H.R. No. 1313
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Vice Mayor Pro Tem Martha Castex-Tatum of the City
of Houston was elected as president of the Texas Municipal League on
May 11, 2021; and
WHEREAS, Established in 1913, the Texas Municipal League
seeks to empower Texas cities by providing legislative, legal, and
training services to city governments; its 16,000 members from more
than 1,160 cities include mayors, city councilpersons, city
managers, city attorneys, and department heads; chosen as the
league's president-elect on October 15, 2020, Ms. Castex-Tatum
began serving an extended term as president when her predecessor
vacated the position early; the eighth City of Houston official to
be elected president of TML and the first president to have served
on the city councils of two Texas cities, she will hold the office
until October 2022; she also represents the City of Houston on the
TML board of directors; and
WHEREAS, In May 2018, Ms. Castex-Tatum won a special election
to fill the vacant Houston City Council position for District K, and
in January 2020, she began her first four-year term on the council;
that same month, she was unanimously elected as vice mayor pro tem
by the mayor and city council; she chairs the Economic Development
Committee and sits on the Budget and Fiscal Affairs, Ethics,
Elections and Council Governance, Housing and Community Affairs,
Regulatory and Neighborhood Affairs, and Transportation,
Technology and Infrastructure Committees; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Castex-Tatum earned her bachelor's degree in
business administration and her master's degree in public
administration from Texas State University, and she has been an
active member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., for nearly three
decades; she was the first African American woman to serve on the
San Marcos City Council, where she served as deputy mayor pro tem;
and
WHEREAS, Martha Castex-Tatum is proving herself to be a civic
leader of exceptional vision and ability, and she may indeed take
great pride in her record of service as she takes on the challenges
and opportunities of her new position; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas
Legislature hereby congratulate Martha Castex-Tatum on her
election as president of the Texas Municipal League and extend to
her sincere best wishes for a successful tenure; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Ms. Castex-Tatum as an expression of high regard by
the Texas House of Representatives.
Reynolds
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 1313 was adopted by the House on May
26, 2021, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House