Bill Text: TX HR1675 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Melinda Siotos on her receipt of a 2017-2018 Joe A. Gonzalez (JAG) Education Is Our Freedom GED College Scholarship.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-11 - Reported enrolled [HR1675 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR1675-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 1675 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Melinda Siotos of Corpus Christi is being awarded a | ||
| 2017-2018 Joe A. Gonzalez (JAG) Education Is Our Freedom GED | ||
| College Scholarship; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Ms. Siotos attends Del Mar College, where she is | ||
| studying nursing; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The Education Is Our Freedom scholarship program was | ||
| founded by Joe Gonzalez, a longtime public servant and advocate for | ||
| education; Mr. Gonzalez is currently serving his second term as | ||
| Nueces County commissioner for Precinct 2, having first been | ||
| elected to that office in 2010; he previously worked for more than | ||
| two decades with the United States Department of Justice, and after | ||
| retiring from the DOJ in 1999, he spent nine years as justice of the | ||
| peace for Precinct 1, Place 1, in Nueces County; he created the | ||
| Education Is Our Freedom program in memory of the late Drs. Hector | ||
| P. Garcia, Cleo Garcia, and Xico Garcia, and since its | ||
| establishment in 2005, some 1,165 scholarships have been awarded; | ||
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| WHEREAS, A most deserving recipient, Melinda Siotos is | ||
| demonstrating impressive drive and ability as she works toward her | ||
| scholastic and personal goals, and she may indeed look forward to a | ||
| future bright with promise; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby congratulate Melinda Siotos on her receipt of a | ||
| Joe A. Gonzalez (JAG) Education Is Our Freedom GED College | ||
| Scholarship and extend to her sincere best wishes for continued | ||
| success in all her endeavors; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Ms. Siotos as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
| House of Representatives. | ||
| Herrero | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 1675 was adopted by the House on May | ||
| 4, 2017, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
