Bill Text: TX HR447 | 2017 | 85th Legislature 1st Special Session | Enrolled

Texas House Resolution 447 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: In memory of Corporal Monty Dale Platt of the West Texas A&M University Police Department.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Passed) 2017-08-17 - Reported enrolled [HR447 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HR447-Enrolled.html



	H.R. No. 447



	R E S O L U T I O N

	WHEREAS, Words cannot describe the sorrow felt at the loss of
	Corporal Monty Dale Platt of the West Texas A&M University Police
	Department, who died on August 8, 2017, at the age of 47, after
	sustaining injuries in the line of duty; and
	WHEREAS, Monty Platt was born in Canyon on October 17, 1969,
	to Tommy Joe and Patricia Tucker Platt, and he earned his bachelor's
	degree in criminal justice from West Texas State University, now
	West Texas A&M; and
	WHEREAS, Corporal Platt was a peace officer for nearly a
	quarter century, and in 1996, he was proud to join the police
	department at his alma mater, where he became an inspiring mentor to
	younger officers; a keen motorcycle enthusiast, he was a member of
	the Blue Knights International Law Enforcement Motorcycle Club and
	the Harley Owners Group chapter of Amarillo; and
	WHEREAS, Devoted to his family, Corporal Platt shared 14
	years of marriage with RoseAnne Rivera, with whom he had two sons,
	Thomas Joseph Platt and the late Daniel James Platt; and
	WHEREAS, A loving husband and father and a dedicated law
	enforcement professional, Monty Platt was taken much too soon, but
	he leaves behind a legacy of public service that will continue to
	inspire all those who knew him; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas
	Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the memory
	of Corporal Monty Dale Platt and extend heartfelt sympathy to the
	members of his family: to his wife, RoseAnne Platt; to his mother,
	Patricia Platt; to his son, Thomas Joseph Platt; to his sister,
	Melissa Mosley, and her husband, Robert; to his nephews, Logan and
	Max Mosley; and to his other relatives and friends; and, be it
	further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
	prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of
	Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Monty
	Platt.

	Price

	______________________________
	Speaker of the House

	I certify that H.R. No. 447 was unanimously adopted by a
	rising vote of the House on August 15, 2017.

	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House