Bill Text: TX SR78 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Welcoming the Texas Aggregates and Concrete Association to the State Capitol.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-01-28 - Reported enrolled [SR78 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SR78-Enrolled.html
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| WHEREAS, Members of the Texas Aggregates and Concrete | ||
| Association are gathering in Austin for their legislative day at | ||
| the State Capitol on February 28, 2013; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The Texas Aggregates and Concrete Association was | ||
| created in 1974 from the already existent Texas Ready Mixed | ||
| Concrete Association and the Texas Aggregates Association; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Today, nearly 40 years later, the Texas | ||
| Aggregates and Concrete Association has over 200 member | ||
| companies throughout the state; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The Texas Aggregates and Concrete Association | ||
| represents 75 percent of the owners of concrete businesses in | ||
| Texas, 100 percent of the owners of cement businesses in Texas, | ||
| and 80 percent of the owners of aggregates businesses in Texas; | ||
| and | ||
| WHEREAS, Aggregates, concrete, cement, and related | ||
| industries account for nearly $5 billion of the state's economy | ||
| and thousands of jobs throughout the state; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The Texas Aggregates and Concrete Association | ||
| advocates for sustainable funding levels for state | ||
| infrastructure sectors that positively affect economic | ||
| development and job creation in addition to furthering the | ||
| business aims of these vital industries; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 83rd | ||
| Legislature, hereby welcome the Texas Aggregates and Concrete | ||
| Association to the State Capitol and extend to the visiting | ||
| delegation sincere best wishes for a meaningful and productive | ||
| day at the Capitol; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for | ||
| the association as an expression of regard from the Texas Senate. | ||
| Nichols | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on January 28, 2013. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
