Bill Text: TX SR60 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing Hochheim Prairie Farm Mutual Insurance Association on the occasion of its 125th anniversary.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-02-21 - Again read [SR60 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SR60-Enrolled.html
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WHEREAS, Hochheim Prairie Farm Mutual Insurance | ||
Association is celebrating its 125th anniversary; and | ||
WHEREAS, In 1892, German immigrants from the rural | ||
farmlands in the area known as the Hochheim Prairie community | ||
gathered and organized a mutual insurance association by | ||
electing officers and insuring the homes of 30 families; and | ||
WHEREAS, The association was chartered and named the | ||
Hochheim Prairie Mutual Fire and Storm Association; on July 1, | ||
1973, its name was changed to Hochheim Prairie Farm Mutual | ||
Insurance Association; and | ||
WHEREAS, With its corporate headquarters located in | ||
Yoakum, Texas, the association has grown mostly in rural areas of | ||
the state through 210 independent agents; the association has | ||
more than 90,000 members with written premiums exceeding $125 | ||
million, and a subsidiary company was created in 1979 named | ||
Hochheim Prairie Casualty Insurance Company; and | ||
WHEREAS, The association and its subsidiary company | ||
provide insurance coverage for homes, farms, ranches, | ||
manufactured homes, personal property, automobiles, small | ||
businesses, and liability; and | ||
WHEREAS, The association's representative form of | ||
government allows each member of the association to select | ||
membership in one of the 112 branches located throughout the | ||
State of Texas; and | ||
WHEREAS, Branches are organized into nine equal districts | ||
in which the members directly elect the board of directors; and | ||
WHEREAS, Over the years, 12 individuals have served as the | ||
association's president; Linda Schmidt, the current president, | ||
is the first female president of the association and one of the | ||
few female presidents to lead a Texas insurance company; and | ||
WHEREAS, Current members of the board of directors are | ||
David Ross, Wayne Scholtz, Tommy Barre, Steve Klovensky, David | ||
Mueller, David French, Brian Gibson, Randy Leifeste, and Randal | ||
Hamilton; and | ||
WHEREAS, Current officers are Lynn Brewer, Pam Lahodny, | ||
Tim McCoy, and David Weber; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 85th | ||
Legislature, hereby congratulate the Hochheim Prairie Farm | ||
Mutual Insurance Association on its 125th anniversary and honor | ||
the association for serving its members, past and present; and, | ||
be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for | ||
the Hochheim Prairie Farm Mutual Insurance Association as an | ||
expression of high regard from the Texas Senate. | ||
Kolkhorst | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on January 30, 2017. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |