Bill Text: TX HR2260 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Honoring the Harris County Precinct One Community Emergency Response Team.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-30 - Reported enrolled [HR2260 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR2260-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 2260 | ||
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| WHEREAS, The Harris County Precinct One Community Emergency | ||
| Response Team, led by CERT coordinator John A. Branch, has worked | ||
| tirelessly to ensure that area communities are safer, stronger, and | ||
| better prepared; and | ||
| WHEREAS, After helping to rebuild in the wake of Tropical | ||
| Storm Allison in 2001 and Hurricane Rita in 2005, Mr. Branch, a | ||
| longtime public servant, formed a team of volunteers to assist in | ||
| responding to the needs of the local community; the Precinct One | ||
| CERT holds free classes taught by first responders that equip | ||
| citizens with knowledge and resources to assist their families and | ||
| neighborhoods in the event of a disaster; the Houston program is | ||
| part of the Mayor's Office of Public Safety and Homeland Security | ||
| and the Harris County Citizen Corps; in addition, CERT volunteers | ||
| help with public events, such as the Extreme Weather Ready Expo and | ||
| BP MS 150, and serve on planning and hospitality committees for | ||
| future training events; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Through the dedicated advocacy of Mr. Branch, | ||
| Precinct One CERT opened a command center on February 19, 2022; the | ||
| first volunteer owned and operated CERT center in the state, the | ||
| facility serves as a location for emergency training classes and | ||
| includes a food pantry and resource center for vulnerable | ||
| residents; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Since its founding, Precinct One CERT has provided | ||
| invaluable assistance to the citizens of Harris County, and it is a | ||
| pleasure to recognize the many significant contributions of this | ||
| noteworthy organization; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby honor the Harris County Precinct One Community | ||
| Emergency Response Team for its service and extend to all those | ||
| associated with the team sincere best wishes for the future; and, be | ||
| it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for the Harris County Precinct One Community Emergency | ||
| Response Team as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of | ||
| Representatives. | ||
| J. Johnson of Harris | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 2260 was adopted by the House on May | ||
| 29, 2023, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
