Bill Text: TX HCR17 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Sharla and Bart Hotchkiss on their receipt of a 2023 Judge Pat Baskin Family Volunteer of the Year Award.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-11-27 - Signed by the Governor [HCR17 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HCR17-Enrolled.html
| H.C.R. No. 17 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Sharla and Bart Hotchkiss received a Judge Pat | ||
| Baskin Family Volunteer of the Year Award at the Beacon Awards | ||
| Luncheon on September 26, 2023; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The Beacon Awards honor excellence in Permian Basin | ||
| nonprofit organizations by recognizing volunteers and staff of the | ||
| local nonprofit sector; the Judge Pat Baskin Family Volunteer of | ||
| the Year Award is presented annually to both an adult and youth | ||
| volunteer in the Midland County community; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Fitting recipients of the award, Sharla and Bart | ||
| Hotchkiss moved to Midland in 1971, and together they began | ||
| volunteering with their church, local schools, and myriad | ||
| organizations ranging from the Junior League of Midland and the | ||
| Museum of the Southwest to Hospice of Midland and the Permian Basin | ||
| Regional Planning Commission; they both served on the Midland City | ||
| Council, including respective tenures as mayor pro tempore, and | ||
| they each chaired the Midland Planning and Zoning Commission; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mr. Hotchkiss has further contributed to the | ||
| community as chair of the Parks and Recreation Commission and as a | ||
| member of the Oil and Gas Advisory Committee; meanwhile, | ||
| Mrs. Hotchkiss has served as executive director of Keep Midland | ||
| Beautiful and as president of Keep Texas Beautiful, and she helped | ||
| craft the last two city comprehensive plans and served on the Texas | ||
| Workforce Investment Council; she has been recognized for her | ||
| exceptional endeavors with the Lady Bird Johnson Award; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The couple have also played an important role in the | ||
| Midland business community as the owners of Murray's Deli; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Inspiring others through their exemplary civic | ||
| engagement, Mr. and Mrs. Hotchkiss have made a lasting, positive | ||
| difference in their community, and they are indeed deserving of | ||
| this most recent honor; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 88th Legislature of the State of Texas, | ||
| 3rd Called Session, hereby congratulate Sharla and Bart Hotchkiss | ||
| on their receipt of a 2023 Judge Pat Baskin Family Volunteer of the | ||
| Year Award and extend to them sincere best wishes for the future; | ||
| and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for the couple as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
| House of Representatives and Senate. | ||
| Craddick | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.C.R. No. 17 was adopted by the House on | ||
| November 1, 2023, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.C.R. No. 17 was adopted by the Senate on | ||
| November 5, 2023, by a viva-voce vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
