Bill Text: TX SR607 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Ken Baker on the occasion of his retirement.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Passed) 2013-04-08 - Reported enrolled [SR607 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SR607-Enrolled.html
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| WHEREAS, Captain Ken Baker retired from the Texas Parks and | ||
| Wildlife Department in 2012, drawing to a close a notable career | ||
| that spanned more than four decades; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A seventh-generation Texan, Ken Baker was born in | ||
| Brownsville in 1947 and was raised on his family's farm and ranch | ||
| in Cameron County; he graduated from San Benito High School and | ||
| subsequently served his country in the United States Navy during | ||
| the Vietnam War; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Captain Baker attended the Texas Game Warden | ||
| Academy at Texas A&M University and began his work as a game | ||
| warden in Edinburg in 1972; he served for many years in Hidalgo | ||
| County, enforcing laws related to the area's natural resources | ||
| and to boating on the Rio Grande, and became a well-known public | ||
| servant in the area; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Over the course of his tenure, Captain Baker saw | ||
| his duties expand to include increased collaboration with | ||
| homeland security officers supervising the border; promoted to | ||
| sergeant and then to captain for the Rio Grande Valley District, | ||
| he was thought to be the longest-serving active game warden in | ||
| the state at the time of his retirement, with 41 years on the job; | ||
| in addition, Captain Baker served his professional community as | ||
| vice president of the Texas Game Warden Association; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The dedication and commitment to excellence | ||
| demonstrated by this outstanding Texan greatly benefited his | ||
| fellow citizens, and he may indeed reflect with pride on a career | ||
| well spent as he embarks on the next exciting chapter of his life; | ||
| now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 83rd | ||
| Legislature, hereby congratulate Captain Ken Baker on his | ||
| retirement from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department 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 Captain Baker as an expression of high regard by the | ||
| Texas Senate. | ||
| Hinojosa, Lucio | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on April 8, 2013. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
