Bill Text: TX HR1748 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commending Zapata County fire chief Juan Jose Meza for his service.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-28 - Reported enrolled [HR1748 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR1748-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 1748 |
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WHEREAS, Zapata County fire chief Juan Jose Meza is being | ||
recognized at the 2019 Texas Emergency Management Conference in San | ||
Antonio; and | ||
WHEREAS, A native of Corpus Christi, Juan Meza began his | ||
career in public service in 1973, when he joined the Zapata County | ||
Volunteer Fire Department; he graduated from Zapata High School | ||
later that year and soon thereafter took on the role of assistant | ||
civil defense coordinator for Zapata County; in 1975, he was | ||
appointed county fire marshal, and during his tenure, he initiated | ||
the county's first fire prevention program; he subsequently served | ||
as the Zapata County emergency management coordinator; and | ||
WHEREAS, In 2002, Chief Meza became the county's fire chief | ||
and helped to form the Zapata County Fire Department; under his able | ||
leadership, the department has grown to include paramedics, a | ||
mobile intensive care unit, and rescue dive and hazmat teams; and | ||
WHEREAS, Over the years, Chief Meza has continued his | ||
professional development, earning credentials as an emergency | ||
medical technician, code enforcement officer, advanced firefighter | ||
and arson investigator, and master peace officer, and he completed | ||
the Professional Development Series in Emergency Management | ||
through the National Fire Academy; he has also given back to the | ||
community through his involvement with such important civic | ||
organizations as the South Texas Fire Investigators | ||
Association-RGV, the Emergency Management Association of Texas, | ||
and the Texas Fire Marshal's Association, which recently recognized | ||
him with the Roscoe Gibson Award; and | ||
WHEREAS, Juan Meza has demonstrated an exceptional | ||
commitment to protecting the lives and property of area residents, | ||
and he may take well-deserved pride in his decades of service to | ||
Zapata County; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby commend Juan Jose Meza for his invaluable | ||
contributions to his fellow citizens 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. Meza as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
House of Representatives. | ||
Guillen | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 1748 was adopted by the House on May | ||
24, 2019, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||