Bill Text: TX HR1843 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Resolution 1843 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Congratulating Frank Torres on his reappointment to the Texas Emergency Services Retirement System Board of Trustees.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-05-28 - Reported enrolled [HR1843 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HR1843-Introduced.html

	86R34692 JGH-D

	By: Guillen	H.R. No. 1843



	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Governor Greg Abbott has reappointed Frank Torres to
	the board of trustees of the Texas Emergency Services Retirement
	System, and this distinct honor merits special recognition; and
	WHEREAS, The Texas Emergency Services Retirement System
	administers the pensions for nearly 230 volunteer fire and
	emergency services departments across the Lone Star State, and it
	also provides active members with death and disability benefits and
	tuition for professional education; and
	WHEREAS, Mr. Torres was first appointed to the board by
	Governor George W. Bush in 1996, and he is currently serving as its
	chair; he is also a member of the Lower Rio Grande Valley Regional
	Advisory Council, the Texas Ambulance Association, the Texas
	Association of Public Employee Retirement Systems, and the State
	Firefighters' & Fire Marshals' Association of Texas; and
	WHEREAS, A native of Raymondville, Mr. Torres is the
	executive director of Willacy County EMS, as well as a captain and
	former chief of the Raymondville Fire Department, and he holds a
	paramedic's license from Texas Southmost College; he also serves
	his community as chair of the Raymondville Planning and Zoning
	Commission; and
	WHEREAS, Frank Torres has helped guide the Texas Emergency
	Services Retirement System for more than 20 years, and his
	continued service is greatly appreciated by his colleagues and
	fellow citizens; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas
	Legislature hereby congratulate Frank Torres on his reappointment
	to the board of trustees of the Texas Emergency Services Retirement
	System and extend to him sincere best wishes for continued success
	in his important work; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
	prepared for Mr. Torres as an expression of high regard by the Texas
	House of Representatives.