ENGROSSED HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 1080 By: Crocker, Boyd (Laura) and Hilliard of the House

and

Hobson of the Senate

A Concurrent Resolution relating to the Cost of Democracy Conference; commending and applauding individuals responsible for organization and coordination of the conference and participants; and directing distribution.

WHEREAS, the Political Communication Center of the University of

Oklahoma and the Ethics Commission of the State of jointly sponsored a conference on campaign finance reform entitled "The Cost of Democracy" February 4 and 5, 1994, on the campus; and

WHEREAS, such notable individuals as Governor David Walters,

Attorney General Susan Loving, U.S. Senator , U.S.

Congressman Dave McCurdy and a host of persons, including public officials, educators, scholars, attorneys, consultants, writers, broadcasters and legislators were presenters at the conference; and

WHEREAS, the Political Communication Center of the Department of

Communications at the University of Oklahoma is committed to an interdisciplinary approach to the study of political communication and in addition the Political Communication Center houses the national archive of political commercials, with an inventory of more than 54,000 television and radio commercials; and

WHEREAS, the Ethics Commission, established by a vote of the people in 1990, is empowered to promulgate rules governing campaigns for state offices, initiatives and referendums, as well as the ethical conduct of state officials and employees; and

WHEREAS, the institutions involved in this conference render a great service to this state.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

OF THE 2ND SESSION OF THE 44TH OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE, THE SENATE

CONCURRING THEREIN:

THAT the Oklahoma Legislature hereby commends and applauds Dr.

Lynda Kaid, Director of the Political Communication Center, Leroy

Bridges, Chairman of the Advisory Council for the Political

Communications Center, Marilyn Hughes, Executive Director of the

State Ethics Commission and Rebecca Adams, Attorney for the State

Ethics Commission, who were primarily responsible for the organization and coordination of the highly successful Cost of

Democracy Conference, as well as Cliff Jones, Attorney, Wayland

Cummings, Ph.D, Chairman of the Department of Communications, Julian

Kanter, Curator of the National Archive of Political Commercials,

Bill Farris, staff member of the Ethics Commission of the State of

Oklahoma, and all other participants.

THAT copies of this resolution be dispatched to the Regents for

Higher Education, the Regents for the University of Oklahoma, the

President of the University of Oklahoma, the University of Oklahoma

Department of Communications, the Political Communication Center, the Advisory Council for the Political Communication Center and the

Ethics Commission of the State of Oklahoma.

Adopted by the House of Representatives the 1st day of March,

1994.

Speaker of the House of

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Representative s

Adopted by the Senate the ____ day of ______, 1994.

President of the Senate

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