Bill Text: TX SR63 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Introduced
NOTE: There are more recent revisions of this legislation. Read Latest Draft
Bill Title: Recognizing the induction of the Old Fuller Place into the Texas Department of Agriculture Family Land Heritage Program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-10-31 - Reported enrolled [SR63 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR63-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Recognizing the induction of the Old Fuller Place into the Texas Department of Agriculture Family Land Heritage Program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-10-31 - Reported enrolled [SR63 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR63-Introduced.html
88S30928 TBO-D | ||
By: Flores | S.R. No. 63 |
|
||
WHEREAS, The prosperity of the Lone Star State has been | ||
greatly influenced by family farming and ranching, and Betty Royal | ||
Rackley of Atascosa County has been officially recognized as heir | ||
to this proud tradition with the acceptance of the Old Fuller Place | ||
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, William Barton Fuller moved to Atascosa County with | ||
his parents, John S. and Rebecca Fuller, and he grew up in a pioneer | ||
home centered around a life of ranching; in 1900, he acquired 191 | ||
acres of land from the Jose Peche original tract, where he raised | ||
cattle; he later passed the ranch down to his son, Guy Fuller, who | ||
in turn transferred ownership to his nephew, Ned Royal; today, the | ||
Old Fuller Place is owned by Betty Royal Rackley, the | ||
great-granddaughter of the founder, and it continues to produce | ||
beef cattle; and | ||
WHEREAS, In preserving her property as a working ranch, Betty | ||
Rackley is making her own contribution to her family's legacy, and | ||
it is indeed fitting that she be honored for her outstanding | ||
stewardship; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the 88th Texas Legislature, 3rd | ||
Called Session, hereby congratulate Betty Royal Rackley on the | ||
induction of the Old Fuller Place into the Texas Department of | ||
Agriculture Family Land Heritage Program and extend to her sincere | ||
best wishes for the future; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Ms. Rackley as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas Senate. |