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10 as a co-equal branch of government, and pursuing her
11 untiring resolve to always prepare the highest quality
12 work products for the General Assembly in the shortest
13 time frame possible; and
14 WHEREAS, Diane has been extremely active in
15 representing the Iowa General Assembly in national
16 legislative organizations, including the Education
17 Commission of the States, the National Conference of
18 State Legislatures, and the Council of State
19 Governments; and
20 WHEREAS, Diane was elected to the highest
21 legislative staff position in the nation as the
22 National Conference of State Legislatures' Staff Chair
23 for 2000-2001, representing more than 30,000
24 legislative staff around the country and endeavoring
25 to serve them through the programs and services
26 offered by this dynamic professional association of
27 legislators and staff; and
28 WHEREAS, Diane's other activities for the National
29 Conference of State Legislatures have included serving
30 as a founding member of the Education Staff Network,
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1 serving as the Chair of the Research and Committee
2 Staff Section, serving as Staff Chair of the Assembly
3 on the Legislature and of the Assembly on State
4 Issues, and serving two terms on the Executive
5 Committee; and
6 WHEREAS, Diane has also served as a staff member of
7 the national Executive Committee of the Council of
8 State Governments and worked as the principal
9 legislative staff person and liaison to the Council of
10 State Governments' staff when the Iowa General
11 Assembly hosted the 1992 National Annual Meeting of
12 the Council of State Governments and the 1994
13 Midwestern Legislative Conference Meeting of the
14 Council of State Governments in Des Moines; and
15 WHEREAS, it is fitting that the Senate should
16 recognize Diane's extraordinary and long-term public
17 service, her unsurpassed devotion to the legislature
18 as an institution, her inspiring leadership in the
19 Legislative Service Bureau's fulfillment of its
20 nonpartisan drafting and staffing missions, and her
21 determined attention to the lawmaking functions of the
22 General Assembly; NOW THEREFORE,
23 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate pay
24 tribute to Diane E. Bolender, Director of the
25 Legislative Service Bureau, for her extraordinary and
26 inspiring accomplishments as the leader and manager of
27 the General Assembly's nonpartisan drafting and
28 staffing agency, and for her devoted service over
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