Bill Text: TX HR1556 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating James F. Hill II on receiving a 2023 Outstanding Texan Award for House District 111 from the Texas Legislative Black Caucus.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-18 - Reported enrolled [HR1556 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR1556-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 1556 |
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WHEREAS, James F. Hill II has received a 2023 Outstanding | ||
Texan Award for House District 111 from the Texas Legislative Black | ||
Caucus; and | ||
WHEREAS, A native of Ennis, Mr. Hill has enjoyed a rewarding | ||
career with the Dallas Fire-Rescue Department spanning three and a | ||
half decades, and he currently serves as an engineer, paramedic, | ||
command technician, field training officer, and district IT | ||
manager; in addition, he is the commander of the honor and color | ||
guards; since 2007, he has worked as a logistics specialist for | ||
Urban Search and Rescue, Texas Task Force 2; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Hill joined the International Association of | ||
Black Professional Fire Fighters in 1986, and over the years, he has | ||
benefited the organization as director of the South Central Region, | ||
sergeant-at-arms, financial secretary, and executive vice | ||
president; he also served two terms as president of the Dallas Black | ||
Firefighters Association, becoming the longest-standing president | ||
in the group's history; along the way, he has been active in a | ||
number of other professional and civic organizations, including the | ||
Dallas Black Chamber of Commerce, the NAACP, and the Carl Holmes | ||
Executive Development Institute; moreover, he is a member of | ||
Friendship West Baptist Church in Dallas; in honor of his | ||
outstanding service and professional achievements, he has received | ||
numerous accolades, including recognitions from the Black Chief | ||
Officers Committee of IABPFF, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S., | ||
the Dallas Fire-Rescue Department, and Dallas BFFA; and | ||
WHEREAS, In all his endeavors, Mr. Hill enjoys the love and | ||
support of his wife, Cynthia; he takes great pride in their daughter | ||
Kristie, and he has had the pleasure of welcoming into his family | ||
six grandsons, Evann, Jamison, Xavier, Joshua, Cole, and Chandler; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, Citizens benefit each day from the contributions of | ||
those civic leaders who improve the quality of life in their | ||
communities, and House District 111 is indeed fortunate to have | ||
such passionate and engaged residents as James Hill; now, | ||
therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby congratulate James F. Hill II on receiving a | ||
2023 Outstanding Texan Award for House District 111 from the Texas | ||
Legislative Black Caucus 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 Mr. Hill as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
House of Representatives. | ||
Davis | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 1556 was adopted by the House on May | ||
18, 2023, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||