Bill Text: TX SR358 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing The 100 Club for its support of first responders.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-03-11 - Reported enrolled [SR358 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SR358-Enrolled.html
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WHEREAS, The 100 Club, headquartered in Houston, Texas, is | ||
celebrating its 62nd continuous year of service to law | ||
enforcement and firefighting agencies; and | ||
WHEREAS, The 100 Club is a 30,600-member nonprofit | ||
organization whose services primarily involve providing benefits | ||
to the dependents of officers and firefighters killed or | ||
catastrophically injured in the line of duty; and | ||
WHEREAS, The organization provides this support to law | ||
enforcement officers and firefighters in 31 counties in | ||
southeast Texas and also to Texas Department of Public Safety and | ||
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department commissioned officers, Texas | ||
Department of Criminal Justice institutional personnel, and | ||
agents of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission who are killed | ||
in the line of duty anywhere in the State of Texas; and | ||
WHEREAS, In addition to providing line-of-duty death | ||
benefits, The 100 Club has for over 30 years had a proactive | ||
program of providing life-protecting equipment for law | ||
enforcement agencies in its primary coverage area in hopes of | ||
preventing the loss of an officer's life; and | ||
WHEREAS, The 100 Club also has an educational mission, and | ||
it has awarded numerous scholarships to law enforcement officers | ||
studying at three state-supported universities; more than 700 | ||
degrees have been awarded to participants in the club's | ||
educational programs; and | ||
WHEREAS, Since its inception, The 100 Club has given over | ||
$42.7 million in support of its mission; this fine organization | ||
istrulyworthyofcommendationforitsongoingeffortsonbehalf | ||
of those who risk their lives to serve the public; now, | ||
therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 84th | ||
Legislature, hereby acknowledge the selfless and dedicated | ||
efforts of The 100 Club in its support of law enforcement | ||
personnel and firefighters, especially the support given to the | ||
dependents of those heroes who lost their lives in the line of | ||
duty; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared to | ||
commemorate the outstanding work of The 100 Club. | ||
Nichols, Creighton, | ||
Kolkorst | ||
______________________________ | ||
Member, Texas Senate | ||
____________________________________________________________ | ||
Member, Texas Senate Member, Texas Senate | ||
______________________________ | ||
President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on March 11, 2015. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate |