Bill Text: TX HCR108 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Requesting the lieutenant governor and the speaker to create a joint interim committee to study the development and potential economic impact of a cruise industry on the Texas coast between Calhoun and Cameron Counties.
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-17 - Signed by the Governor [HCR108 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HCR108-Enrolled.html
| H.C.R. No. 108 | ||
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| WHEREAS, The cruise operations in the home port of Galveston | ||
| have an enormous economic impact on Texas; the city hosted more than | ||
| 900,000 passenger and crew visits in 2013, which accounted for $1.2 | ||
| billion in direct spending; in addition, the industry was | ||
| responsible for generating over 20,000 Texas jobs and paying $1.16 | ||
| billion in wage income; and | ||
| WHEREAS, South of Galveston, between Calhoun and Cameron | ||
| Counties, from the tip of the Golden Crescent, along the Coastal | ||
| Bend, to the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas is home to several | ||
| growing cities, robust tourism, and a wealth of natural resources; | ||
| the area, with more than 150 miles of Gulf shoreline, also harbors | ||
| three major deepwater ports, any of which might be a viable site for | ||
| a cruise line headquarters or a port of embarkation; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Florida and California, respectively, benefit the | ||
| most from the North American cruise industry; Florida operates five | ||
| cruise ports, including Port Canaveral, Port Everglades, | ||
| Jacksonville, Miami, and Tampa, and California is home to four, in | ||
| Los Angeles, Long Beach, San Diego, and San Francisco; an | ||
| additional Texas cruise ship port between Calhoun and Cameron | ||
| Counties could offer an attractive vacation option for a | ||
| significant portion of the state's residents and be an economic | ||
| boon to the state as a whole; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 84th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
| hereby request the lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house | ||
| of representatives to create a joint interim committee to conduct a | ||
| study regarding the development of a cruise industry on the Texas | ||
| coast between Calhoun and Cameron Counties, including its potential | ||
| economic impact and options for incentives to attract the cruise | ||
| industry to South Texas; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That the committee's proceedings and operations be | ||
| governed by such general rules and policies for joint interim | ||
| committees as the 84th Legislature may adopt. | ||
| Hunter | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.C.R. No. 108 was adopted by the House on May | ||
| 15, 2015, by the following vote: | ||
| Yeas 128, Nays 8, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.C.R. No. 108 was adopted by the Senate on May | ||
| 24, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 24, Nays 6. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| RECEIVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Secretary of State | ||
