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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, Bobby G. Littlefield Jr. is retiring from the Texas |
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| 6 | 7 | | Department of Transportation on February 28, 2017, drawing to a |
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| 7 | 8 | | close an exemplary tenure with the agency that has spanned more than |
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| 8 | 9 | | three decades; and |
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| 9 | 10 | | WHEREAS, While earning his bachelor's degree in civil |
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| 10 | 11 | | engineering from Texas A&M University, Mr. Littlefield worked for |
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| 11 | 12 | | TxDOT as a summer engineer aide in his hometown of Sulphur Springs; |
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| 12 | 13 | | after completing his degree, he became the engineering assistant at |
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| 13 | 14 | | the Sulphur Springs Area Office, and he was promoted to assistant |
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| 14 | 15 | | area engineer upon receiving his professional engineering license |
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| 15 | 16 | | in 1989; and |
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| 16 | 17 | | WHEREAS, Mr. Littlefield spent 10 years as the Sherman area |
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| 17 | 18 | | engineer and 9 years as the Paris district engineer before being |
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| 18 | 19 | | named the Waco district engineer in January 2013; in that role, he |
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| 19 | 20 | | has overseen more than 300 employees and a highway network of over |
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| 20 | 21 | | 7,800 miles across eight counties; and |
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| 21 | 22 | | WHEREAS, During his distinguished career with TxDOT, |
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| 22 | 23 | | Mr. Littlefield served as the rural district franchise lead in |
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| 23 | 24 | | 2012, and he was honored with the agency's 2003 DeWitt C. Greer |
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| 24 | 25 | | Award in recognition of his outstanding service to the State of |
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| 25 | 26 | | Texas; and |
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| 26 | 27 | | WHEREAS, Bobby Littlefield's commitment to the highest |
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| 27 | 28 | | standards of his profession has greatly benefited the work of the |
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| 28 | 29 | | Texas Department of Transportation, and he may indeed reflect with |
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| 29 | 30 | | pride on his impressive record of achievement; now, therefore, be |
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| 30 | 31 | | it |
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| 31 | 32 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas |
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| 32 | 33 | | Legislature hereby congratulate Bobby G. Littlefield Jr. on his |
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| 33 | 34 | | retirement as Waco district engineer for the Texas Department of |
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| 34 | 35 | | Transportation and extend to him sincere best wishes for the |
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| 35 | 36 | | future; and, be it further |
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| 36 | 37 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 37 | 38 | | prepared for Mr. Littlefield as an expression of high regard by the |
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| 38 | 39 | | Texas House of Representatives. |
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