Bill Text: TX HR1000 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Connie Hickman on her retirement as justice of the peace for Navarro County Precinct 4.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-04-20 - Reported enrolled [HR1000 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR1000-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 1000 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Connie Hickman retired as the Navarro County justice | ||
| of the peace for Precinct 4 in June 2022, concluding a noteworthy | ||
| tenure in office that spanned more than three decades; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Judge Hickman first took office as justice of the | ||
| peace for Navarro County in 1991, after serving for eight years as a | ||
| court clerk to former Justice of the Peace Badie Stewart; she was | ||
| the only justice of the peace for several years prior to the county | ||
| splitting into four different precincts; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Over the course of her exemplary eight terms in | ||
| office, Judge Hickman oversaw several advances in the court | ||
| system's technology, including the computerization of its record | ||
| system and the automation of traffic citations; furthermore, she | ||
| helped establish a truancy court to promote educational success | ||
| among the county's youth; at the time of her retirement, she was the | ||
| longest-tenured elected official in Navarro County and was one of | ||
| the highest decorated justices of the peace in the state; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Judge Hickman served as president of the Justices of | ||
| the Peace and Constables Association of Texas from 2006 to 2007, as | ||
| chair of the Justice of the Peace Legislative and Education | ||
| Committees, and as a past president and board member of the Texas | ||
| Association of Counties; in recognition of her many achievements, | ||
| she has received numerous accolades, such as the Judge of the Year | ||
| Award, the T. A. Vines Award, and the Lifetime Achievement Award | ||
| from the JPCA, and she was also selected to attend the prestigious | ||
| National Judicial College; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Connie Hickman has greatly benefited her fellow | ||
| citizens through her leadership, professionalism, and commitment | ||
| to excellence, and she may indeed reflect with pride on her | ||
| outstanding record of service; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby congratulate the Honorable Connie Hickman on her | ||
| retirement as justice of the peace for Navarro County Precinct 4 and | ||
| extend to her sincere best wishes for continued success and | ||
| happiness in all her future endeavors; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Judge Hickman as an expression of high regard by the | ||
| Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Harris of Anderson | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 1000 was adopted by the House on April | ||
| 20, 2023, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
