Bill Text: TX HR676 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: In memory of Texas Game Warden Justin Philip Hurst of El Campo.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-22 - Reported enrolled [HR676 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR676-Introduced.html
Bill Title: In memory of Texas Game Warden Justin Philip Hurst of El Campo.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-22 - Reported enrolled [HR676 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR676-Introduced.html
86R15010 BK-D | ||
By: Stephenson | H.R. No. 676 |
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WHEREAS, Family and friends suffered a tragic loss with the | ||
death of Texas Game Warden Justin Philip Hurst of El Campo on March | ||
17, 2007, and more than a decade later, his honorable service | ||
continues to be a source of inspiration to those he left behind; and | ||
WHEREAS, On his 34th birthday, Game Warden Hurst was shot and | ||
fatally wounded in the line of duty while he was attempting to | ||
apprehend a man suspected of illegal hunting; and | ||
WHEREAS, Justin Hurst was born to Allen and Pat Hurst in Wheat | ||
Ridge, Colorado, on March 17, 1973, and raised with the | ||
companionship of his brother, Greg; after working as a waterfowl | ||
guide in his youth, he chose wildlife ecology as his area of study | ||
and went on to earn his bachelor's degree in that subject from Texas | ||
A&M University; he began his career as a biologist with the Texas | ||
Parks and Wildlife Department in 1995, and he completed his | ||
training at the Texas Game Warden Academy in August 2002; and | ||
WHEREAS, Game Warden Hurst was passionate and deeply | ||
knowledgeable about wildlife, and he had a sincere interest in | ||
enforcing the laws to protect our state's natural environment and | ||
resources; throughout his career, he investigated illegal hunting, | ||
criminal trespassing, and pollution cases; he believed in the | ||
importance of educating people about the law, and he regularly | ||
visited Wharton County schools to teach children about hunting and | ||
fishing laws and environmental stewardship; he belonged to the | ||
Texas Game Warden Association, the Texas Wildlife Association, | ||
Ducks Unlimited, and the Coastal Conservation Association, and he | ||
also served on the administrative board at the First United | ||
Methodist Church; and | ||
WHEREAS, In all his endeavors, Mr. Hurst enjoyed the love and | ||
support of his wife, Amanda, and he took great pride in their son, | ||
Kyle; and | ||
WHEREAS, Although the untimely passing of Justin Hurst was a | ||
grievous loss to his family, to his colleagues, and to the community | ||
and state that he so faithfully served, his legacy of integrity and | ||
devotion to duty will forever be remembered; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Game Warden Justin | ||
Philip Hurst and extend profound sympathy to all who have mourned | ||
his passing; 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 Justin | ||
Hurst. |