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Resolution and records-request templates

Templates you can adapt and bring to a precinct, county, or senatorial district convention, or to your county executive committee. Each resolution names the RPT platform plank or legislative priority it supports. How to write and file a resolution is in Module 4; how to send a records request is in Module 5. Free to use and adapt. Keep the attribution line.

Resolution templates

PRACTICE

Resolution opposing civil litigation to suppress citizens’ protected speech (SREC)

Version 1.0, 27 September 2026

A resolution for the State Republican Executive Committee, with its sources annex. Fill in the author and dates before filing.

Supports: RPT Platform Plank 12 and Plank 71; RPT Principles 3, 5, and 8; 2026 Legislative Priorities “Ban Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying” and “Secure Texas Elections”

PDF, 149 KB · Word version (editable), 28 KB

Submitted to the SREC for its meeting of 18 and 19 September 2026

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Proposed RPT rule on litigation used to suppress protected speech (SREC)

Version 1.0, 27 September 2026

The companion rule amendment, with the notice deadline explained at the top.

Supports: RPT Principle 5

PDF, 85 KB · Word version (editable), 16 KB

Submitted to the SREC for its meeting of 18 and 19 September 2026

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County resolution opposing warrantless mass vehicle surveillance

Version 1.0, 27 September 2026

A county executive committee or convention resolution. Fill in the county, date, and vote.

Supports: RPT Platform Plank 55 (Ban Automated License Plate Readers) and Plank 168 (Government Surveillance)

PDF, 69 KB · Word version (editable), 16 KB

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How to adopt and advance the vehicle-surveillance resolution

Version 1.0, 27 September 2026

Instructions for county chairs and precinct chairs.

Supports: RPT Platform Plank 55 (Ban Automated License Plate Readers) and Plank 168 (Government Surveillance)

PDF, 87 KB · Word version (editable), 15 KB

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Transmittal of the vehicle-surveillance resolution to the SREC

Version 1.0, 27 September 2026

Cover letter asking the SREC to adopt it.

Supports: RPT Platform Plank 55 (Ban Automated License Plate Readers) and Plank 168 (Government Surveillance)

PDF, 46 KB · Word version (editable), 11 KB

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Talking points: presenting the vehicle-surveillance resolution

Version 1.0, 27 September 2026

One page for the member who moves it.

Supports: RPT Platform Plank 55 (Ban Automated License Plate Readers) and Plank 168 (Government Surveillance)

PDF, 60 KB · Word version (editable), 12 KB

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Letter asking your legislators for their written position

Version 1.0, 27 September 2026

Send after your county adopts the resolution.

Supports: RPT Platform Plank 55 (Ban Automated License Plate Readers) and Plank 168 (Government Surveillance)

PDF, 56 KB · Word version (editable), 12 KB

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Cover letter inviting other county chairs to adopt

Version 1.0, 27 September 2026

Send with the adopted resolution.

Supports: RPT Platform Plank 55 (Ban Automated License Plate Readers) and Plank 168 (Government Surveillance)

PDF, 41 KB · Word version (editable), 12 KB

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Rusk County Republican Party ALPR resolution, as adopted

Version 1.0, 31 July 2026

Adopted 31 July 2026 by the Rusk County Republican Party. Shown as its authors wrote it.

Supports: RPT Platform Plank 55 (Ban Automated License Plate Readers) and Plank 168 (Government Surveillance)

PDF, 91 KB

Public Information Act request templates

PRACTICE

Starter records request on license-plate readers, any Texas county

Version 1.0, 27 September 2026

Fourteen items to ask your county for, with notes on who to address it to.

PDF, 71 KB · Word version (editable), 14 KB

From the Republican Party of Texas

RPT

RPT resolution on the establishment of additional data centers in Texas (opens in a new tab)

Posted by the Republican Party of Texas, March 2026.

Supports: RPT Platform Plank 43(c) and Plank 50(d), (e), (f)

Posted 17 March 2026. Verified 27 September 2026.