Bill Text: TX SR586 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing the CITGO Corpus Christi Refinery on the occasion of its 80th anniversary.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-04-20 - Reported enrolled [SR586 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SR586-Enrolled.html
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WHEREAS, The CITGO Corpus Christi Refinery celebrated its | ||
80th anniversary on April 15, 2015; and | ||
WHEREAS, Since its opening in 1935, the refinery has played | ||
a vital role in its community, where today it employs more than a | ||
thousand people and generates an annual average of $345 million | ||
in economic activity; and | ||
WHEREAS, CITGO has further benefited the city through its | ||
dedication to corporate philanthropy; over the past decade, the | ||
refinery and its employees have contributed more than $5.8 million | ||
in behalf of 37 local charities through donations to the United Way | ||
of the Coastal Bend, and in 2014, employees volunteered over 4,000 | ||
hours with community organizations; moreover, in 2012, CITGO | ||
launched the Hands for Hillcrest Grant Program, which supports | ||
initiatives that foster education, job skills, health care, and the | ||
environment in the Hillcrest community; and | ||
WHEREAS, Strongly committed to promoting educational | ||
opportunity in the region, the refinery has awarded more than 170 | ||
scholarships to area students through the Corpus Christi | ||
Caller-Times/CITGO South Texas Distinguished Scholars program, | ||
and it has collaborated in establishing the First in Family | ||
program, which presents scholarships to local students who are | ||
the first in their family to graduate from high school; in | ||
addition, the refinery partners with the Foy H. Moody High School | ||
Innovation Academy to encourage students to pursue careers in the | ||
fields of science, technology, engineering, and math; and | ||
WHEREAS, Throughout the past eight decades, the CITGO | ||
CorpusChristiRefineryhasmadeasubstantialcontributionto | ||
the Texas economy while giving back to its community in myriad | ||
ways, and this occasion presents a welcome opportunity to | ||
recognize the role it plays in advancing the prosperity of Corpus | ||
Christi and the Lone Star State; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 84th | ||
Legislature, hereby commemorate the 80th anniversary of the CITGO | ||
Corpus Christi Refinery and extend to all those associated with | ||
the refinery sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be | ||
prepared for the CITGO Corpus Christi Refinery as an expression | ||
of high regard from the Texas Senate. | ||
Hinojosa | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on April 20, 2015. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |