| 1 | 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 796 |
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| 2 | 2 | | WHEREAS, Collin County justice of the peace John Edward |
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| 3 | 3 | | Payton has been named the recipient of the 2015 John McVeigh |
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| 4 | 4 | | Award from the Collin County Republican Party; and |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, Named for former Melissa justice of the peace and |
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| 6 | 6 | | Republican Party stalwart John King McVeigh, this lifetime |
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| 7 | 7 | | achievement award is presented annually to an individual who has |
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| 8 | 8 | | made significant contributions to the Collin County Republican |
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| 9 | 9 | | Party; and |
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| 10 | 10 | | WHEREAS, A resident of the county since 1989, Judge John |
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| 11 | 11 | | Payton became the justice of the peace for Precinct 3, Place 2, in |
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| 12 | 12 | | January 1991; he was only 18 years old at the time, earning a |
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| 13 | 13 | | long-standing record in the Guinness Book of World Records as the |
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| 14 | 14 | | youngest person ever elected as a judge; and |
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| 15 | 15 | | WHEREAS, In the 24 years since, Judge Payton has presided |
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| 16 | 16 | | over and managed a total of 174,000 cases and each year supervises |
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| 17 | 17 | | more than 10,000 hours of community service by youthful offenders; |
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| 18 | 18 | | he is known for his creative handling of truancy cases, offering |
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| 19 | 19 | | troubled young people a second chance through counseling and by |
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| 20 | 20 | | impressing upon them the need to take personal responsibility for |
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| 21 | 21 | | their actions; and |
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| 22 | 22 | | WHEREAS, Judge Payton has served as president of two North |
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| 23 | 23 | | Texas professional associations as well as a civic group |
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| 24 | 24 | | dedicated to community service, and he has been recognized by the |
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| 25 | 25 | | Plano Independent School District as a Centennial Hero; and |
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| 26 | 26 | | WHEREAS, For nearly a quarter of a century, John Payton has |
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| 27 | 27 | | distinguished himself as an elected official while working |
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| 28 | 28 | | tirelessly in behalf of his political ideals, and he is truly |
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| 29 | 29 | | deserving of this prestigious award; now, therefore, be it |
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| 30 | 30 | | RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 84th |
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| 31 | 31 | | Legislature, hereby congratulate Collin County justice of the |
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| 32 | 32 | | peace John Edward Payton for receiving the John McVeigh Award |
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| 33 | 33 | | from the Collin County Republican Party and extend to him sincere |
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| 34 | 34 | | best wishes for continued success; and, be it further |
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| 35 | 35 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be prepared |
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| 36 | 36 | | for Judge Payton as an expression of high regard from the Texas Senate. |
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| 37 | 37 | | Taylor of Collin |
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| 38 | 38 | | ________________________________ |
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| 39 | 39 | | President of the Senate |
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| 40 | 40 | | I hereby certify that the |
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| 41 | 41 | | above Resolution was adopted by |
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| 42 | 42 | | the Senate on May 12, 2015. |
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| 43 | 43 | | ________________________________ |
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| 44 | 44 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 45 | 45 | | ________________________________ |
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| 46 | 46 | | Member, Texas Senate |
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