Bill Text: TX HCR76 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Comm Sub

Texas House Concurrent Resolution 76 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Designating Poteet as the official Strawberry Capital of Texas for a 10-year period beginning in 2015.

Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2015-06-17 - Signed by the Governor [HCR76 Detail]

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	By: Guillen (Senate Sponsor - Uresti)	H.C.R. No. 76
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 4, 2015;
	May 5, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
	Administration; May 21, 2015, reported favorably by the following
	vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 21, 2015, sent to printer.)
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	HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

	WHEREAS, For nearly a century, the South Texas community of
	Poteet has been known across the Lone Star State as a source of
	delicious strawberries and as the host of a renowned annual
	strawberry festival; and
	WHEREAS, In 1911, city founders Henry and Ida Mumme began to
	grow strawberries in their kitchen garden, and within 10 years, the
	community's strawberry crop had become one of its most successful
	products; local citizens invited residents of nearby San Antonio to
	sample the town's strawberries in 1921, and the San Antonio
	Express-News ran a story headlined "Crimson Berries Beckon Hungry
	Tourists to Poteet"; and
	WHEREAS, Building on the city's reputation, the Poteet Rotary
	Club staged the first Poteet Strawberry Festival in April 1948,
	hoping to provide an incentive for veterans of World War II to
	return to area farms; the club also promoted more careful packing of
	the crop so that each buyer would receive a uniform pint, flat, or
	crate of berries; and
	WHEREAS, Over the course of the past 67 years, the festival
	has grown to become one of the signature springtime events in South
	Texas, drawing 100,000 visitors and contributing up to $12 million
	to the local economy each year; in addition to the strawberries
	themselves, the popular gathering features live country music, a
	rodeo, and a food show and auction; and
	WHEREAS, The Poteet Strawberry Festival Association has also
	presented college scholarships to deserving local students for the
	past two decades; it currently gives away 10 scholarships each
	year, while many of the more than 30 churches, schools, and civic
	organizations that participate in the festival donate scholarships
	as well; and
	WHEREAS, This sweet, juicy, and colorful fruit is a delight
	to behold and to taste, and for many years, the citizens of Poteet
	have made the strawberry both a source of prosperity and a cause for
	celebration; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the 84th Legislature of the State of Texas
	hereby designate Poteet as the official Strawberry 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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