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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, Harvey Everheart retired as general manager of the |
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| 6 | 7 | | Mesa Underground Water Conservation District on January 30, 2017, |
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| 7 | 8 | | drawing to a close more than a quarter century of service to the |
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| 8 | 9 | | people of Dawson County; and |
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| 9 | 10 | | WHEREAS, The Texas Legislature authorized the Mesa UWCD in |
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| 10 | 11 | | 1989, and it was created the following year to protect the area's |
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| 11 | 12 | | critical freshwater resources from contamination or nonbeneficial |
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| 12 | 13 | | use; and |
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| 13 | 14 | | WHEREAS, Throughout his exemplary 26-year tenure as the |
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| 14 | 15 | | district's general manager, Mr. Everheart oversaw water-assessment |
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| 15 | 16 | | studies, groundwater quality and quantity monitoring, wellhead |
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| 16 | 17 | | protection efforts, and plugging of abandoned wells, as well as a |
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| 17 | 18 | | range of public education initiatives; he also represented the |
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| 18 | 19 | | district on the state level as an active member of the Texas |
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| 19 | 20 | | Alliance of Groundwater Districts; and |
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| 20 | 21 | | WHEREAS, Mr. Everheart's commitment to the safety and |
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| 21 | 22 | | security of the water supply has greatly benefited the people of |
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| 22 | 23 | | Dawson County, and he may indeed reflect with pride on a career well |
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| 23 | 24 | | spent as he embarks on the next exciting chapter of his life; now, |
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| 24 | 25 | | therefore, be it |
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| 25 | 26 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas |
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| 26 | 27 | | Legislature hereby congratulate Harvey Everheart on his retirement |
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| 27 | 28 | | as general manager of the Mesa Underground Water Conservation |
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| 28 | 29 | | District and extend to him sincere best wishes for the future; and, |
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| 29 | 30 | | be it further |
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| 30 | 31 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 31 | 32 | | prepared for Mr. Everheart as an expression of high regard by the |
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| 32 | 33 | | Texas House of Representatives. |
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