| 1 | | - | By: Raymond (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.C.R. No. 34 |
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| 2 | | - | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 16, 2015; |
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| 3 | | - | April 27, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | | - | Criminal Justice; May 6, 2015, reported favorably by the following |
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| 5 | | - | vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 6, 2015, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | | - | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 1 | + | H.C.R. No. 34 |
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| 18 | 4 | | HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION |
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| 19 | 5 | | WHEREAS, Oscar Hale has served with exceptional skill and |
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| 20 | 6 | | dedication as chief investigator of the Webb County District |
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| 21 | 7 | | Attorney's Office for more than four decades; and |
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| 22 | 8 | | WHEREAS, A Vietnam veteran, Mr. Hale began his career in law |
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| 23 | 9 | | enforcement as a police officer in 1968, at the age of 21; he |
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| 24 | 10 | | quickly demonstrated outstanding ability as an investigator and was |
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| 25 | 11 | | promoted to the rank of detective with responsibility for handling |
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| 26 | 12 | | robbery, homicide, and injury cases; and |
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| 27 | 13 | | WHEREAS, Mr. Hale was named chief investigator in the |
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| 28 | 14 | | district attorney's office soon after joining that department, and |
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| 29 | 15 | | he is widely admired for his courage, judgment, and work ethic, as |
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| 30 | 16 | | well as for his knowledge and experience; and |
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| 31 | 17 | | WHEREAS, Throughout his remarkable career in law |
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| 32 | 18 | | enforcement, O. J. Hale has set a standard of excellence to which |
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| 33 | 19 | | others may aspire; the Texas Department of Public Safety is |
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| 34 | 20 | | completing a new crime lab in Laredo, and it would be most fitting |
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| 35 | 21 | | to recognize Mr. Hale's noteworthy achievements by naming this |
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| 36 | 22 | | facility in his honor; now, therefore, be it |
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| 37 | 23 | | RESOLVED, That the 84th Legislature of the State of Texas |
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| 38 | 24 | | hereby direct the Texas Department of Public Safety to name the new |
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| 39 | 25 | | crime lab in Laredo the Oscar "O. J." Hale Crime Lab; and, be it |
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| 40 | 26 | | further |
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| 41 | 27 | | RESOLVED, That the secretary of state forward an official |
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| 42 | 28 | | copy of this resolution to the chair of the board and to the |
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| 43 | 29 | | director of the Texas Department of Public Safety. |
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| 44 | | - | * * * * * |
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| 30 | + | Raymond |
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| 31 | + | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 32 | + | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 33 | + | I certify that H.C.R. No. 34 was adopted by the House on April |
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| 34 | + | 16, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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| 35 | + | voting. |
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| 36 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 37 | + | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 38 | + | I certify that H.C.R. No. 34 was adopted by the Senate on May |
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| 39 | + | 12, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. |
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| 40 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 41 | + | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 42 | + | APPROVED: __________________ |
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| 43 | + | Date |
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| 44 | + | __________________ |
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| 45 | + | Governor |
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