Bill Text: TX HR200 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Recognizing February 1, 2017, as Texas Farm Bureau Day at the Capitol and commemorating the 2017 Texas Farm Bureau Leadership Conference.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: (Passed) 2017-02-02 - Reported enrolled [HR200 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR200-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Recognizing February 1, 2017, as Texas Farm Bureau Day at the Capitol and commemorating the 2017 Texas Farm Bureau Leadership Conference.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: (Passed) 2017-02-02 - Reported enrolled [HR200 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR200-Introduced.html
85R6836 JGH-D | ||
By: Kacal | H.R. No. 200 |
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WHEREAS, Proud members of the Texas Farm Bureau are gathering | ||
in Austin from January 30 to February 1 for their 2017 Leadership | ||
Conference and for Texas Farm Bureau Day at the State Capitol on | ||
February 1; and | ||
WHEREAS, One of the most powerful engines of the Texas | ||
economy, agriculture generates $20 billion in cash receipts each | ||
year, representing a total economic impact of more than $100 | ||
billion annually; Texas produces more cotton and mohair and exports | ||
more cotton, beef, and hides than any other state, and with nearly | ||
250,000 farms and ranches covering more than 130 million acres, | ||
Texas leads the nation in the number of farms and ranches; over 98 | ||
percent of our farms and ranches are owned by families, | ||
partnerships, or family-held corporations; and | ||
WHEREAS, The Texas Farm Bureau is "the voice of Texas | ||
agriculture"; founded in 1933, it is an organization of more than | ||
half a million rural families who provide their fellow Texans with | ||
abundant and affordable food, fiber, and fuel; the bureau is | ||
committed to grassroots advocacy and develops farm-friendly | ||
policies that originate with its members, and it speaks on their | ||
behalf in the halls of government in Austin and Washington, D.C.; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, Over the course of eight decades, the association | ||
has played a vital role in the protection of property rights, the | ||
development of the farm-to-market road system, the creation of | ||
economic incentives to keep farmers on the land, and the promotion | ||
of free and fair trade, and it continues to support farmers and | ||
ranchers as they work to meet the challenges of a growing population | ||
and advances in technology; and | ||
WHEREAS, Agriculture is fundamental to the economy and | ||
culture of the Lone Star State, and every day, the Texas Farm Bureau | ||
works to build upon that historic legacy and help this vital | ||
industry adapt and thrive in the 21st century; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby recognize February 1 as Texas Farm Bureau Day at | ||
the State Capitol and commemorate the 2017 Texas Farm Bureau | ||
Leadership Conference, extending to all those in attendance sincere | ||
best wishes for a meaningful and memorable visit to Austin. |