By: Brimer H.C.R. No. 150 73R10727 JGD-D CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 1-1 WHEREAS, Texas businesses play a unique and increasingly 1-2 important role in the world economy; and 1-3 WHEREAS, These enterprises require an efficient means to 1-4 attract the investment capital necessary to expand, create jobs, 1-5 and ensure that Texas remains a major international economic force; 1-6 and 1-7 WHEREAS, A stock exchange located in Texas would provide this 1-8 means, enabling companies too small to meet the listing 1-9 requirements of the national exchanges to gain access to valuable 1-10 investment capital; and 1-11 WHEREAS, Such a stock exchange would also give brokerage 1-12 firms too small to purchase membership on a national exchange the 1-13 ability to trade national stocks, thereby providing Texans 1-14 additional investment opportunities while expanding the brokerage 1-15 job base; now, therefore, be it 1-16 RESOLVED, That the 73rd Legislature of the State of Texas 1-17 hereby express its support for the development and domicile in the 1-18 State of Texas of a Texas International Stock Exchange; and, be it 1-19 further 1-20 RESOLVED, That the legislature declare the establishment of 1-21 such a stock exchange to be in the public interest of the citizens 1-22 of the State of Texas.