Bill Text: TX HR524 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing February 27 and 28, 2019, as Lamar County Days at the State Capitol.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-04 - Reported enrolled [HR524 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR524-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 524 |
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WHEREAS, Many proud citizens of Lamar County are visiting the | ||
State Capitol on February 27 and 28, 2019, to celebrate the role | ||
this Northeast Texas county has played in the annals of the Lone | ||
Star State; and | ||
WHEREAS, At the time of the Republic of Texas, present-day | ||
Lamar County was located within the boundaries of Red River County; | ||
population growth led the Fifth Congress of the republic to | ||
establish Lamar County on December 17, 1840, and the current | ||
boundaries were drawn 30 years later when a portion of land was | ||
carved out for the creation of Delta County; and | ||
WHEREAS, Lamar County's namesake was the fourth president of | ||
the Republic of Texas, Mirabeau B. Lamar; the small settlement of | ||
Lafayette was the first county seat, and Mount Vernon later served | ||
briefly in that capacity until the town of Paris was founded on 50 | ||
acres donated by George W. Wright; Paris has served as the county | ||
seat since 1844; and | ||
WHEREAS, At the turn of the century, Lamar County remained | ||
primarily rural, and although the population of Paris had grown to | ||
more than 9,000, no other community exceeded 1,000 residents; the | ||
industrial economy gradually began to make gains on agriculture in | ||
the 20th century as people moved into towns and smaller | ||
communities, and Paris played an increasingly important role in the | ||
economy of Northeast Texas; and | ||
WHEREAS, Today, Paris is a regional hub for manufacturing, | ||
retail trade, and medical care; it is home to a number of Fortune | ||
500 companies, including Campbell Soup Company, which produces such | ||
products as Pace Picante Sauce and Prego Italian sauces in its Paris | ||
plant, and Kimberly-Clark, makers of Huggies diapers; also | ||
contributing to the city's economy are BodyGuard Truck Accessories, | ||
a global after-market truck parts distributor, and J. Skinner | ||
Baking, producers of Hostess, Little Debbie, and Walmart baked | ||
goods; moreover, Paris is a prominent national center for trailer | ||
manufacturing, with PJ Trailers and Load Trail helping to anchor | ||
that segment of the business community; one of the area's newest | ||
employers, American SpiralWeld Pipe Company, fabricates large | ||
diameter cement-coated pipe for lake water transfers and municipal | ||
sewer systems; the city is located within an excellent multimodal | ||
transportation network, with the recent expansions of Texas Highway | ||
82 and U.S. Highway 271 and the four-lane route to Interstate 30 via | ||
Texas Highway 19/24 allowing improved access to the area's numerous | ||
manufacturing plants and distribution centers; and | ||
WHEREAS, Quality of life in Paris is enhanced by Paris Junior | ||
College and several excellent independent school districts and by | ||
such beautiful recreation areas as Wade Park, Lake Gibbons, Lake | ||
Crook, and the Sam Bell Maxey House State Historic Site; every | ||
summer, citizens enjoy the Tour de Paris bike race and concerts by | ||
the Paris Municipal Band, the oldest such ensemble in the state; | ||
landmarks include the Culbertson Fountain in the historic district, | ||
named "the prettiest plaza in the State of Texas" by Texas Monthly | ||
magazine, and the "third largest Eiffel Tower in the Second Largest | ||
Paris," a 65-foot-tall monument constructed by local workers and | ||
capped, appropriately, with a cowboy hat; and | ||
WHEREAS, Lamar County is one of the Lone Star State's great | ||
treasures, and it is indeed a pleasure to honor its residents as | ||
they look forward to a bright and promising future; now, therefore, | ||
be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby recognize February 27 and 28, 2019, as Lamar | ||
County Days at the State Capitol and extend to the visiting | ||
delegation sincere best wishes for a meaningful and memorable stay | ||
in Austin. | ||
VanDeaver | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 524 was adopted by the House on | ||
February 27, 2019, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||