Bill Text: TX HR558 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Honoring the Garland Scottish Rite Club.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-12 - Reported enrolled [HR558 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR558-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 558 |
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WHEREAS, The Garland Scottish Rite Club has played an | ||
important role in the local community for many decades, and its | ||
efforts are indeed deserving of special recognition; and | ||
WHEREAS, Since the early 1960s, the club has given | ||
scholarships to students from the Garland Independent School | ||
District, awarding nearly $200,000 to well over 200 college-bound | ||
Texans over the years; the club has further supported public | ||
education through a recognition program for Garland ISD personnel; | ||
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WHEREAS, The Garland Scottish Rite Club is dedicated to | ||
helping those in need of medical care; it supports Hope Clinic | ||
Garland, and it hosts blood drives throughout the year for patients | ||
of the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, one of the | ||
nation's leading pediatric orthopedic hospitals, which provides | ||
treatment without regard to a family's ability to pay; and | ||
WHEREAS, The members of this noteworthy organization have | ||
demonstrated a profound commitment to the benevolent mission of the | ||
Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by following the principles of | ||
brotherly love, tolerance, charity, and truth, and their heartfelt | ||
contributions have made a positive difference in the lives of | ||
innumerable people in Garland and beyond; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby honor the Garland Scottish Rite Club and extend | ||
to the group's members sincere best wishes for continued success in | ||
all their endeavors; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for the club as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
House of Representatives. | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 558 was adopted by the House on March | ||
4, 2019, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||