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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, Colonel Thomas A. Davis, Jr., enjoyed a long and |
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notable career with the Texas Department of Public Safety that |
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spanned more than four decades, and it is most fitting that he be |
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recognized with the naming of a DPS building in his honor; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Mississippi and raised in Houston, Tommy |
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Davis studied at South Texas Junior College and the University of |
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Houston; on November 18, 1964, he joined the Department of Public |
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Safety and graduated from the DPS Academy on March 5 of the |
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following year; his first assignment was with the Driver License |
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Service in Houston, and he began highway patrol duties in July 1967; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, This able officer joined the investigative ranks on |
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September 1, 1971, when he began working with the Criminal |
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Intelligence Service in Houston; promoted to sergeant in August |
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1983, he relocated to Austin, and nearly three years later he |
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assumed the responsibilities of assistant service commander; and |
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WHEREAS, Undertaking a new assignment in 1988, he became |
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assistant chief of the Criminal Law Enforcement Division and later |
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led the division as chief; he then moved to the senior levels of DPS |
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command, holding the post of assistant director from September 1996 |
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until February 2000; on March 1, 2000, he was named the agency's |
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director, and he retired from that position on August 31, 2008; and |
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WHEREAS, An officer of great dedication and vast experience, |
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Tommy Davis spent nearly 44 years serving the citizens of the Lone |
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Star State, and the Texas Public Safety Commission has requested |
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that a state office building be named in his honor; Building A at |
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the Texas Department of Public Safety Headquarters Complex in |
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Austin has never been named, and naming the building after Colonel |
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Davis would provide a lasting tribute to his many years of service |
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in behalf of his fellow Texans; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the 81st Legislature of the State of Texas |
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hereby direct the Texas Facilities Commission to submit a proposal |
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to the lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house of |
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representatives to name Building A of the Texas Department of |
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Public Safety Headquarters Complex at 5805 North Lamar Boulevard in |
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Austin the Thomas A. Davis, Jr., Headquarters Building; and, be it |
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further |
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RESOLVED, That the secretary of state forward an official |
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copy of this resolution to the chair and executive director of the |
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Texas Facilities Commission; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That, contingent on the receipt by the lieutenant |
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governor and speaker of the house of representatives of the Texas |
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Facilities Commission proposal, this resolution hereby authorize |
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the naming of the Thomas A. Davis, Jr., Headquarters Building. |