Bill Text: TX SR50 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: Recognizing the East Texas Council of Governments on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-10-05 - Reported enrolled [SR50 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SR50-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Recognizing the East Texas Council of Governments on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-10-05 - Reported enrolled [SR50 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SR50-Introduced.html
By: Hughes | S.R. No. 50 | |
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WHEREAS, For more than a half century, the East Texas | ||
Council of Governments has demonstrated an exceptional | ||
commitment to improving the quality of life in the communities it | ||
serves; and | ||
WHEREAS, Founded on June 8, 1970, ETCOG promotes | ||
cooperation among local governments in East Texas on issues | ||
related to health, safety, general welfare, and planning for the | ||
future; the organization's many initiatives include an emergency | ||
call delivery system, peace officer training, business finance | ||
programs, and environmental grant funding as well as services for | ||
homeland security planning, rural transportation, workforce | ||
development, and senior care; and | ||
WHEREAS, A voluntary association of counties, cities, | ||
school districts, and special districts, ETCOG benefits from the | ||
able leadership of executive director David Cleveland; the | ||
organization currently serves more than 870,000 people across | ||
10,000 square miles of Texas in the counties of Anderson, Camp, | ||
Cherokee, Gregg, Harrison, Henderson, Marion, Panola, Rains, | ||
Rusk, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, and Wood; and | ||
WHEREAS, The East Texas Council of Governments provides | ||
leadership, education, and financial resources to its 14-county | ||
region, and it is indeed deserving of special recognition for its | ||
many outstanding contributions; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the 87th Texas Legislature, | ||
3rd Called Session, hereby commemorate the 50th anniversary of | ||
the East Texas Council of Governments and extend to all those | ||
associated with the organization sincere best wishes for | ||
continued success; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for the council as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas Senate. |