Bill Text: TX HR360 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commemorating the 75th anniversary of Halff, a full-service infrastructure consulting firm.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2025-03-06 - Reported enrolled [HR360 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HR360-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 360 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Halff, a full-service infrastructure consulting | ||
| firm, is celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2025; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The firm traces its history to 1950, when it was | ||
| founded in Dallas by Dr. Albert H. Halff; over the years, the firm | ||
| has contributed to the fields of hydraulics, hydrology, and | ||
| floodplain management, and it has expanded to provide 24 unique | ||
| services with solutions in infrastructure, mobility, placemaking, | ||
| and water; moreover, it has established 14 offices in Texas as well | ||
| as 18 locations in Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, and | ||
| Oklahoma; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Ably led by President and CEO Jessica Baker Daily, | ||
| Halff partners with state agencies, regional organizations, | ||
| municipalities, and counties on a variety of infrastructure | ||
| projects that help to improve the quality of life in local | ||
| communities; some of the firm's most notable projects include | ||
| supporting the first-ever state flood plan for the Texas Water | ||
| Development Board, assisting in the creation of the Mill Creek | ||
| Tunnel in Dallas, which is the largest stormwater tunnel in the | ||
| United States, and providing design and construction management for | ||
| the President George Bush Turnpike; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In 2017, the firm's employees established the Halff | ||
| Community Initiative, a nonprofit organization, and the program has | ||
| contributed more than $930,000 in support of 423 charities; among | ||
| its many achievements, the firm has been recognized as a Top 100 | ||
| Firm by Engineering News-Record for the past three years; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Businesses that employ Texans and contribute to the | ||
| economy are important components of a prosperous state, and all | ||
| those affiliated with Halff may take great pride in their record of | ||
| achievement as they observe this noteworthy milestone in the | ||
| company's history; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby commemorate the 75th anniversary of Halff and | ||
| extend to the firm's leadership and staff sincere best wishes for | ||
| continued success; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Halff as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
| House of Representatives. | ||
| Martinez | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 360 was adopted by the House on March | ||
| 6, 2025, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
