Bill Text: TX HR2260 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Honoring the Harris County Precinct One Community Emergency Response Team.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-30 - Reported enrolled [HR2260 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR2260-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 2260 |
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WHEREAS, The Harris County Precinct One Community Emergency | ||
Response Team, led by CERT coordinator John A. Branch, has worked | ||
tirelessly to ensure that area communities are safer, stronger, and | ||
better prepared; and | ||
WHEREAS, After helping to rebuild in the wake of Tropical | ||
Storm Allison in 2001 and Hurricane Rita in 2005, Mr. Branch, a | ||
longtime public servant, formed a team of volunteers to assist in | ||
responding to the needs of the local community; the Precinct One | ||
CERT holds free classes taught by first responders that equip | ||
citizens with knowledge and resources to assist their families and | ||
neighborhoods in the event of a disaster; the Houston program is | ||
part of the Mayor's Office of Public Safety and Homeland Security | ||
and the Harris County Citizen Corps; in addition, CERT volunteers | ||
help with public events, such as the Extreme Weather Ready Expo and | ||
BP MS 150, and serve on planning and hospitality committees for | ||
future training events; and | ||
WHEREAS, Through the dedicated advocacy of Mr. Branch, | ||
Precinct One CERT opened a command center on February 19, 2022; the | ||
first volunteer owned and operated CERT center in the state, the | ||
facility serves as a location for emergency training classes and | ||
includes a food pantry and resource center for vulnerable | ||
residents; and | ||
WHEREAS, Since its founding, Precinct One CERT has provided | ||
invaluable assistance to the citizens of Harris County, and it is a | ||
pleasure to recognize the many significant contributions of this | ||
noteworthy organization; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby honor the Harris County Precinct One Community | ||
Emergency Response Team for its service and extend to all those | ||
associated with the team sincere best wishes for the future; and, be | ||
it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for the Harris County Precinct One Community Emergency | ||
Response Team as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of | ||
Representatives. | ||
J. Johnson of Harris | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 2260 was adopted by the House on May | ||
29, 2023, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||