Bill Text: TX HR296 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Marc Holder on his retirement as judge of Brazoria County Court at Law No. 2.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-03-16 - Reported enrolled [HR296 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR296-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 296 | ||
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| WHEREAS, The retirement of the Honorable Marc Holder as judge | ||
| of Brazoria County Court at Law No. 2 on December 31, 2022, provides | ||
| a fitting opportunity to reflect on his two decades of outstanding | ||
| service to his fellow citizens; and | ||
| WHEREAS, First elected to the court in 2002, Judge Holder was | ||
| reelected, unopposed, every four years since; in 2004, after only a | ||
| year on the bench, he was appointed presiding judge of the County | ||
| Courts at Law by his fellow judges; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A lifelong resident of Brazoria County and a | ||
| graduate of Brazosport College, Marc Holder earned his bachelor's | ||
| degree in political science from the University of Houston in 1977 | ||
| and his law degree magna cum laude from South Texas College of Law | ||
| in 1982; a practicing attorney for nearly four decades, he is | ||
| licensed to handle civil, family, criminal, juvenile, and probate | ||
| cases in the state courts of Texas, as well as the U.S. District | ||
| Court, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, and the U.S. Supreme Court; | ||
| he is a former president of the Brazoria County Bar Association; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Engaged in his community, Judge Holder has been a | ||
| member of the Rotary Club, the board of the Boys Club, and the | ||
| Angleton Umpires Association, and he was an adjunct professor at | ||
| Alvin Community College; he has coached state and national | ||
| championship teams for the Angleton Girls Softball Association, and | ||
| he has served as a volunteer child support collector and as a | ||
| volunteer at the Red Cross Hurricane Relief Center; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Judge Holder enjoys a rewarding family life with his | ||
| wife, the Honorable Terri Tipton Holder, and their 3 children, | ||
| Stephani, Randi, and Cody, and 10 grandchildren; for nearly four | ||
| decades, Judge Holder has attended Second Baptist Church, where he | ||
| has served as a Sunday school teacher and deacon; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Marc Holder's tenure as a jurist was characterized | ||
| by diligence, integrity, and a love of the law, and it is indeed a | ||
| privilege to join with residents of Brazoria County in honoring him | ||
| for his many years of public service; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby congratulate Marc Holder on his retirement from | ||
| Brazoria County Court at Law No. 2 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 Judge Holder as an expression of high regard by the | ||
| Texas House of Representatives. | ||
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| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 296 was adopted by the House on March | ||
| 8, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
