Bill Text: TX HCR39 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Designating an area in Dallas as Koreatown Dallas for a 10-year period ending in 2033.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-05-02 - Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm. [HCR39 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HCR39-Comm_Sub.html
| 88R10890 AMB-D | ||
| By: Anchía, Meza, Jetton, Button, Wu | H.C.R. No. 39 | |
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| WHEREAS, The City of Dallas unveiled signs with Korean | ||
| translations in the Royal Lane and Harry Hines Boulevard | ||
| neighborhood on January 13, 2023, providing well-deserved | ||
| recognition for the area popularly known as Koreatown; and | ||
| WHEREAS, January 13 is annually celebrated as Korean American | ||
| Day to commemorate the arrival of the first Korean immigrants to the | ||
| United States on January 13, 1903; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The Greater Dallas Korean American Chamber of | ||
| Commerce, established in 1976, has been a crucial advocate for the | ||
| Korean American community in Dallas; and | ||
| WHEREAS, About 40 years ago, Korean Texans living in the | ||
| Royal Lane and Harry Hines Boulevard neighborhood started to build | ||
| businesses, and the Korean commercial district was formed; since | ||
| then, the area has been transformed into a vibrant Korean wholesale | ||
| and retail center; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Royal Lane is a showcase of Korean culture, and a | ||
| prosperous Koreatown will be a continuing source of pride for those | ||
| who live and work in the area and for all Texans; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The designation of Koreatown by the Texas | ||
| Legislature provides well-deserved recognition for one of the | ||
| largest Korean American communities in the southern United States | ||
| and acknowledges the important contributions of the Korean | ||
| community, not only to the City of Dallas but to the entire State of | ||
| Texas; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 88th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
| hereby designate the area from the intersection of Royal Lane and | ||
| Harry Hines Boulevard to the intersection of Royal Lane and Luna | ||
| Road in Dallas as Koreatown Dallas; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That, in accordance with the provisions of Section | ||
| 391.003(e), Government Code, this designation remain in effect | ||
| until the 10th anniversary of the date this resolution is finally | ||
| passed by the legislature. | ||
