Bill Text: TX HCR70 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Designating Dripping Springs as the official Wedding Capital of Texas for a 10-year period beginning in 2017.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Signed by the Governor [HCR70 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HCR70-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Designating Dripping Springs as the official Wedding Capital of Texas for a 10-year period beginning in 2017.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Signed by the Governor [HCR70 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HCR70-Comm_Sub.html
By: Isaac (Senate Sponsor - Campbell) | H.C.R. No. 70 | |
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2017; | ||
May 5, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on | ||
Administration; May 22, 2017, reported favorably by the following | ||
vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 22, 2017, sent to printer.) | ||
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WHEREAS, Each year, well over a thousand weddings take place | ||
in Dripping Springs; and | ||
WHEREAS, The natural beauty of the Texas Hill Country | ||
provides an ideal setting for joyous celebrations of matrimony, and | ||
the Dripping Springs area is home to more than 30 event venues of | ||
all styles and sizes, among them wineries, ranches, and picturesque | ||
sites along waterways such as Onion Creek; and | ||
WHEREAS, Due to the popularity of Dripping Springs as a | ||
destination for nuptials, the hospitality industry has become well | ||
established; the city's business community includes a wide range of | ||
overnight accommodations for guests, as well as florists, caterers, | ||
bakeries, and other companies offering wedding services; and | ||
WHEREAS, Countless couples have selected Dripping Springs as | ||
the perfect spot to exchange the vows of matrimony and embark on a | ||
new life journey together in the presence of family and friends, and | ||
local residents take pride in the role their community plays in | ||
supporting the institution of marriage; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the 85th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
hereby designate Dripping Springs as the official Wedding Capital | ||
of Texas; 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 its designation. | ||
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