87R27073 BHH-D
 
  By: Reynolds H.R. No. 1314
 
 
 
R E S O L U T I O N
         WHEREAS, The Honorable Joel Clouser is retiring as Fort Bend
  County justice of the peace for Precinct 2 on June 30, 2021, drawing
  to a close an exemplary tenure that has spanned 28 years; and
         WHEREAS, First elected as justice of the peace in 1992, Judge
  Clouser took office on January 1, 1993; he has earned the admiration
  of many for his work with school administrators to reduce the number
  of truancy cases in the precinct as well as for his use of
  alternative sentencing programs that emphasize youth development;
  moreover, he established and oversaw the local YMCA Teen Court
  program, whose participants won first place in several mock trial
  competitions throughout the state; and
         WHEREAS, An engaged member of the Fort Bend community since
  1980, Judge Clouser has served on the boards of a number of civic
  and charitable organizations, including the Clear Creek Watershed
  Flood Control District, the Fort Bend Independent School District
  Safe and Drug Free Schools Department, the Fort Bend Family YMCA,
  and the World Youth Foundation; he has also given generously of his
  time and expertise as president of the NAACP Missouri City &
  Vicinity Branch and as chaplain of the A. Philip Randolph Institute
  Tideland Chapter; in all his endeavors, he enjoys the love and
  support of his wife, Gloria, and their children; and
         WHEREAS, Judge Clouser has greatly benefited his fellow
  citizens through his leadership, professionalism, and commitment
  to excellence, and he may indeed reflect with pride on a career well
  spent as he begins the next exciting chapter of his life; now,
  therefore, be it
         RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas
  Legislature hereby congratulate Joel Clouser on his retirement as
  the Fort Bend County Precinct 2 justice of the peace and extend to
  him sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further
         RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
  prepared for Judge Clouser as an expression of high regard by the
  Texas House of Representatives.