Bill Text: TX HCR34 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Directing DPS to name the new crime lab in Laredo the Oscar "O. J." Hale Crime Lab.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-05-23 - Signed by the Governor [HCR34 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HCR34-Enrolled.html
| H.C.R. No. 34 | ||
|
|
||
| WHEREAS, Oscar Hale has served with exceptional skill and | ||
| dedication as chief investigator of the Webb County District | ||
| Attorney's Office for more than four decades; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A Vietnam veteran, Mr. Hale began his career in law | ||
| enforcement as a police officer in 1968, at the age of 21; he | ||
| quickly demonstrated outstanding ability as an investigator and was | ||
| promoted to the rank of detective with responsibility for handling | ||
| robbery, homicide, and injury cases; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mr. Hale was named chief investigator in the | ||
| district attorney's office soon after joining that department, and | ||
| he is widely admired for his courage, judgment, and work ethic, as | ||
| well as for his knowledge and experience; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Throughout his remarkable career in law | ||
| enforcement, O. J. Hale has set a standard of excellence to which | ||
| others may aspire; the Texas Department of Public Safety is | ||
| completing a new crime lab in Laredo, and it would be most fitting | ||
| to recognize Mr. Hale's noteworthy achievements by naming this | ||
| facility in his honor; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 84th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
| hereby direct the Texas Department of Public Safety to name the new | ||
| crime lab in Laredo the Oscar "O. J." Hale Crime Lab; and, be it | ||
| further | ||
| RESOLVED, That the secretary of state forward an official | ||
| copy of this resolution to the chair of the board and to the | ||
| director of the Texas Department of Public Safety. | ||
| Raymond | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.C.R. No. 34 was adopted by the House on April | ||
| 16, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.C.R. No. 34 was adopted by the Senate on May | ||
| 12, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
