WHEREAS Bexar County wholly contains Texas House District 121, represented by Representative Joseph R. Straus, III; and,

WHEREAS the Bexar County Republican Party Executive Committee adopted by a two-thirds (2/3) vote on December 11, 2017 a resolution censuring Representative Joseph R. Straus, III for three (3) or more actions taken during the current biennium in opposition to the core principles of the Republican Party of Texas defined in the Preamble of the Party Platform as described in RPT Rule No. 43A; and,

WHEREAS these resolutions include requests to the State Republican Executive Committee that Joseph Straus be censured pursuant to RPT Rule No. 44; now

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the State Republican Executive Committee concurs with the resolution of censure by the Bexar County Republican Party Executive Committee, and applies any appropriate penalties; and

BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be distributed to Representative Joseph R. Straus, III and to the Chair of the Bexar County Republican Party Executive Committee, and made publicly available on the RPT website along with the original submission by Bexar County.

PASSED: State Republican Executive Committee, 1/27/18