Bill Text: TX HR2184 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Honoring former state representative Sylvester Turner for his achievements as mayor of Houston.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-05-23 - Referred to Urban Affairs [HR2184 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR2184-Introduced.html
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| By: Reynolds | H.R. No. 2184 | |
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| WHEREAS, The Honorable Sylvester Turner has served with great | ||
| distinction as the mayor of Houston, the nation's fourth-largest | ||
| city; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A longtime state representative, Mayor Turner was | ||
| first elected to lead his hometown in 2015 and won overwhelming | ||
| reelection four years later; he has skillfully managed a host of | ||
| challenges, from budget deficits and the homeless crisis to | ||
| Hurricane Harvey and the COVID-19 pandemic; during the national | ||
| turmoil over police-community relations, he signed an executive | ||
| order restricting the use of force and created the Task Force on | ||
| Policing Reforms; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mayor Turner has passed seven balanced budgets | ||
| within the city's fiscal constraints; he oversaw a remarkable | ||
| rebound from Hurricane Harvey and got the Texas Legislature and | ||
| local voters on board with a desperately needed pension reform | ||
| package that reduced the city's liability by billions of dollars; | ||
| addressing societal problems in the wake of the pandemic, he | ||
| released his One Safe Houston initiative to combat violence, mental | ||
| illness, and the proliferation of guns on the street; the | ||
| initiative has helped bring about a decrease in the year-to-year | ||
| number of homicides and the overall violent crime rate; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Recognizing the peril that global warming poses to | ||
| coastal cities, Mayor Turner launched Houston's first Climate | ||
| Action Plan, and he has been a prominent member of several national | ||
| and international groups focused on the environment; moreover, he | ||
| has worked to revitalize Houston's most underserved neighborhoods | ||
| through his Complete Communities initiative, developed the Hire | ||
| Houston Youth program to increase opportunities for thousands of | ||
| young people, and formed public-private partnerships to expand the | ||
| city's technology and innovation sector and to improve neighborhood | ||
| parks; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mayor Turner draws on 27 years of experience | ||
| representing Texas House District 139; a member of the House | ||
| Appropriations Committee for over two decades, he was appointed to | ||
| several Budget Conference Committees tasked with balancing the | ||
| state's budget and served on the Legislative Budget Board; he also | ||
| held the office of speaker pro tem of the Texas House for three | ||
| terms; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Demonstrating exceptional vision, leadership, and | ||
| fiscal acumen, Sylvester Turner has guided Houston through a period | ||
| of tremendous change while setting the stage for long-term progress | ||
| and sustainability, and his outstanding contributions will | ||
| resonate far into the future; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby honor former state representative Sylvester | ||
| Turner for his achievements as mayor of Houston and extend to him | ||
| sincere best wishes for continued success and happiness; and, be it | ||
| further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Mayor Turner as an expression of high regard by the | ||
| Texas House of Representatives. | ||
