Bill Text: TX SR655 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing May 1, 2019, as Asian Real Estate Association of America Day.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-01 - Reported enrolled [SR655 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SR655-Enrolled.html
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| WHEREAS, Members of the Houston, Austin, Dallas-Fort | ||
| Worth, and San Antonio chapters of the Asian Real Estate | ||
| Association of America are gathering at the State Capitol on | ||
| May 1, 2019; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Founded in 2003, the Asian Real Estate | ||
| Association of America is a nonprofit trade organization that | ||
| promotes sustainable home ownership and property investment for | ||
| Asian Americans and works to increase business opportunities for | ||
| the professionals who serve this growing community; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Through an extensive network of more than 17,000 | ||
| real estate agents and mortgage and housing-related | ||
| professionals, AREAA is the only trade association dedicated to | ||
| representing the interests of the national Asian American real | ||
| estate market; in addition, AREAA and its local chapters advocate | ||
| on behalf of state and national policy positions that reduce the | ||
| barriers preventing home ownership among members of the Asian | ||
| American community; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The members of AREAA have benefited greatly from | ||
| the leadership of National Founding Chairman and Emeritus Allen | ||
| M. Okamoto, National Founding Chairman and Emeritus John Yen | ||
| Wong, National Chairman and Emeritus Jim Park, and National | ||
| Executive Director Hope Atuel; in Texas, the association is | ||
| capably led by the Houston Chapter's Founding Chairman and | ||
| Emeritus Kenneth Li, Founding President and Emeritus Dawn Lin, | ||
| current President Casey Kang, and Past President Eugene Wang, | ||
| aswellasAustinChapterPresidentLoriGoto,PastPresident | ||
| Christine Chau, Dallas-Fort Worth Chapter President Tony Nguyen, | ||
| Past President Daniel Eng, and San Antonio Chapter President Ojas | ||
| Tasker; and | ||
| WHEREAS, By working to ensure that the American dream of | ||
| home ownership is attainable by all members of the Asian American | ||
| community, the Texas chapters of the Asian Real Estate | ||
| Association of America are helping to build a more prosperous | ||
| Texas; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 86th | ||
| Legislature, hereby recognize May 1, 2019, as Asian Real Estate | ||
| Association of America Day at the State Capitol and extend to the | ||
| visiting delegation sincere best wishes for an enjoyable and | ||
| informative visit to Austin. | ||
| Miles | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on May 1, 2019. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
