Bill Text: TX HR730 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Recognizing March 8, 2017, as Buda Day at the State Capitol.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-03-14 - Reported enrolled [HR730 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR730-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Recognizing March 8, 2017, as Buda Day at the State Capitol.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-03-14 - Reported enrolled [HR730 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR730-Introduced.html
85R13957 KSM-D | ||
By: Isaac | H.R. No. 730 |
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WHEREAS, Proud residents of the city of Buda are gathering in | ||
Austin on March 8, 2017, to celebrate Buda Day at the State Capitol; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, Established in 1881 as a new depot on the | ||
International-Great Northern Railroad, Buda was known as Du Pre | ||
until the post office requested a name change seven years later; one | ||
explanation for the unique moniker is that Buda comes from the | ||
Spanish word viuda, or widow, in reference to the two widows who | ||
cooked at the Carrington Hotel in the 1880s; and | ||
WHEREAS, The town's early economy centered on supplies and | ||
services for the nearby ranches and dairy farms, and local | ||
businesses formed a chamber of commerce in 1928; Buda was | ||
incorporated 20 years later, and it joined the Hays Consolidated | ||
Independent School District in 1967; the population began to grow | ||
in earnest in the 1980s, and today the city is home to approximately | ||
14,000 people; and | ||
WHEREAS, Buda hosts a number of special events, including | ||
First Thursday, organized by the Downtown Merchants' Group, and the | ||
Downtown Buda Farmer's Market; residents and visitors alike enjoy a | ||
number of annual holiday festivities, such as the Red, White, and | ||
Buda Independence Day Celebration, Boo-da Halloween, and the Buda | ||
Trail of Lights, and other notable attractions include the Buda | ||
Lions Country Fair & Wiener Dog Races held in April and Budafest in | ||
December; and | ||
WHEREAS, The citizens of Buda are building on an impressive | ||
tradition of achievement and public spirit, and they may indeed | ||
take great pride in their contributions to the story of the Lone | ||
Star State; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby recognize March 8, 2017, as Buda Day at the State | ||
Capitol and extend to the visiting delegation sincere best wishes | ||
for the future. |