| |
| |
|
|
R E S O L U T I O N
|
|
|
WHEREAS, For 44 years, the citizens of Live Oak County have |
|
|
benefited from the leadership and dedication of Sheriff Larry R. |
|
|
Busby, who has spent more time in office than any other actively |
|
|
serving sheriff in the State of Texas; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, With a career in law enforcement that has spanned |
|
|
five decades, Sheriff Busby was sworn into office for his 12th |
|
|
consecutive four-year term on January 1, 2025; since winning his |
|
|
first election in 1980, he has often gone unopposed in subsequent |
|
|
bids for reelection, and he has won the confidence and trust of |
|
|
county voters for his tireless commitment to public safety and his |
|
|
fair and respectful treatment of those he has encountered on the |
|
|
job; at the conclusion of his current term, he will hold the title |
|
|
of the longest-serving sheriff in Texas history; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, The son of a ranch hand, Larry Busby learned the |
|
|
importance of hard work, responsibility, and sacrifice at an early |
|
|
age; he earned a bachelor's degree in agricultural business from |
|
|
Texas A&I University in 1969, and he received certification as a |
|
|
reserve peace officer in 1975, the same year that he became a deputy |
|
|
with the Live Oak Sheriff's Office; he has since obtained |
|
|
certification as a master peace officer, served on legislative |
|
|
committees, and held membership in the Coastal Bend Peace Officers |
|
|
Association, the Sheriffs' Association of Texas, and the National |
|
|
Sheriffs' Association; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, This esteemed Texan has shared his expertise as a |
|
|
college instructor and as a member of the law enforcement advisory |
|
|
committees at both Coastal Bend College and Del Mar College; he has |
|
|
also volunteered his time as a board member for the Boys & Girls |
|
|
Club of Live Oak County and as a member of the George West Lions Club |
|
|
and the local Masonic lodge; moreover, he has distinguished himself |
|
|
as a top competitor in law enforcement shooting and rodeo contests, |
|
|
and he was part of the state champion roping team in 1986; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, Sheriff Larry Busby has devoted himself tirelessly |
|
|
to serving and protecting the residents of Live Oak County, and he |
|
|
may indeed reflect with pride on all that he has accomplished over |
|
|
the course of his extraordinary tenure; now, therefore, be it |
|
|
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas |
|
|
Legislature hereby honor Larry R. Busby as the longest-serving |
|
|
sheriff in office in the State of Texas 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 Sheriff Busby as an expression of high regard by the |
|
|
Texas House of Representatives. |