Bill Text: TX SR139 | 2017 | 85th Legislature 1st Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing International Business Machines Corporation for 50 years in Austin.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-08-14 - Reported enrolled [SR139 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SR139-Enrolled.html
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| WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to | ||
| recognize International Business Machines Corporation on the | ||
| occasion of the company's 50th anniversary in Austin; and | ||
| WHEREAS, On July 31, 1967, IBM opened the doors of its new | ||
| 100,000-square-foot manufacturing plant in North Austin, and 500 | ||
| employees played a role in assembling the Selectric Composer | ||
| typewriter; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The company's operations have evolved over the | ||
| years as IBM has worked to meet the changing demands of society, | ||
| and today, the Austin campus provides jobs for approximately | ||
| 6,000 Central Texans; the site hosts one of IBM's 12 research | ||
| laboratories, and it serves as headquarters for the company's | ||
| Global Design Group; and | ||
| WHEREAS, IBM has reached many significant technological | ||
| milestones in the capital city; in 1984, Austin workers helped | ||
| develop the company's first portable personal computer, and two | ||
| years later, the Austin site began manufacturing the PC | ||
| Convertible, IBM's first foldable laptop; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Over the last five decades, IBM has contributed | ||
| greatly to the local economy through job creation, acquisitions, | ||
| and the philanthropic endeavors of its employees; it has also | ||
| helped bring about new entrepreneurial activity, as former | ||
| employees have moved on to begin new local technology businesses | ||
| such as Cognitive Scale and ClearCube; and | ||
| WHEREAS, IBM played a significant role in Austin's development | ||
| from a sleepy college town to one of the nation's renowned | ||
| technological centers; the company continues to thrive as an | ||
| innovator in technological research and development, and its | ||
| 50-year anniversary in the Texas capital is indeed worthy of | ||
| celebration; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 85th | ||
| Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby congratulate International | ||
| Business Machines Corporation on 50 years of success in Austin | ||
| and extend to all associated with the company best wishes for the | ||
| future; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for | ||
| the company as an expression of esteem from the Texas Senate. | ||
| Watson | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on August 14, 2017. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
