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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Citizens of Dallas have greatly benefited from the |
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dedicated leadership of city council member Vonciel Jones Hill; and |
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WHEREAS, Elected in 2007 to represent District 3, Ms. Hill |
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has brought to municipal government a wealth of knowledge and |
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experience; she holds a master of divinity degree from the Perkins |
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School of Theology, a master's degree in history from Rice |
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University, and a J.D. from The University of Texas at Austin School |
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of Law; she previously served as an assistant city attorney and as a |
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municipal court judge for the City of Dallas, and she established |
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her own law practice in 2005; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Hill has also given of her time and talents to |
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the boards of the Texas Municipal Courts Association, Paul Quinn |
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College, and Cable Access of Dallas, Inc., and she serves on the |
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faculty of the Texas Municipal Courts Education Center; she has |
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been recognized for her professional and civic achievements by the |
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Dallas Urban League, the Dallas Interdenominational Ministerial |
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Alliance, and Metropolitan Business and Professional Women, and she |
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received an honorary doctorate from Paul Quinn College; and |
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WHEREAS, Public servants improve the quality of life for |
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their fellow Texans in innumerable ways, and Vonciel Jones Hill has |
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helped to make Dallas an even better place in which to live and |
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work; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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Legislature hereby commend Vonciel Jones Hill for her service on |
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the Dallas City Council and extend to her |
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sincere best wishes for |
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the future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Hill as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |
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Davis of Dallas |
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| Anderson of Dallas |
Hernandez |
Phelan |
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| Anderson of McLennan |
Herrero |
Phillips |
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| Bonnen of Brazoria |
Johnson |
Rinaldi |
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| Bonnen of Galveston |
Kacal |
Rodriguez of Bexar |
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| Burkett |
Keffer |
Rodriguez of Travis |
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| Burrows |
King of Hemphill |
Rose |
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| Button |
King of Parker |
Sanford |
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| Canales |
King of Taylor |
Schaefer |
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| Capriglione |
King of Uvalde |
Schofield |
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| Craddick |
Landgraf |
Simmons |
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| Davis of Dallas |
Lozano |
Springer |
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| Davis of Harris |
Lucio III |
Stephenson |
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| Deshotel |
Márquez |
Stickland |
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| Dukes |
Martinez |
Thompson of Brazoria |
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| Dutton |
Martinez Fischer |
Thompson of Harris |
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| Elkins |
McClendon |
Tinderholt |
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| Faircloth |
Metcalf |
Turner of Collin |
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| Fallon |
Meyer |
Turner of Harris |
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| Farias |
Miles |
Turner of Tarrant |
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| Farney |
Miller of Comal |
VanDeaver |
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| Farrar |
Miller of Fort Bend |
Villalba |
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| Frank |
Morrison |
White of Bell |
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| Frullo |
Muñoz, Jr. |
White of Tyler |
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______________________________ |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 2800 was adopted by the House on May 14, |
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2015, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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