Bill Text: TX SCR6 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing Bobby Lockhart on the occasion of his retirement.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-21 - Signed by the Governor [SCR6 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SCR6-Enrolled.html
| S.C.R. No. 6 | ||
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| WHEREAS, The Honorable Bobby Lockhart retired as judge of the | ||
| 102nd District Court in Texas on December 31, 2018, concluding | ||
| eight years of outstanding service; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Judge Lockhart began his career as a police officer | ||
| in Texarkana in 1977, and he went on to serve the department as a | ||
| full-time patrol officer while also attending the University of | ||
| Arkansas School of Law; after graduating with a juris doctor in | ||
| 1987, he spent the next few years in private practice; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A respected lawyer, Judge Lockhart served as | ||
| criminal district attorney for Bowie County from 1995 to 2011, | ||
| becoming the longest-serving district attorney in the county's | ||
| history; on January 5, 2011, he was sworn in as judge of the 102nd | ||
| District Court, and the citizens of Bowie and Red River Counties | ||
| reelected him to that position in 2014; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Bobby Lockhart has set a high standard of excellence | ||
| throughout his career as a jurist and officer of the law, and he may | ||
| take well-deserved pride in his record of achievement; now, | ||
| therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 86th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
| hereby congratulate the Honorable Bobby Lockhart on his retirement | ||
| as judge of the 102nd District Court in Texas 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 Judge Lockhart as an expression of high regard by the | ||
| Texas House of Representatives and Senate. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.C.R. No. 6 was adopted by the Senate | ||
| on February 19, 2019. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.C.R. No. 6 was adopted by the House | ||
| on March 6, 2019. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
