TITLE: Congratulating Richard Briley on his retirement as managing director of Health and Code Compliance for the City of Garland.

SUMMARY: Congratulating Richard Briley on his retirement as managing director of Health and Code Compliance for the City of Garland.

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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 Gonz lez of El Paso Paddie Alvarado Gooden Parker Anchia Guerra Paul Anderson of Dallas Guillen Perez Anderson of McLennan Gutierrez Phelan Ar valo 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 Mu oz, Jr. Wilson Frank Murphy Workman Frullo Murr Wray Geren Neave Wu Gervin-Hawkins Nev rez 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