Bill Text: TX HCR19 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating the Anwar family on receiving the West Texan by Nature award from the Sibley Nature Center.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-11-27 - Signed by the Governor [HCR19 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HCR19-Enrolled.html
| H.C.R. No. 19 | ||
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| WHEREAS, The Anwar family was honored at the annual West | ||
| Texan by Nature event hosted by the Sibley Nature Center in Midland | ||
| on September 21, 2023; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The Sibley Nature Center celebrates the natural | ||
| history of West Texas at a 49-acre site in Hogan Park in Midland; | ||
| the center presented the Anwar family with its West Texan by Nature | ||
| award in recognition of the family's wide-ranging contributions to | ||
| the community; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Born in Karachi, Pakistan, Javaid Anwar immigrated | ||
| to the United States after high school and earned a degree in | ||
| petroleum engineering from the University of Wyoming; he has spent | ||
| nearly four decades in the oil and gas industry in Texas, and over | ||
| the course of his career, he has founded several oil and gas | ||
| exploration companies, started his own oil drilling business, and | ||
| accumulated various oil leases in the Permian Basin; today, he | ||
| serves as the owner and president of Midland Energy, Petroplex | ||
| Energy, and the Western T. Corporation; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In all his endeavors, Mr. Anwar has benefited from | ||
| the love and encouragement of his wife, Vicky, and the couple's two | ||
| children, Ryan and Leslie, have both grown up to work in the family | ||
| business; through the years, the Anwars have given of their time and | ||
| resources to support the oil and gas industry as well as the wider | ||
| community, and they have donated generously to numerous public | ||
| universities and charities; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The members of the Anwar family have proven | ||
| themselves to be business and civic leaders of great vision and | ||
| ability, and they may indeed reflect with pride on this prestigious | ||
| recognition of their years of dedicated service to the community; | ||
| now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 88th Legislature of the State of Texas, | ||
| 3rd Called Session, hereby congratulate the Anwar family on | ||
| receiving the West Texan by Nature award from the Sibley Nature | ||
| Center and extend to the members of the family sincere best wishes | ||
| for continued success; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for the Anwar family as an expression of high regard by the | ||
| Texas House of Representatives and Senate. | ||
| Craddick | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.C.R. No. 19 was adopted by the House on | ||
| November 1, 2023, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.C.R. No. 19 was adopted by the Senate on | ||
| November 5, 2023, by a viva-voce vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
