Bill Text: TX HR1510 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Billy Parker on his retirement from the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-03-26 - Reported enrolled [HR1510 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HR1510-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 1510 |
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WHEREAS, Billy Parker is retiring as director of the Texas | ||
A&M Engineering Extension Service's Texas Task Force 1 on March 31, | ||
2015; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Parker began his long and distinguished career | ||
in public service in 1976, when he became a firefighter for the | ||
Clyde Fire Department; he went on to join the Texas A&M Engineering | ||
Extension Service, a state agency that trains public safety workers | ||
and provides emergency responders during large-scale crises; | ||
there, he helped establish the new Regional Texas Task Force System | ||
and develop an expansive and comprehensive training facility called | ||
Disaster City; in addition, he acted as chief of the TEEX Recruit | ||
Academy and oversaw the training of more than 1,500 fire cadets; and | ||
WHEREAS, Widely recognized as an expert in search and rescue, | ||
Mr. Parker also played a key role in the growth of the agency's | ||
Texas Task Force 1 from a small advisory board to one of the most | ||
called-upon rescue teams in the country; as a member of the task | ||
force, he was deployed during several prominent state and national | ||
disasters, including the A&M bonfire collapse, the World Trade | ||
Center attack, and Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Ike; he was named | ||
director of Texas Task Force 1 in 2012; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Parker received the TEEX Distinguished Service | ||
Award in 2005 and the Regents Fellow Service Award from The Texas | ||
A&M University System Board of Regents the following year; and | ||
WHEREAS, An engaged member of his community, Mr. Parker has | ||
served as a volunteer firefighter, a paramedic, and a girls' | ||
softball coach; he has also been a valued congregant of Hillcrest | ||
Baptist Church for more than 22 years; and | ||
WHEREAS, Through his loyalty, integrity, and unwavering | ||
commitment to the safety and well-being of his fellow Texans, Billy | ||
Parker has set a standard of leadership and service to which others | ||
may aspire, and he may reflect with pride on a career well spent; | ||
now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby congratulate Billy Parker on his retirement from | ||
the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service and extend to him | ||
sincere best wishes for continued success and happiness; and, be it | ||
further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Mr. Parker as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
House of Representatives. | ||
Martinez | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 1510 was adopted by the House on March | ||
25, 2015, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||