Bill Text: TX SR583 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing Rudi R. Rodriguez for receiving the 2010 Texas Historical Commission Award of Excellence in Preserving History.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2011-03-24 - Reported enrolled [SR583 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SR583-Enrolled.html
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| WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to | ||
| recognize Rudi R. Rodriguez, who is receiving the 2010 Texas | ||
| Historical Commission Award of Excellence in Preserving History | ||
| at the commission's annual preservation conference on April 1, | ||
| 2011, in Austin; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The award honors an individual, organization, or | ||
| project that has contributed significantly to the understanding | ||
| or preservation of Texas or local history; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A businessman and community leader, Rudi | ||
| Rodriguez has followed his passion for Texas and its history for | ||
| more than 25 years; in the last 10 years, he focused primarily on | ||
| Tejanos in Texas history; he founded TexasTejano.com, a popular | ||
| website and a business enterprise that has created two | ||
| world-class traveling exhibits and produced major Tejano | ||
| documentaries and plays; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Rudi has been a champion of Tejano Heritage Month | ||
| and worked with representatives of the Texas Historical | ||
| Commission, the Texas General Land Office, the Texas State | ||
| Historical Association, the National Trust for Historic | ||
| Preservation, and the National Park Service's El Camino Real de | ||
| Los Tejas project in efforts to preserve the state's history; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Rudi recently began planning for a Hispanic | ||
| Heritage Center of Texas to educate, elevate, and celebrate the | ||
| Hispanic experience of the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries; the | ||
| center has obtained nonprofit status and plans are proceeding for | ||
| a vibrant museum, a world-class research library, a multipurpose | ||
| center, and a Tejano Living Heritage Village; it will be located | ||
| in the HemisFair Park in San Antonio; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 82nd | ||
| Legislature, hereby commend Rudi R. Rodriguez for his | ||
| outstanding contributions to preserving Texas history for future | ||
| generations and extend to him congratulations on receiving the | ||
| Texas Historical Commission Award of Excellence in Preserving | ||
| History; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for | ||
| him as an expression of esteem from the Texas Senate. | ||
| Van de Putte | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on March 24, 2011. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
