Bill Text: TX HR1628 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Larry Parks of Rockwall on receiving a 50-Year Banker Award from the Texas Bankers Association.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-22 - Reported enrolled [HR1628 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR1628-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 1628 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Larry Parks of Rockwall received a 50-Year Banker | ||
| Award at the Texas Bankers Association 135th Annual Convention, | ||
| which was held in Austin on May 3, 2019; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mr. Parks began his banking career in 1969 as a | ||
| part-time bookkeeper, teller, and cashier assistant at First | ||
| National Bank in Memphis; he then went to work for the | ||
| U.S. Department of the Treasury under the division of the Office of | ||
| the Comptroller of the Currency between 1970 and 1972, before | ||
| returning to First National to serve as an assistant vice | ||
| president; in 1981, he was promoted to president and chief | ||
| executive officer, and he continued in that capacity until the bank | ||
| was sold in 1983; during the following years, he served as president | ||
| of both First State Bank of Rockwall and Citizens State Bank in | ||
| Royse City; in December 1989, he became senior vice president of | ||
| American National Bank of Texas, where he remained until his | ||
| retirement in 2017, and today he continues to serve the institution | ||
| as a member of its board; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Engaged in his community, Mr. Parks has been | ||
| involved in a number of civic organizations as well, including | ||
| Rockwall Noon Rotary, the Rockwall Chamber of Commerce, and the | ||
| Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Dallas; he holds a bachelor's | ||
| degree in business administration from The University of Texas at | ||
| Austin, and he attended the Southwestern Graduate School of Banking | ||
| at Southern Methodist University; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Through his hard work and able leadership, Larry | ||
| Parks has made an invaluable contribution to the banking industry | ||
| in the Lone Star State, and this award is a fitting tribute to his | ||
| outstanding career; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby congratulate Larry Parks on receiving a 50-Year | ||
| Banker Award from the Texas Bankers Association 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 Mr. Parks as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
| House of Representatives. | ||
| Holland | ||
| Flynn | ||
| Lambert | ||
| Price | ||
| Metcalf | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 1628 was adopted by the House on May | ||
| 22, 2019, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
