Bill Text: TX HR297 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Commending Chief Coleman Benner on his 65 years of service with the Holland Volunteer Fire Department.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-02-21 - Reported enrolled [HR297 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR297-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Commending Chief Coleman Benner on his 65 years of service with the Holland Volunteer Fire Department.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-02-21 - Reported enrolled [HR297 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR297-Introduced.html
86R6838 JGH-D | ||
By: Shine | H.R. No. 297 |
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WHEREAS, Chief Coleman Benner celebrated 65 years of | ||
dedicated service with the Holland Volunteer Fire Department in | ||
2018; and | ||
WHEREAS, Coleman Benner joined the department in 1953, when | ||
it was housed in a small station on Austin Street; he was elected | ||
chief in 1970, and from the start, he worked to upgrade the | ||
department's equipment to keep pace with the many advancements in | ||
firefighting technology and to better meet the needs of the | ||
community; and | ||
WHEREAS, In 1977, Chief Benner helped secure a loan to build | ||
the department's current station, which was renamed in his honor in | ||
2003, on the occasion of his 50th anniversary with HVFD; he has | ||
consistently won reelection as chief by his colleagues, and today | ||
he oversees and manages a department of 18 volunteers; and | ||
WHEREAS, In addition to his long tenure with the fire | ||
department, Chief Benner worked for a seed company for more than two | ||
decades and then served for 22 years as a Bell County constable; in | ||
all his endeavors, he has enjoyed the love and support of his wife, | ||
Virginia; and | ||
WHEREAS, For six and a half decades, Coleman Benner has | ||
demonstrated an exceptional commitment to protecting the lives and | ||
property of the public, and in so doing, he has earned the lasting | ||
respect and admiration of his fellow firefighters and the community | ||
at large; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby commend Chief Coleman Benner on his 65 years of | ||
service with the Holland Volunteer Fire Department and extend to | ||
him sincere best wishes for continued success in his important | ||
work; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Chief Benner as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. |