Bill Text: TX SR573 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing March 21 through 25, 2011, as Texas Retired Teachers Week.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2011-03-23 - Reported enrolled [SR573 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SR573-Enrolled.html
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| WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas takes pride in | ||
| its public educators, who provide an invaluable service to the | ||
| people of the State of Texas; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The Texas Retired Teachers Association represents | ||
| retired public education employees; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The members of the Texas Retired Teachers | ||
| Association continually work to improve their local communities | ||
| throughout the state; they have given more than 5,831,707 hours | ||
| of volunteer service, equivalent to a value of more than $121 | ||
| million; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Retired educators volunteer in schools and | ||
| promote lifelong learning by providing books to children through | ||
| the Children's Book Project, which has supplied more than 500,000 | ||
| books to children so far, including 120,343 last year alone; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The members of the Texas Retired Teachers | ||
| Association are conscious of the effect their health has on the | ||
| world around them and work to preserve the TRS-Care program by | ||
| reducing doctor visits through the Walks-A-Million Program, | ||
| collectively taking 23,163,527,055 steps toward greater | ||
| wellness; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Retiree annuity payments from the Teacher | ||
| Retirement System of Texas have exceeded $6 billion, directly | ||
| creating 91,500 jobs in the State of Texas through such payments; | ||
| and | ||
| WHEREAS, The Texas Retired Teachers Association and its | ||
| nearly 70,000 members work diligently to protect current and | ||
| future public education retirees; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 82nd | ||
| Legislature, hereby acknowledge the observance of Texas Retired | ||
| Teachers Week, March 21 through March 25, 2011; and, be it | ||
| further | ||
| RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for | ||
| the association as an expression of esteem from the Texas Senate. | ||
| Duncan | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on March 23, 2011. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
