Bill Text: TX HR199 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing March 23, 2023, as San Patricio County Day at the State Capitol.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-03-16 - Reported enrolled [HR199 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR199-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 199 |
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WHEREAS, Residents of San Patricio County are gathering in | ||
Austin on March 23, 2023, to celebrate San Patricio County Day at | ||
the State Capitol; and | ||
WHEREAS, Situated on the broad coastal plain along the Gulf | ||
of Mexico, this region was originally inhabited by the Karankawa | ||
Indians; in 1829, 200 Irish families from New York formed a colony | ||
under a contract with the government of Mexico and founded the town | ||
of San Patricio de Hibernia, in honor of Saint Patrick, the patron | ||
saint of Ireland; the town was the site of a battle during the Texas | ||
Revolution in 1836, and later that same year, San Patricio County | ||
was created by the new Republic of Texas; and | ||
WHEREAS, By 1860, San Patricio County was occupied by | ||
ranchers and farmers, and during the Civil War, a Confederate fort | ||
was built at Aransas Pass to deal with smugglers, rustlers, and | ||
Federal raiders; the county's economy was boosted in 1885 when the | ||
San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway was extended to Aransas | ||
Harbor; the town of Sinton, named after an Ohio banker who had | ||
invested in the area's development, was designated as the county | ||
seat in 1893; and | ||
WHEREAS, Oil and gas were discovered in the county in the | ||
early 20th century, and the petroleum industry and agriculture | ||
continue to be the foundation of the economy; cotton, sorghum, and | ||
cattle are all major products, along with shrimp from the | ||
commercial fisheries along the coast; the completion of a major | ||
dredging and expansion project at the La Quinta Ship Channel has | ||
increased opportunities for strategic international business | ||
partnerships, and in recent years, foreign and domestic companies | ||
have invested billions of dollars in the county's industrial | ||
sector; and | ||
WHEREAS, Today, the people of San Patricio County enjoy a | ||
relaxed rural lifestyle while taking advantage of their proximity | ||
to the city of Corpus Christi; hunters, birders, kayakers, | ||
snorkelers, and devotees of sport fishing travel to the county for | ||
its many opportunities for recreation; the county is also home to | ||
the Welder Wildlife Refuge, one of the largest privately endowed | ||
refuges in the world; and | ||
WHEREAS, Celebrating their colorful past as they work to | ||
build an even brighter future, those Texans who call San Patricio | ||
County home may indeed take great pride in the important role their | ||
unique region plays in the story of the Lone Star State; now, | ||
therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby recognize March 23, 2023, as San Patricio County | ||
Day at the State Capitol and extend a warm welcome to the visiting | ||
delegation. | ||
Lozano | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 199 was adopted by the House on March | ||
8, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||