Bill Text: TX HCR106 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Designating #TexasToDo as the official state hashtag of Texas Tourism.
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-3)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-19 - Signed by the Governor [HCR106 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HCR106-Enrolled.html
| H.C.R. No. 106 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Texas Tourism, the state's official tourism | ||
| marketing entity, is spreading the word about the wonders of the | ||
| Lone Star State to social media users around the world with its | ||
| Twitter hashtag, #TexasToDo; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A program of the Economic Development and Tourism | ||
| Office of the Governor, Texas Tourism is active on Twitter with the | ||
| handle @texastourism, where it posts and retweets countless | ||
| opportunities for recreation across the state, sharing Instagram | ||
| photos, online articles, and news about upcoming events; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The Twitter hashtag #TexasToDo enables individuals, | ||
| organizations, and communities across the state to publicize and | ||
| celebrate local activities, while also allowing visitors a one-stop | ||
| location on Twitter to find exciting ideas for vacations or weekend | ||
| trips and to share their photographs and experiences; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In addition, #TexasToDoFilms provides links to | ||
| handsomely produced, high-definition videos on Vimeo and YouTube, | ||
| showcasing such recreational pursuits as kayaking and offshore | ||
| fishing, as well as such characteristic facets of Texas culture as | ||
| swimming holes and custom cowboy boots; and | ||
| WHEREAS, #TexasToDo is part of a dynamic, cross-platform | ||
| social media effort that includes the TravelTex website and the | ||
| Travel Texas app for mobile devices, as well as active Texas Tourism | ||
| efforts on Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, and Google Plus; and | ||
| WHEREAS, This innovative and wide-ranging program brings the | ||
| marketing of Texas tourism into the 21st century, allowing social | ||
| media users of all ages, backgrounds, and locations to instantly | ||
| access information about what to see and do in the Lone Star State; | ||
| now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 84th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
| hereby designate #TexasToDo as the official state hashtag of Texas | ||
| Tourism. | ||
| Sheets | ||
| Anderson of Dallas | ||
| Canales | ||
| White of Tyler | ||
| Wu | ||
| Burkett | ||
| Minjarez | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.C.R. No. 106 was adopted by the House on May | ||
| 8, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 6, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.C.R. No. 106 was adopted by the Senate on May | ||
| 27, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
