Bill Text: TX HR100 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Honoring Cooke County Electric Cooperative Association on the 75th anniversary of its founding.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-14 - Filed [HR100 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR100-Introduced.html
83R4356 JNC-D | ||
By: Springer | H.R. No. 100 |
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WHEREAS, Cooke County Electric Cooperative Association is | ||
celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2013, and this significant | ||
milestone provides a welcome opportunity to honor the organization; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, CCECA has been dedicated to providing power to rural | ||
homes and businesses since its founding in 1938; originally serving | ||
98 members, the cooperative has grown steadily over the years and | ||
today supports more than 9,400 residents in Cooke, Montague, | ||
Grayson, Wise, and Denton Counties; and | ||
WHEREAS, CCECA also sponsors a scholarship program, which | ||
benefits 12 high school seniors each year; moreover, its employees | ||
play an important role in the community as volunteer firefighters | ||
and as church, youth, and civic leaders; and | ||
WHEREAS, For seven and a half decades, Cooke County Electric | ||
Cooperative Association has fulfilled its vital mission, | ||
contributing immeasurably to the quality of life of area residents; | ||
now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas | ||
Legislature hereby commemorate the 75th anniversary of Cooke County | ||
Electric Cooperative Association and extend to all those associated | ||
with CCECA sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it | ||
further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for the cooperative as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. |