Bill Text: TX HR2 | 2013 | 83rd Legislature 3rd Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Torres Garage of Robstown on 92 years of operation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-08-06 - Reported enrolled [HR2 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR2-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 2 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Family-owned businesses that are passed down | ||
| through the generations contribute to the quality of life in | ||
| communities across Texas, and Torres Garage of Robstown, which has | ||
| been in continuous operation for 92 years, is a true Lone Star | ||
| success story; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Torres Garage was founded in Brownsville in 1921 by | ||
| Elias Torres; he later passed the business down to his son, Balde | ||
| Torres, who moved the shop from Brownsville to West Avenue B in | ||
| Robstown in 1971; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The business relocated to its current address on | ||
| Western Avenue in the early 1980s, and since 2007, the garage has | ||
| been owned and operated by Balde Torres III, the great-grandson of | ||
| the founder; with four generations of automotive experience to | ||
| build upon, Mr. Torres offers area residents general maintenance | ||
| services for a wide variety of vehicles; and | ||
| WHEREAS, For nearly a century, from the Ford Model T to the | ||
| Honda Civic, the Torres family has provided quality automobile | ||
| service and repair for countless customers in Brownsville and | ||
| Robstown, and this venerable Texas business is truly deserving of | ||
| special recognition; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas | ||
| Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby commend Torres Garage on | ||
| its 92 years of operation and extend to Balde Torres III and his | ||
| staff sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for the Torres family as an expression of high regard by | ||
| the Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Herrero | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 2 was adopted by the House on August | ||
| 5, 2013, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
