H.R. No. 818 R E S O L U T I O N 1-1 WHEREAS, The Associates Corporation of North America 1-2 maintains an outstanding reputation of excellence as an 1-3 international leader in the financial services industry, and on May 1-4 31, 1993, this distinguished institution will celebrate the 75th 1-5 anniversary of its founding; and 1-6 WHEREAS, The Associates provides extensive consumer financial 1-7 services through United States and international branch networks 1-8 and through centralized lending operations; in addition, it offers 1-9 a variety of insurance products to consumers and commercial 1-10 customers and serves commercial finance customers with programs for 1-11 manufacturers, dealers, and buyers of transportation, industrial 1-12 and communications equipment, and manufactured homes; and 1-13 WHEREAS, Meeting the diverse needs of a worldwide clientele, 1-14 the corporation ranks as the second largest independent financier 1-15 in the country, maintaining more than $26 billion in assets and 1-16 sharing its success with 12,000 representatives in 1,300 offices 1-17 throughout the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, Canada, 1-18 and Puerto Rico; and 1-19 WHEREAS, Since moving its headquarters to the Dallas-Fort 1-20 Worth Metroplex 17 years ago, The Associates has proven to be an 1-21 excellent addition to the state and local economies; exhibiting a 1-22 high degree of social responsibility, the company has provided jobs 1-23 for many Texas residents and demonstrated a long history of 1-24 positive community involvement; and 2-1 WHEREAS, On the occasion of its 75th anniversary, it is 2-2 indeed fitting that The Associates receives special legislative 2-3 recognition for its exceptional contributions to the economic 2-4 well-being of our state and nation; now, therefore, be it 2-5 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 73rd Texas 2-6 Legislature hereby congratulate The Associates Corporation of North 2-7 America on the landmark occasion of its 75th anniversary and extend 2-8 warmest regards to its professional team of corporate 2-9 representatives who have contributed their time and talents to 2-10 ensure the success of this exemplary company throughout the years; 2-11 and, be it further 2-12 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 2-13 prepared for The Associates Corporation of North America as an 2-14 expression of highest esteem by the Texas House of Representatives. 2-15 expression of highest esteem by the Texas House of Representatives. 2-16 Carona 2-17 H.R. No. 818 2-18 Laney Giddings Munoz 2-19 Alexander Glaze Naishtat 2-20 Allen Goodman Nieto 2-21 Alonzo Goolsby Oakley 2-22 Alvarado Granoff Ogden 2-23 Averitt Gray Oliveira 2-24 Bailey Greenberg Park 2-25 Berlanga Grusendorf Parra 2-26 Black Gutierrez Patterson 2-27 Blackwood Haggerty Pitts 3-1 Bomer Hamric Place 3-2 Bosse Harris Price 3-3 Brady Hartnett Puente 3-4 Brimer Heflin Rabuck 3-5 Cain Hernandez Ramsay 3-6 Campbell Hightower Rangel 3-7 Carona Hilbert Raymond 3-8 Carter Hilderbran Rodriguez 3-9 Chisum Hill Romo 3-10 Clemons Hirschi Rudd 3-11 Coleman Hochberg Sadler 3-12 Combs Holzheauser Saunders 3-13 Conley Horn Schechter 3-14 Cook Hudson Seidlits 3-15 Corte Hunter of Taylor Shields 3-16 Counts Hunter of Nueces Siebert 3-17 Crabb Jackson A. Smith of Harris 3-18 Craddick James D. Smith of Harris 3-19 Cuellar of Webb Johnson Smithee 3-20 Cuellar of Hidalgo Jones of Lubbock Solis 3-21 Culberson Jones of Dallas Stiles 3-22 Danburg Junell Swinford 3-23 Davila Kamel Tallas 3-24 Davis Krusee Talton 3-25 De La Garza Kubiak Telford 3-26 Dear Kuempel Thompson of Tarrant 3-27 Delco Lewis Thompson of Harris 4-1 Delisi Linebarger Turner of Coleman 4-2 Denton Longoria Turner of Harris 4-3 Driver Luna Uher 4-4 Duncan McCall Van de Putte 4-5 Dutton McCoulskey Vowell 4-6 Earley McDonald West 4-7 Eckels Madden Williamson 4-8 Edwards Marchant Willis 4-9 Erickson Martin Wilson 4-10 Finnell Maxey Wolens 4-11 Flores Moffat Yarbrough 4-12 Gallego Moreno Yost 4-13 Gallegos Mowery Zbranek 4-14 H.R. No. 818 4-15 _______________________________ 4-16 Speaker of the House 4-17 I certify that H.R. No. 818 was adopted by the House on May 4-18 27, 1993, by a non-record vote. 4-19 _______________________________ 4-20 Chief Clerk of the House