SENATE RESOLUTION

                         1999-8602

By Senators McDonald, Snyder, Hale, Spanel, Bauer, Benton, Brown, Costa, Deccio, Eide, Fairley, Finkbeiner, Franklin, Fraser, Gardner, Goings, Hargrove, Haugen, Heavey, Hochstatter, Honeyford, Horn, Jacobsen, Johnson, Kline, Kohl, Long, Loveland, McAuliffe, McCaslin, Morton, Oke, Patterson, Prentice, Rasmussen, Roach, Rossi, Sellar, Shin, B. Sheldon, T. Sheldon, Stevens, Swecker, Thibaudeau, West, Winsley, Wojahn and Zarelli

     WHEREAS, Senator Eugene Prince=s career in Olympia has spanned five decades beginning in 1959 as a Bill Clerk in the House of Representatives and subsequently as Assistant Chief Clerk of the House in 1963, a House Committee Clerk in 1965, and six years as Sergeant-at-Arms in the House of Representatives beginning in 1967; and

     WHEREAS, Senator Prince has served the people of the 9th Legislative District with distinction as a member of the Washington State Legislature since 1980, six years in the Senate and twelve years in the House of Representatives; and

     WHEREAS, Senator Prince served his fellow Republicans in the House of Representatives as their Caucus Chair for three terms; and

     WHEREAS, Senator Prince worked diligently as the Chair of the Senate Transportation Committee always mindful of the importance of safe and adequate transportation facilities to our state=s economy and our quality of life; and

     WHEREAS, Senator Prince will be remembered as a dedicated and loyal friend of the higher education community; and

     WHEREAS, Senator Prince brought honor to the Washington State Senate as the Vice Chair of the Energy and Transportation Committee of the National Conference of State Legislatures; and

     WHEREAS, Senator Prince earned respect throughout his legislative career for his sense of fairness and his belief in bipartisan cooperation as the key to solving problems and meeting the challenges of the future; and

     WHEREAS, Senator Prince is leaving the Legislature to serve in the Executive Branch as Chair of the State Liquor Control Board;

     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Washington State Senate, members and staff, wish to express our gratitude to Senator Eugene Prince, an honorable man, for his kindness and hard work; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the members and staff of the Washington State Senate offer their best wishes to Senator Eugene Prince for success and happiness in his new position and in all his future endeavors.

I, Tony M. Cook, Secretary of the Senate,

do hereby certify that this is a true and

correct copy of Senate Resolution 1999-8602,

adopted by the Senate January 22, 1999.

TONY M. COOK                          BRAD OWEN

Secretary of the Senate           Lieutenant Governor