Bill Text: TX HCR20 | 2011 | 82nd Legislature 1st Special | Enrolled


Bill Title: Commemorating the 40th anniversary of Southwest Airlines.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)

Status: (Passed) 2011-07-19 - Signed by the Governor [HCR20 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HCR20-Enrolled.html
 
 
  H.C.R. No. 20
 
 
 
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
 
         WHEREAS, Southwest Airlines is celebrating its 40th
  anniversary on June 18, 2011, providing a welcome opportunity to
  celebrate the success of this signature Texas company and its
  cofounder, Herb Kelleher; and
         WHEREAS, In the mid-1960s, businessman Rollin W. King
  conceived of a new kind of airline that could fly passengers
  inexpensively and quickly across short distances; in a meeting with
  his lawyer, Herb Kelleher, at the St. Anthony Club in San Antonio,
  he used a napkin to illustrate his idea, drawing a triangle with
  points labeled San Antonio, Houston, and Dallas; this simple sketch
  would go on to become a symbol of the infant company's ethos and to
  form the basis of its initial route map; and
         WHEREAS, Southwest Airlines was chartered as a Texas
  corporation, and on June 18, 1971, the company began commercial
  flights with three Boeing 737 airliners and fewer than 70
  employees; since then, thanks in large part to the dynamic
  leadership of Mr. Kelleher, who served as the company's chairman,
  president, and CEO from 1982 until 2001, Southwest has become one of
  the most respected names in the industry; now under the direction of
  Gary Kelly, nearly 35,000 employees schedule, maintain, and fly
  more than 500 Boeing 737s between 72 cities in 37 states; the
  airline operates 3,400 flights a day, making it the largest U.S.
  carrier of domestic passengers as of September 2010; moreover, the
  airline has turned a profit for 38 years in a row; and
         WHEREAS, Southwest has regularly earned top rankings in
  safety from the International Airline Passengers Association, and
  it has consistently received the lowest ratio of customer
  complaints per passenger boarded of all major U.S. airlines
  according to data from the U.S. Department of Transportation; and
         WHEREAS, This impressive record of customer satisfaction is
  no doubt linked to Southwest's approach to employee relations; in
  1973, the company initiated the first profit-sharing program in the
  U.S. airline industry, and it has never laid off or furloughed a
  single employee; among its many honors, Southwest is often
  recognized as one of the best places in the country to work; in
  addition, it was recently named the "greenest airline" by the
  nonprofit group Climate Counts, and it has been repeatedly ranked
  as one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune 
  magazine; and
         WHEREAS, Over the last four decades, the percentage of
  American adults who have flown on a commercial airliner has risen
  from 15 to 85 percent, a result that is often referred to as the
  "Southwest Effect," and on the occasion of this special
  anniversary, Mr. Kelleher, Mr. Kelly, and the employees of
  Southwest may indeed take great pride in their enormous
  contributions to the mobility of Americans and to the culture as a
  whole; now, therefore, be it
         RESOLVED, That the 82nd Legislature of the State of Texas,
  1st Called Session, hereby commemorate the 40th anniversary of
  Southwest Airlines and extend to Herb Kelleher, Gary Kelly, and the
  entire Southwest family sincere best wishes for continued success;
  and, be it further
         RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
  prepared for Southwest Airlines as an expression of high regard by
  the Texas House of Representatives and Senate.
 
  Craddick
  Parker
  Darby
  Anchia
 
 
Straus Gonzales of Williamson Morrison
 
Aliseda Gonzalez Munoz, Jr.
 
Allen Gooden Murphy
 
Alonzo Guillen Naishtat
 
Alvarado Gutierrez Nash
 
Anchia Hamilton Oliveira
 
Anderson of Dallas Hancock Orr
 
Anderson of McLennan Hardcastle Otto
 
Aycock Harless Parker
 
Beck Harper-Brown Patrick
 
Berman Hartnett Paxton
 
Bohac Hernandez Luna Pena
 
Bonnen Hilderbran Perry
 
Branch Hochberg Phillips
 
Brown Hopson Pickett
 
Burkett Howard of Fort Bend Pitts
 
Burnam Howard of Travis Price
 
Button Huberty Quintanilla
 
Cain Hughes Raymond
 
Callegari Hunter Reynolds
 
Carter Isaac Riddle
 
Castro Jackson Ritter
 
Chisum Johnson Rodriguez
 
Christian Keffer Schwertner
 
Coleman King of Parker Scott
 
Cook King of Taylor Sheets
 
Craddick King of Zavala Sheffield
 
Creighton Kleinschmidt Shelton
 
Crownover Kolkhorst Simpson
 
Darby Kuempel Smith of Harris
 
Davis of Dallas Landtroop Smith of Tarrant
 
J. Davis of Harris Larson Smithee
 
S. Davis of Harris Laubenberg Solomons
 
Deshotel Lavender Strama
 
Driver Legler Taylor of Collin
 
Dukes Lewis Taylor of Galveston
 
Dutton Lozano Thompson
 
Eiland Lucio III Torres
 
Eissler Lyne Truitt
 
Elkins Madden Turner
 
Farias Mallory Caraway Veasey
 
Farrar Margo Villarreal
 
Fletcher Marquez Vo
 
Flynn Martinez Walle
 
Frullo Martinez Fischer Weber
 
Gallego McClendon White
 
Garza Menendez Woolley
 
Geren Miles Workman
 
Giddings Miller of Comal Zedler
 
Gonzales of Hidalgo Miller of Erath Zerwas
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.C.R. No. 20 was adopted by the House on June
  21, 2011, by a non-record vote.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.C.R. No. 20 was adopted by the Senate on June
  28, 2011, by a viva-voce vote.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor       
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