Bill Text: TX HCR78 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Concurrent Resolution 78 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requesting the creation of a joint interim committee to study the development of a cruise industry on the South Texas coast.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-12 - Left pending in committee [HCR78 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HCR78-Introduced.html

	85R11687 RMA-D

	By: Hunter	H.C.R. No. 78



	CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
	WHEREAS, The cruise operations in the home port of Galveston
	have an enormous economic impact on Texas; the city hosted some
	640,000 passengers in 2014, which accounted for more than $1.2
	billion in direct spending; in addition, the industry was
	responsible for generating almost 20,000 Texas jobs and paying
	nearly $1.1 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 85th 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 85th Legislature may adopt.