Bill Text: TX HR558 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Honoring the Garland Scottish Rite Club.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
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. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
