Bill Text: TX SR268 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing March 7, 2023, as Cotton Day.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-03-07 - Reported enrolled [SR268 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR268-Enrolled.html
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WHEREAS, Cotton has ranked as one of the most important | ||
crops in Texas for a century and a half, and in 1997, the 75th | ||
Legislature named it the official fiber and fabric of the Lone | ||
Star State; and | ||
WHEREAS, Introduced to Texas by Spanish missionaries, | ||
cotton soared in production between 1850 and 1900, when it | ||
reached more than 3.4 million bales; contributing to the | ||
expansion were the opening of new lands for cultivation, the | ||
extension of the railroad, and the influx of thousands of | ||
immigrants from the Deep South and from Europe; and | ||
WHEREAS, The State of Texas has been the home of a number of | ||
major innovations in the cotton industry; Robert S. Munger | ||
developed an automated system ginning process in Mexia in 1884, | ||
and in 1980 the country's first high-volume instrument | ||
cotton-classing office opened in Lamesa; and | ||
WHEREAS, In recent years, approximately 40 percent of all | ||
the cotton harvested in the United States has been grown in | ||
Texas, and the state usually ranks first among all the states in | ||
cotton production; and | ||
WHEREAS, Our farmers work long hours to provide food and | ||
fiber for the world and their work is seldom recognized; the | ||
profession is both tiresome and stressful but rewarding at the | ||
same time; let us take a moment to recognize our farmers for the | ||
work they put in every day that benefits all of us; thank God for | ||
our farmers and ranchers!; and | ||
WHEREAS, The history of Texas cannot be told without taking | ||
into account the enormous role that cotton has played in the | ||
development of the state, and the crop continues to provide the | ||
livelihood of thousands of Texans; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th | ||
Legislature, hereby recognize March 7, 2023, as Cotton Day at the | ||
State Capitol and extend to the visiting delegation sincere best | ||
wishes for an enjoyable and memorable stay in Austin. | ||
Perry | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on March 7, 2023. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |