Bill Text: TX SR358 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing The 100 Club for its support of first responders.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 3)
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 | ||
