SR 123 (LSB 6123SV (2) 84)

SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 123

BY  COMMITTEE ON RULES AND ADMINISTRATION

A Resolution to honor Senator Eugene Fraise for over a quarter of a century of public service.

   WHEREAS, Eugene S. “Gene” Fraise began his political career on the Lee County Board of Supervisors, coming to the Senate by special election in 1986; and
   WHEREAS, over two decades later Senator Fraise was elected in 2008 to his eighth term in the Iowa Senate, representing Senate District 46, which includes Henry and Lee counties; and
   WHEREAS, Senator Fraise currently serves on a variety of committees, as Chair of the Judiciary Committee, Vice Chair of both the Appropriations and Ethics Committees, and as a member of the Agriculture, Labor and Business Relations, and State Government Committees, and of the Justice System Appropriations Subcommittee; and
   WHEREAS, Senator Fraise also serves on the Criminal and Juvenile Justice Planning Advisory Council, the Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision State Council, and the Public Safety Advisory Board; and
   WHEREAS, in over a quarter century of service Senator Fraise has also chaired the Agriculture Committee and has served on the Local Government Committee, the Natural Resources and Environment Committee, the Transportation Committee (Vice-Chair), and the Iowa Commission on Interstate Cooperation; NOW THEREFORE,

   BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate honors Senator Eugene S. “Gene” Fraise for a lifetime of public service on the state and local level, and upon his retirement wishes him and his wife of over 60 years, Faye, years of happiness to come.