Bill Text: TX HR1531 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commending Mayor Kevin Fowler on his service to Rockwall.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-19 - Reported enrolled [HR1531 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR1531-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 1531 |
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WHEREAS, The City of Rockwall has greatly benefited from the | ||
public service and leadership of Kevin Fowler, who is concluding | ||
his tenure as mayor in May 2023; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Fowler was elected to his first of three terms | ||
on the Rockwall City Council in 2015, and during his time as a | ||
councilmember, he was twice named mayor pro tempore; he | ||
successfully ran for the office of mayor in 2021; and | ||
WHEREAS, Through the years, Mayor Fowler has held leadership | ||
roles on a number of boards and commissions for the city, including | ||
the Rockwall Economic Development Corporation, the Building Better | ||
Roads Bond Committee, and the Rockwall Business and Education | ||
Committee; he has also been active with the Rockwall Area Chamber of | ||
Commerce, the Rockwall Rotary Club, Baylor Scott & White Medical | ||
Center-Lake Pointe, the YMCA, the Boy Scouts of America, the | ||
Rockwall Youth Fair, and CASA, and he is a member of First Baptist | ||
Church of Rockwall; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mayor Fowler has enjoyed a 30-year career in banking | ||
and currently serves as the Rockwall regional president of Lakeside | ||
Bank; he earned a bachelor's degree in finance from Louisiana State | ||
University and graduated from Southern Methodist University's | ||
Southwestern Graduate School of Banking; and | ||
WHEREAS, Through his many civic contributions, Kevin Fowler | ||
has helped to make Rockwall an even better place in which to live | ||
and work, and he may indeed reflect with pride on all that he has | ||
accomplished; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby commend Mayor Kevin Fowler on his service to | ||
Rockwall and extend to him sincere best wishes for the future; and, | ||
be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Mayor Fowler as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. | ||
Holland | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 1531 was adopted by the House on May | ||
19, 2023, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||