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               SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 71
            
                   WHEREAS, Former Texas state senator Eddie Lucio Jr. has 
         
            been named the 2023 recipient of the Defender of Life Award by the 
         
            St. John Paul II Life Center; and
         
                   WHEREAS, First elected to the Legislature in 1986, Eduardo 
         
            Andres Lucio Jr. served two terms in the Texas House of 
         
            Representatives before winning his Senate seat in 1990; he served 
         
            in numerous leadership roles over the course of his 16 
         
            consecutive terms in the Senate, including chair of the 
         
            Intergovernmental Relations and International Relations and 
         
            Trade Committees and vice chair of the Education Committee; and
         
                   WHEREAS, Mr. Lucio improved access to higher education in 
         
            the Rio Grande Valley, authoring legislation to create such 
         
            institutions as South Texas College and The University of Texas 
         
            at Brownsville, which was a legacy institution to UTRGV; he was 
         
            also instrumental in the establishment of the Regional Academic 
         
            Health Center, a precursor of the UTRGV School of Medicine; and
         
                   WHEREAS, Dedicated to the health, safety, and well-being 
         
            of children, Mr. Lucio secured passage of legislation expanding 
         
            access to school nutrition programs and requiring three-point 
         
            lap and shoulder belts on new school buses; moreover, he has been 
         
            a staunch advocate of health care for children with disabilities 
         
            and of equity in public schools; his love for children extends to 
         
            those still in the womb, whom he sees as the most helpless and 
         
            innocent, deserving of the full protection of the law; and
         
                   WHEREAS, During his tenure on the Finance Committee, 
         
            Mr. Lucio worked tirelessly to advance economic development in 
         
            South Texas by securing funding for infrastructure; his efforts 
         
            contributed to the designation of the first interstate highways 
         
            in the Rio Grande Valley; in addition, he has been a champion of 
         
            veterans issues and of the ranchlands of the Coastal Bend; the 
         
            Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas presented him 
         
            with its Legislative Hero Award in recognition of his endeavors 
         
            in behalf of families of fallen police officers; he was further 
         
            recognized with the naming of Senator Eddie A. Lucio Jr. Middle 
         
            School in Brownsville in his honor; and
         
                   WHEREAS, Mr. Lucio's career in public service was informed 
         
            by his strong Catholic upbringing in the Bougainvillea 
         
            neighborhood, a subdivision of the Brownsville Housing 
         
            Authority; he completed his bachelor's degree in education at Pan 
         
            American University, a predecessor of UTRGV, and worked in the 
         
            Brownsville Independent School District; at the age of 25, he 
         
            became Cameron County treasurer, and he later served as a county 
         
            commissioner; and
         
                   WHEREAS, Eddie Lucio has greatly benefited his fellow 
         
            Texans through his wide-ranging contributions, and he is richly 
         
            deserving of this prestigious accolade; now, therefore, be it
         
                   RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th 
         
            Legislature, 4th Called Session, hereby congratulate the 
         
            Honorable Eddie Lucio Jr. on his receipt of the2023Defenderof
         
            Life Award from the St. John Paul II Life Center 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 Mr. Lucio as an expression of high regard from the 
         
            Texas Senate.
         
            Hughes
         
            ________________________________ 
         
                President of the Senate
         
                I hereby certify that the 
         
            above Resolution was adopted by 
         
            the Senate on December 5, 2023.
         
            ________________________________ 
         
                Secretary of the Senate
         
            ________________________________ 
         
                 Member, Texas Senate



	SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 71
	WHEREAS, Former Texas state senator Eddie Lucio Jr. has
	been named the 2023 recipient of the Defender of Life Award by the
	St. John Paul II Life Center; and

	WHEREAS, First elected to the Legislature in 1986, Eduardo
	Andres Lucio Jr. served two terms in the Texas House of
	Representatives before winning his Senate seat in 1990; he served
	in numerous leadership roles over the course of his 16
	consecutive terms in the Senate, including chair of the
	Intergovernmental Relations and International Relations and
	Trade Committees and vice chair of the Education Committee; and

	WHEREAS, Mr. Lucio improved access to higher education in
	the Rio Grande Valley, authoring legislation to create such
	institutions as South Texas College and The University of Texas
	at Brownsville, which was a legacy institution to UTRGV; he was
	also instrumental in the establishment of the Regional Academic
	Health Center, a precursor of the UTRGV School of Medicine; and

	WHEREAS, Dedicated to the health, safety, and well-being
	of children, Mr. Lucio secured passage of legislation expanding
	access to school nutrition programs and requiring three-point
	lap and shoulder belts on new school buses; moreover, he has been
	a staunch advocate of health care for children with disabilities
	and of equity in public schools; his love for children extends to
	those still in the womb, whom he sees as the most helpless and
	innocent, deserving of the full protection of the law; and

	WHEREAS, During his tenure on the Finance Committee,
	Mr. Lucio worked tirelessly to advance economic development in
	South Texas by securing funding for infrastructure; his efforts
	contributed to the designation of the first interstate highways
	in the Rio Grande Valley; in addition, he has been a champion of
	veterans issues and of the ranchlands of the Coastal Bend; the
	Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas presented him
	with its Legislative Hero Award in recognition of his endeavors
	in behalf of families of fallen police officers; he was further
	recognized with the naming of Senator Eddie A. Lucio Jr. Middle
	School in Brownsville in his honor; and

	WHEREAS, Mr. Lucio's career in public service was informed
	by his strong Catholic upbringing in the Bougainvillea
	neighborhood, a subdivision of the Brownsville Housing
	Authority; he completed his bachelor's degree in education at Pan
	American University, a predecessor of UTRGV, and worked in the
	Brownsville Independent School District; at the age of 25, he
	became Cameron County treasurer, and he later served as a county
	commissioner; and

	WHEREAS, Eddie Lucio has greatly benefited his fellow
	Texans through his wide-ranging contributions, and he is richly
	deserving of this prestigious accolade; now, therefore, be it

	RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th
	Legislature, 4th Called Session, hereby congratulate the
	Honorable Eddie Lucio Jr. on his receipt of the2023Defenderof
	Life Award from the St. John Paul II Life Center 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 Mr. Lucio as an expression of high regard from the
	Texas Senate.

	Hughes



		________________________________
		President of the Senate

		I hereby certify that the
		above Resolution was adopted by
		the Senate on December 5, 2023.



		________________________________
		Secretary of the Senate



		________________________________
		Member, Texas Senate