| 1 | 1 | | H.R. No. 253 |
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| 4 | 4 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, The Honorable Chad Bridges has ably served the |
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| 6 | 6 | | people of Fort Bend County for 20 years; and |
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| 7 | 7 | | WHEREAS, Chad Bridges began his career with Fort Bend County |
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| 8 | 8 | | in 2003, when he joined the district attorney's office; in 2015, he |
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| 9 | 9 | | was appointed as judge of the 240th District Court by Governor Greg |
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| 10 | 10 | | Abbott, and after his term ended in 2018, he became the chief |
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| 11 | 11 | | prosecutor of the county's Family Violence Division; he was |
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| 12 | 12 | | recently elected as judge of the 458th District Court in Fort Bend |
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| 13 | 13 | | County, and he was sworn into office on January 1, 2023; and |
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| 14 | 14 | | WHEREAS, Active in his professional community, Judge Bridges |
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| 15 | 15 | | served as the president and director of the county Crime Victim |
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| 16 | 16 | | Response Team (CVRT), and he also trains other judges for the Texas |
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| 17 | 17 | | Council on Family Violence; he has been a faculty advisor for the |
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| 18 | 18 | | Texas District and County Attorneys Association's Advanced Trial |
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| 19 | 19 | | Skills course, and in 2017, he was published in the Texas Center for |
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| 20 | 20 | | the Judiciary's In Chambers journal; he became board certified in |
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| 21 | 21 | | criminal law in 2020 and currently serves as an adjunct professor of |
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| 22 | 22 | | criminal justice at Houston Christian University; his honors |
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| 23 | 23 | | include the CVRT Carol Rees Award for outstanding service to crime |
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| 24 | 24 | | victims, and in January 2023, he received a 20-Year Service Award |
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| 25 | 25 | | from the Fort Bend County Commissioners Court in recognition of his |
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| 26 | 26 | | unwavering commitment to the county; and |
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| 27 | 27 | | WHEREAS, The dedication and integrity demonstrated by Chad |
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| 28 | 28 | | Bridges have greatly benefited area residents and earned him the |
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| 29 | 29 | | respect and admiration of his peers, and he may take justifiable |
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| 30 | 30 | | pride in his exemplary record of achievement; now, therefore, be it |
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| 31 | 31 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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| 32 | 32 | | Legislature hereby honor Chad Bridges for his 20 years of service to |
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| 33 | 33 | | Fort Bend County and extend to him sincere best wishes for continued |
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| 34 | 34 | | success; and, be it further |
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| 35 | 35 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 36 | 36 | | prepared for Judge Bridges as an expression of high regard by the |
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| 37 | 37 | | Texas House of Representatives. |
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| 38 | 38 | | Jetton |
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| 39 | 39 | | ______________________________ |
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| 40 | 40 | | Speaker of the House |
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| 41 | 41 | | I certify that H.R. No. 253 was adopted by the House on March |
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| 42 | 42 | | 8, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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| 43 | 43 | | voting. |
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| 44 | 44 | | ______________________________ |
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| 45 | 45 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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