Bill Text: TX HCR78 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commemorating the 85th anniversary of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-04-30 - Signed by the Governor [HCR78 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HCR78-Enrolled.html
| H.C.R. No. 78 | ||
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| WHEREAS, The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission celebrated | ||
| the 85th anniversary of its founding on November 18, 2020; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The Twenty-first Amendment to the U.S. Constitution | ||
| was ratified in December 1933, ending Prohibition and giving | ||
| individual states the right to regulate alcohol; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In 1935, Texas voters ratified an amendment to the | ||
| state constitution that repealed state prohibition, granting local | ||
| governments across the state the authority to decide if their | ||
| communities were "wet" or "dry"; and | ||
| WHEREAS, That same year, a special called session of the 44th | ||
| Texas Legislature passed the Texas Liquor Control Act, creating the | ||
| Texas Liquor Control Board, which met for the first time on November | ||
| 18, 1935, in the governor's reception room at the State Capitol; in | ||
| 1970, the board was renamed the Texas Alcoholic Beverage | ||
| Commission; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Today, TABC continues to oversee every aspect of the | ||
| alcoholic beverage industry in Texas, regulating more than 55,000 | ||
| licensed businesses and collecting over $637 million biannually in | ||
| taxes and fees that contribute to the funding of state government; | ||
| the commission also plays a vital role in the effort to combat human | ||
| trafficking; and | ||
| WHEREAS, For more than three-quarters of a century, the Texas | ||
| Alcoholic Beverage Commission has ably served the people of Texas | ||
| and fulfilled its mission to promote public safety by ensuring the | ||
| responsible manufacture, sale, and consumption of alcohol; now, | ||
| therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 87th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
| hereby commemorate the 85th anniversary of the Texas Alcoholic | ||
| Beverage Commission and extend to the commission's members and | ||
| employees sincere best wishes for continued success in their | ||
| important work; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission as an | ||
| expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives and | ||
| Senate. | ||
| Geren | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.C.R. No. 78 was adopted by the House on April | ||
| 9, 2021, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.C.R. No. 78 was adopted by the Senate on | ||
| April 20, 2021, by a viva-voce vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
