Bill Text: TX SR431 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Recognizing volunteer firefighters on the occasion of National Volunteer Week.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-04-17 - Reported enrolled [SR431 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR431-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Recognizing volunteer firefighters on the occasion of National Volunteer Week.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-04-17 - Reported enrolled [SR431 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR431-Introduced.html
88R23701 BHH-D | ||
By: Flores, Springer | S.R. No. 431 |
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WHEREAS, National Volunteer Week is taking place from April | ||
16 to 22, 2023, and this occasion provides a welcome opportunity to | ||
recognize the many volunteer firefighters across the Lone Star | ||
State; and | ||
WHEREAS, Volunteer firefighters serve in both rural and urban | ||
communities throughout the state, performing such duties as fire | ||
suppression, emergency medical aid and rescue, hazardous material | ||
response, and training and public education; these highly trained | ||
individuals are members of more than 1,000 fire departments, and | ||
they provide over 80 percent of the fire services in Texas; and | ||
WHEREAS, In addition to offering vital emergency services, | ||
volunteer fire departments contribute to their communities by | ||
hosting open house events and building relationships with area | ||
residents; many volunteer firefighters also participate in a | ||
variety of service organizations; and | ||
WHEREAS, These brave men and women give generously of their | ||
time and talents in order to protect the lives and property of their | ||
fellow citizens, and they are indeed deserving of special | ||
recognition; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the 88th Texas Legislature | ||
hereby commend volunteer firefighters for their outstanding | ||
service and extend to them sincere gratitude and best wishes for the | ||
future. |