Bill Text: TX HR375 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled

Texas House Resolution 375 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Honoring Magic Valley Electric Cooperative for its outstanding work to restore service to its members in the aftermath of Hurricane Hanna.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Passed) 2021-03-31 - Reported enrolled [HR375 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HR375-Enrolled.html



	H.R. No. 375



	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Magic Valley Electric Cooperative has played a vital
	role in the lives of Rio Grande Valley residents for more than eight
	decades, and its crews went to commendable lengths to restore power
	to area households in the wake of Hurricane Hanna; and
	WHEREAS, The storm made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane on
	Padre Island on July 25, 2020, bringing winds of up to 90 miles per
	hour and inundating parts of South Texas with over 15 inches of
	rain; disaster declarations were issued in 32 counties, and as a
	result of downed power lines and other infrastructure damage, tens
	of thousands of outages were reported in Corpus Christi, Laredo,
	and the Rio Grande Valley; and
	WHEREAS, At the peak of the outages, more than 75,000 Magic
	Valley Electric Cooperative members, a majority of the
	organization's patrons, were without power; in the week that
	followed, MVEC deployed linemen to neighborhoods that received
	storm damage, and through their diligent efforts, electricity was
	restored to almost all of those affected within days of the
	hurricane; and
	WHEREAS, Founded by a group of local farmers and ranchers in
	1937, MVEC is an independent not-for-profit member-owned
	organization; it has long been an integral part of the community,
	and it is today a reliable source of electric power to over 125,000
	member accounts in seven counties; and
	WHEREAS, After nearly a century in the Rio Grande Valley,
	Magic Valley Electric Cooperative continues to further its
	reputation for excellence, and the professionals who were part of
	its Hurricane Hanna recovery team are to be commended for their
	dedicated efforts; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas
	Legislature hereby honor Magic Valley Electric Cooperative for its
	outstanding work to restore service to its members in the aftermath
	of Hurricane Hanna and that all those affiliated with the
	organization be extended sincere best wishes for continued success;
	and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
	prepared for Magic Valley Electric Cooperative as an expression of
	high regard by the Texas House of Representatives.

	Canales

	______________________________
	Speaker of the House

	I certify that H.R. No. 375 was adopted by the House on March
	25, 2021, by a non-record vote.

	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House