Bill Text: TX HR584 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing February 28, 2019, as Aransas County Day at the State Capitol.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-02-27 - Reported enrolled [HR584 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR584-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 584 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Residents of Aransas County are gathering in Austin | ||
| to celebrate Aransas County Day at the State Capitol on February 28, | ||
| 2019; and | ||
| WHEREAS, This region of thousand-year-old oaks, coastal | ||
| prairie, and sandy beaches was first inhabited by native peoples | ||
| about 8,000 years ago; in 1828, the Mexican government awarded an | ||
| empresario grant to bring in settlers from Ireland and Mexico, and | ||
| not long after the Civil War, the towns of Fulton and Rockport were | ||
| founded as ports for the cattle business; Aransas County was formed | ||
| in 1871 and named after a Spanish palace; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Aransas County is the gateway to the 116,000-acre | ||
| Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, where the amazing whooping cranes | ||
| spend the winter, as well as Goose Island State Park; Rockport and | ||
| Fulton Harbors are the home ports of many popular boating | ||
| excursions for birders, dolphin watchers, and devotees of deep-sea | ||
| and bay fishing, and the county's history is evoked by the 19th | ||
| century Fulton Mansion and the 1870s Victorian-style History Center | ||
| for Aransas County, while the official Texas Maritime Museum in | ||
| Rockport celebrates the marine heritage of the Lone Star State; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Blessed with more magnificent bays than land and | ||
| more redfish than cars, Aransas County is one of the treasures of | ||
| the Lone Star State, and its citizens may indeed take great pride in | ||
| the vitality of their communities as they look forward to a future | ||
| filled with opportunity and good times; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby recognize February 28, 2019, as Aransas County | ||
| Day at the State Capitol and extend to the visiting delegation | ||
| sincere best wishes for a memorable and meaningful visit to Austin. | ||
| Morrison | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 584 was adopted by the House on | ||
| February 27, 2019, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
