Bill Text: TX HR679 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled

Texas House Resolution 679 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Recognizing April 3, 2013, as Parent Association for the Retarded of Texas Day at the State Capitol.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Passed) 2013-03-14 - Reported enrolled [HR679 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HR679-Enrolled.html



	H.R. No. 679



	R E S O L U T I O N

	WHEREAS, April 3, 2013, is Parent Association for the
	Retarded of Texas Day at the State Capitol, and the occasion
	provides a fitting opportunity to honor the association for its
	outstanding work; and
	WHEREAS, The Parent Association for the Retarded of Texas is
	an organization of volunteers who promote quality services and are
	dedicated to preserving, improving, and expanding services for
	persons with intellectual disabilities; and
	WHEREAS, The members of the Parent Association for the
	Retarded of Texas present the parents' viewpoint to the Department
	of Aging and Disability Services, the state legislature, Congress,
	and the general public; and
	WHEREAS, This association is well known for the support it
	offers to employees of state facilities and for its advocacy of new
	programs to meet the unique needs of persons with intellectual
	disabilities; and
	WHEREAS, Members of the Parent Association for the Retarded
	of Texas have been prominently involved in the development of
	programs for persons with mental retardation since the 1950s, and
	through the years they have fought vigorously for improved state
	schools, state centers, special education, and community mental
	health and mental retardation centers; and
	WHEREAS, Today, the Parent Association for the Retarded of
	Texas continues to protect people with intellectual disabilities
	and tenaciously places responsibility on caregivers to maintain
	standards for quality care; the organization addresses such issues
	as fiscal accountability and special population needs; and
	WHEREAS, The services provided by the Parent Association for
	the Retarded of Texas have been vital to the welfare of countless
	Texans, and members of the association are truly worthy of special
	recognition for their exceptional efforts and outstanding
	accomplishments; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas
	Legislature hereby recognize April 3, 2013, as Parent Association
	for the Retarded of Texas Day at the State Capitol and extend to the
	members of the association best wishes for a meaningful and
	memorable event.

	King of Taylor

	______________________________
	Speaker of the House

	I certify that H.R. No. 679 was adopted by the House on March
	13, 2013, by a non-record vote.

	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House