; and
       
          WHEREAS, Bob Bacon served as a member of the Colorado House
       of Representatives, representing House District 53 for three two-year
       terms, from 1997 through 2002, rising to the post of Assistant Minority
       Leader during his tenure in the House of Representatives and serving on
       the House Education Committee, the House Civil Justice and Judiciary
       Committee, the House Appropriations Committee, and the House State,
       Veterans and Military Affairs Committee, as well as the Legislative
       Council; and
       
          WHEREAS, Bob Bacon later served as a member of the Colorado
       Senate, representing Senate District 14, for two four-year terms, from
       2005 through 2012, and, while a member of the Colorado Senate, served
       as the Chair of the Senate Education Committee, the Vice-Chair of the
       Senate State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee, and as a member
       of the Senate Appropriations Committee, the Senate Judiciary Committee,
       and the Senate Local Government Committee, as well as the Capital
       Development Committee, serving as the Chair of that committee; and
       
          WHEREAS, On the basis of his fourteen years of public service as a
       member of the Colorado General Assembly and his extraordinary career
       as a respected educator for over thirty years, Bob Bacon has demonstrated
       the temperament and personal qualities -- being known for his
       thoughtfulness, fair-mindedness, balanced approach, even-handedness,
       reasonableness, and sound judgment -- that will allow him to carry out his
       duties as a member of the Commission in an unbiased, independent, and
       exemplary manner that will reflect well upon the Senate of the Colorado
       General Assembly, and the State of Colorado; now, therefore,
       
          Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Sixty-ninth General Assembly of
       the State of Colorado:
       
          That the Senate hereby approves the appointment by the Senate
       President of Robert "Bob" Bacon as the appointee by the Senate to the
       Independent Ethics Commission created in section 5 (1) of article XXIX
       of the state constitution, for a term of four years, commencing July 1,
       2013.
       
                    Be It Further Resolved, That copies of this Resolution be sent to the
       members of the Independent Ethics Commission and to the Executive
       Director of the Independent Ethics Commission, Jane T. Feldman, at
       1300 Broadway, Suite 1200, Denver, Colorado 80203.
       
       
       
       
       
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       John P. Morse                         Cindi Markwell
       PRESIDENT OF                            SECRETARY OF
       THE SENATE                                THE SENATE