Bill Text: TX SR62 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: Recognizing the induction of the DCH Ranch into the Texas Department of Agriculture Family Land Heritage Program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-10-31 - Reported enrolled [SR62 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR62-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Recognizing the induction of the DCH Ranch into the Texas Department of Agriculture Family Land Heritage Program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-10-31 - Reported enrolled [SR62 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR62-Introduced.html
88S30930 TBO-D | ||
By: Flores | S.R. No. 62 |
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WHEREAS, The prosperity of the Lone Star State has been | ||
greatly influenced by family farming and ranching, and Helen | ||
Bourquin Hawes and Dwain C. Hawes of Medina County have been | ||
officially recognized as heirs to this proud tradition with the | ||
acceptance of the DCH Ranch into the state's Family Land Heritage | ||
Program in 2023; and | ||
WHEREAS, Sponsored by the Texas Department of Agriculture, | ||
this program honors farms and ranches that have been in continuous | ||
agricultural operation by the same family for a century or more; and | ||
WHEREAS, A native of Castroville, Albert Bourquin purchased | ||
200 acres of land in 1878, and he acquired an additional 320 acres | ||
two years later; he and his family made their home on the ranch, | ||
where they initially raised cattle, hogs, and chickens as well as | ||
corn and maize; over the years, the property was passed down to his | ||
children and their descendants, and today, DCH Ranch is owned and | ||
operated by Mr. Bourquin's great-granddaughter, Helen Bourquin | ||
Hawes, and her husband, Dwain; located just 12 miles northeast of | ||
Castroville, the ranch currently produces cattle, coastal hay, and | ||
Sudan grazer; and | ||
WHEREAS, In preserving their property as a working ranch, | ||
Helen Bourquin Hawes and Dwain Hawes are making their own | ||
contribution to their family's legacy, and it is indeed fitting | ||
that they be honored for their outstanding stewardship; now, | ||
therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the 88th Texas Legislature, 3rd | ||
Called Session, hereby congratulate Helen Bourquin Hawes and Dwain | ||
C. Hawes on the induction of the DCH Ranch into the Texas Department | ||
of Agriculture Family Land Heritage Program and extend to them | ||
sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for the Bourquin Hawes family as an expression of high | ||
regard by the Texas Senate. |