Bill Text: TX HR2516 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Honoring the Commission on State Emergency Communications and the regional planning commissions of Texas for 30 years of service.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-31 - Reported enrolled [HR2516 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR2516-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 2516 | ||
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| WHEREAS, For 30 years, the Commission on State Emergency | ||
| Communications has partnered with regional planning commissions | ||
| across the state to ensure access to 9-1-1 emergency services for | ||
| all Texas citizens and communities; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Created by the 70th Texas Legislature in 1987, the | ||
| CSEC is composed of 12 members representing public and private | ||
| sector interests, and its primary function is to administer the | ||
| statewide 9-1-1 Service and Poison Control Programs; the commission | ||
| directs the implementation of these programs in all corners of | ||
| Texas by way of 24 regional planning commissions, which work | ||
| alongside local governments, sheriff's offices, and police | ||
| departments to organize and coordinate 9-1-1 emergency | ||
| communications according to the specific needs of each area; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In cooperation with the CSEC, the regional planning | ||
| commissions provide dispatchers with access to mapping and | ||
| geographic locating networks and equipment that can help first | ||
| responders quickly pinpoint a caller's physical location in the | ||
| event of an emergency; this collaborative approach to emergency | ||
| planning has helped make the State of Texas a national leader in the | ||
| application of the newest and most advanced emergency services | ||
| technologies, such as a system that allows even mobile wireless | ||
| 9-1-1 callers to be found; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Working together to continually enhance and | ||
| streamline emergency telephone services, the Commission on State | ||
| Emergency Communications and its regional planning commissions | ||
| have contributed significantly to the safety and well-being of the | ||
| people of Texas, and the dedicated individuals who serve on the | ||
| commissions are indeed deserving of recognition for their | ||
| outstanding efforts; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby honor the Commission on State Emergency | ||
| Communications and the regional planning commissions of Texas for | ||
| 30 years of service and extend to all those associated with this | ||
| initiative sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it | ||
| further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for the CSEC as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
| House of Representatives. | ||
| Burrows | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 251 | ||
| 6 was adopted by the House on May | ||
| 28, 2017, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
