Bill Text: TX HR406 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Ed Smith of Schleicher County on being named the 2022 Outstanding Trapper of the Year by the Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2023-03-16 - Reported enrolled [HR406 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR406-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 406 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Ed Smith of Schleicher County was named the 2022 | ||
| Outstanding Trapper of the Year by the Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers | ||
| Association; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A native of Ballinger, Mr. Smith developed a strong | ||
| work ethic at an early age; his first job was delivering newspapers | ||
| on a paper route, and he spent his young adulthood working in the | ||
| livestock industry; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mr. Smith later worked in road maintenance in | ||
| Colorado, and after moving back to Texas in 1990, he managed | ||
| multiple road maintenance projects for the Texas Department of | ||
| Transportation throughout San Angelo, Brady, and Brownwood; he also | ||
| owned and operated his own road construction company in Richland | ||
| Springs; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In 2015, Mr. Smith became a wildlife management | ||
| specialist with Texas A&M AgriLife in San Saba County, where he | ||
| honed his abilities tracking and preserving wildlife; two years | ||
| later, he moved to San Angelo and assumed his current position as a | ||
| wildlife management specialist in Schleicher County; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Ed Smith has contributed significantly to his | ||
| profession, and he may indeed take great pride in his receipt of | ||
| this notable accolade; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby congratulate Ed Smith on being named the 2022 | ||
| Outstanding Trapper of the Year by the Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers | ||
| Association 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 Mr. Smith as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
| House of Representatives. | ||
| Murr | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 406 was adopted by the House on March | ||
| 16, 2023, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
