Bill Text: TX HR38 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Toni Wallace on her election as judge of Fort Bend County Court at Law No. 4.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-08 - Reported enrolled [HR38 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR38-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 38 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Toni Wallace has been elected as the judge of Fort | ||
| Bend County Court at Law No. 4, and she is indeed deserving of | ||
| special recognition; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In fulfilling the duties of her office, Judge | ||
| Wallace will draw on a wealth of valuable experience; an attorney | ||
| with 13 years of experience, she specialized in criminal and civil | ||
| litigation, juvenile law, and real estate law while in private | ||
| practice, and as a Fort Bend County assistant district attorney, | ||
| she prosecuted felonies as well as cases involving drunk driving, | ||
| domestic violence, assault, theft, and juvenile offenders; she was | ||
| unanimously appointed to serve as the inaugural judge for County | ||
| Court at Law No. 5, making her the first female African American | ||
| county court at law judge in the county's history; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A native of Fort Bend County, Judge Wallace earned | ||
| her bachelor's degree in journalism from The University of Texas at | ||
| Austin and her law degree from South Texas School of Law; she has | ||
| served as national recording secretary of the National Black Law | ||
| Students Association, and she has been active with Jack and Jill of | ||
| America, the Houston Food Bank, and Lunches of Love; she is a Youth | ||
| Ministry leader at Nazareth Baptist Church; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Each day, public servants improve the quality of | ||
| life for their fellow citizens in innumerable ways, and the efforts | ||
| of Toni Wallace will help to make Fort Bend County an even better | ||
| place in which to live and work; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby congratulate Toni Wallace on her election as | ||
| judge of Fort Bend County Court at Law No. 4 and extend to her | ||
| sincere best wishes for a successful tenure; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Judge Wallace as an expression of high regard by the | ||
| Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Reynolds | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 38 was adopted by the House on March | ||
| 6, 2019, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
