Bill Text: TX HR1479 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: In memory of Alan D. Vera of Houston.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-05 - Reported enrolled [HR1479 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR1479-Introduced.html
Bill Title: In memory of Alan D. Vera of Houston.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-05 - Reported enrolled [HR1479 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR1479-Introduced.html
88R28582 KSM-F | ||
By: Hull | H.R. No. 1479 |
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WHEREAS, Family and friends have suffered an immeasurable | ||
loss with the untimely passing of Alan D. Vera of Houston on May 4, | ||
2023, at the age of 75; and | ||
WHEREAS, Before beginning his successful business career, | ||
Alan Vera graduated magna cum laude from Loyola University with a | ||
bachelor's degree in political and military science; Mr. Vera | ||
valiantly served his country as a United States Army Airborne | ||
Ranger from 1970 to 1974, receiving multiple awards and unit | ||
citations for his service; during the Vietnam War, he completed 22 | ||
nighttime jumps behind enemy lines; and | ||
WHEREAS, After his military career, Mr. Vera went on to serve | ||
as president and chief executive officer of the Quest Business | ||
Agency, a role he held for nearly four decades; over the course of | ||
his tenure, he was honored and recognized for his success and | ||
innovations in his field with numerous accolades, including | ||
Marketer of the Year by the American Marketing Association and | ||
Vendor of the Year by FedEx Retail Operations; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Vera was one of the original founders of True | ||
the Vote and had served as the ballot security chairman for the | ||
Harris County Republican Party since 2014; he had worked with | ||
members of both chambers to write legislation to improve election | ||
integrity and was named Volunteer of the Year for SD 7 by the State | ||
Republican Executive Committee (SREC); he and his wife, Colleen, | ||
were honored with the lifetime achievement award presented by the | ||
Harris County Republican Party at the Lincoln Reagan Dinner in | ||
March 2022; on April 20, 2023, shortly before his passing, he | ||
celebrated his birthday in the House Elections Committee; Mr. Vera | ||
gave all the credit for whatever good he accomplished in his life to | ||
Almighty God; and | ||
WHEREAS, Although his journey on this earth ended too soon, | ||
Alan Vera passed away doing what he loved, testifying at the Texas | ||
State Capitol on election integrity bills; he impacted the lives of | ||
everyone around him in ways beyond measure with his compassion, | ||
empathy, and kindness, and they will forever hold him close in their | ||
hearts; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Alan D. Vera and | ||
extend profound condolences to the members of his family: to his | ||
wife, Colleen Vera; to his seven children; to his six beautiful and | ||
energetic grandchildren; and to his other relatives and 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 adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Alan Vera. |