Bill Text: TX HCR10 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: In memory of former state representative Roberto Gutierrez of McAllen.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-10-25 - Signed by the Governor [HCR10 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HCR10-Introduced.html
Bill Title: In memory of former state representative Roberto Gutierrez of McAllen.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-10-25 - Signed by the Governor [HCR10 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HCR10-Introduced.html
87S30300 BHH-D | ||
By: Guerra | H.C.R. No. 10 |
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WHEREAS, The life of a distinguished public servant drew to a | ||
close with the death of former state representative Roberto | ||
Gutierrez of McAllen on December 28, 2019, at the age of 83; and | ||
WHEREAS, Roberto Gutierrez was born on June 11, 1936; | ||
answering his nation's call to duty, he served in the 49th Armored | ||
Division of the U.S. Army, rising to the rank of sergeant, and he | ||
went on to serve another 10 years in the Texas National Guard; in | ||
civilian life, he earned a master's degree in education and enjoyed | ||
a career as a secondary school teacher and counselor and as a | ||
businessman; and | ||
WHEREAS, First elected to the State Legislature from | ||
District 41 in 1990, Representative Gutierrez served for 14 years, | ||
and he devoted his tenure in office to expanding education in the | ||
Rio Grande Valley, promoting public safety, and improving access to | ||
health services; he was a member of the Appropriations, Public | ||
Safety, and Financial Institutions Committees, among others, and | ||
his many achievements included authoring the bill that created | ||
South Texas Community College, helping to increase funding for The | ||
University of Texas-Pan American, promoting an early diabetes | ||
detection program for children, and playing a lead role in creating | ||
the UT Regional Academic Health Center, which served as the | ||
foundation for the UTRGV School of Medicine; and | ||
WHEREAS, Representative Gutierrez shared a loving union with | ||
his wife, Cecilia Carmen Gutierrez, that spanned 56 years until her | ||
death in 2017, and he was the proud father of three children, | ||
Roberto, Gilda, and Sara; with the passing years, he had the | ||
pleasure of welcoming into his family seven grandchildren, Roberto | ||
Daniel, A. Cecilia, Iris Isabelle, Joel Roberto, Sarita Cecilia, | ||
Gabriela Marie, and Andrea Renee; and | ||
WHEREAS, Living up to his motto "dale gas," which is Spanish | ||
for "go forward," Roberto Gutierrez led a rich and purposeful life | ||
dedicated to the service of others, and he leaves behind a legacy | ||
that will continue to inspire all those who knew and loved him; now, | ||
therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the 87th Legislature of the State of Texas, | ||
3rd Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the memory of the | ||
Honorable Roberto Gutierrez and extend heartfelt sympathy to his | ||
family and many friends; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of | ||
Representatives and Senate adjourn this day, they do so in memory of | ||
Roberto Gutierrez. |