Bill Text: TX HR584 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing February 28, 2019, as Aransas County Day at the State Capitol.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
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 | ||
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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. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||