H.R. No. 1940

	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Richard Briley is retiring as managing director of
	Health and Code Compliance for the City of Garland on June 30, 2017,
	concluding a distinguished career that has spanned 28 years; and
	WHEREAS, Dedicated to public and environmental health,
	Mr. Briley has guided the department with skill, vision, and a
	spirit of innovation; he has launched a number of effective
	initiatives, and the risk-based food service inspection
	methodology he developed and implemented in Garland has been
	adopted as the national standard used in all U.S. Food and Drug
	Administration training manuals for health inspectors; and
	WHEREAS, Mr. Briley has benefited his profession at the state
	level in a number of leadership roles; he was an officer of the
	Texas Environmental Health Association for 15 years and served as
	president in 2004; in addition, he was president of the Texas
	Association of Municipal Health Officials and served on the board
	of the Texas Municipal League; and
	WHEREAS, In 2009, Mr. Briley assisted State Representative
	Angie Chen Button with H.B. 1530, transferring licensure of public
	health mosquito spraying to the Texas Department of Agriculture;
	the passage of this bill allowed health departments across the
	state to ramp up mosquito control activities to confront the threat
	of West Nile, Dengue, and Zika virus outbreaks; Mr. Briley is the
	author or co-author of numerous journal articles, and he has
	written several policy opinions at the request of the Office of the
	Texas Attorney General; among other accolades, he received the 2005
	I. E. Scott Award, recognizing him as the state's top health
	professional, and he was awarded a Certificate of Merit from the
	National Environmental Health Association as one of the nation's
	top-performing environmental health professionals; and
	WHEREAS, Mr. Briley was previously employed by Hunt County
	for five years as county sanitarian; he holds both a bachelor's and
	a master's degree in biological sciences from Texas A&M
	University--Commerce; and
	WHEREAS, For more than a quarter century, Richard Briley has
	devoted himself to the health, safety, and well-being of his fellow
	citizens in Garland and beyond, and his outstanding contributions
	will continue to resonate in the years to come; now, therefore, be
	it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas
	Legislature hereby congratulate Richard Briley on his retirement as
	managing director of Health and Code Compliance for the City of
	Garland and extend to him sincere best wishes for continued
	happiness; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
	prepared for Mr. Briley as an expression of high regard by the Texas
	House of Representatives.
	Button
	Straus Goldman Oliverson
	Allen Gonzales of Williamson Ortega
	Alonzo González of El Paso Paddie
	Alvarado Gooden Parker
	Anchia Guerra Paul
	Anderson of Dallas Guillen Perez
	Anderson of McLennan Gutierrez Phelan
	Arévalo Hefner Phillips
	Ashby Hernandez Pickett
	Bailes Herrero Price
	Bell Hinojosa Raney
	Bernal Holland Raymond
	Biedermann Howard Reynolds
	Blanco Huberty Rinaldi
	Bohac Hunter Roberts
	Bonnen of Brazoria Isaac Rodriguez of Bexar
	Bonnen of Galveston Israel Rodriguez of Travis
	Burkett Johnson of Dallas Romero, Jr.
	Burns Johnson of Harris Rose
	Burrows Kacal Sanford
	Button Keough Schaefer
	Cain King of Hemphill Schofield
	Canales King of Parker Schubert
	Capriglione King of Uvalde Shaheen
	Clardy Klick Sheffield
	Coleman Koop Shine
	Collier Krause Simmons
	Cook Kuempel Smithee
	Cortez Lambert Springer
	Cosper Landgraf Stephenson
	Craddick Lang Stickland
	Cyrier Larson Stucky
	Dale Laubenberg Swanson
	Darby Leach Thierry
	Davis of Dallas Longoria Thompson of Brazoria
	Davis of Harris Lozano Thompson of Harris
	Dean Lucio III Tinderholt
	Deshotel Martinez Turner
	Dukes Metcalf Uresti
	Dutton Meyer VanDeaver
	Elkins Miller Villalba
	Faircloth Minjarez Vo
	Fallon Moody Walle
	Farrar Morrison White
	Flynn Muñoz, Jr. Wilson
	Frank Murphy Workman
	Frullo Murr Wray
	Geren Neave Wu
	Gervin-Hawkins Nevárez Zedler
	Giddings Oliveira Zerwas
	______________________________
	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.R. No. 1940 was adopted by the House on May 9,
	2017, by a non-record vote.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House