R E S O L U T I O N 1-1 WHEREAS, Approximately 1,000 employees and agents of the 1-2 Farmers Insurance Group will visit Austin to celebrate Farmers 1-3 Insurance Group Day at the Capitol on March 5, 1997; and 1-4 WHEREAS, The Farmers Insurance Group has made a name for 1-5 itself by insuring the lives, homes, automobiles, and businesses of 1-6 many Texas citizens; the group maintains regional offices 1-7 throughout the state, from the mountains of the west to the piney 1-8 woods of the east and all points in between; and 1-9 WHEREAS, In addition to providing insurance and peace of mind 1-10 to more than a million Texans, the Farmers Insurance Group has 1-11 committed itself to stimulating economic development in the Lone 1-12 Star State; and 1-13 WHEREAS, This noteworthy organization employs more than 4,000 1-14 people in Texas and is a significant contributor to our state's 1-15 economy, and the group remains dedicated to fostering a climate 1-16 conducive to the practice of good business; this type of commitment 1-17 goes beyond the standard business relationship and serves to 1-18 benefit the entire state; and 1-19 WHEREAS, Participants in the Farmers Legislative Action Group 1-20 (FLAG) program will meet with their state representatives to 1-21 discuss the many vital issues that concern the insurance industry; 1-22 ventures such as this help to ensure that the voices of our 1-23 citizens are heard and stand as a testament to the principles of 1-24 the democratic process at work in our state government; now, 2-1 therefore, be it 2-2 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 75th Texas 2-3 Legislature hereby recognize March 5, 1997, as Farmers Insurance 2-4 Group Day at the Capitol and welcome the members of the visiting 2-5 delegation to Austin; and, be it further 2-6 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 2-7 prepared for the Farmers Legislative Action Group as an expression 2-8 of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Brimer Laney Gutierrez Oliveira Alexander Haggerty Olivo Allen Hamric Palmer Alvarado Hartnett Patterson Averitt Hawley Pickett Bailey Heflin Pitts Berlanga Hernandez Place Bonnen Hightower Price Bosse Hilbert Puente Brimer Hilderbran Rabuck Burnam Hill Ramsay Carter Hinojosa Rangel Chavez Hirschi Raymond Chisum Hochberg Reyna of Bexar Christian Hodge Reyna of Dallas Clark Holzheauser Rhodes Coleman Horn Rodriguez Cook Howard Roman Corte Hunter Sadler Counts Hupp Seaman Crabb Isett Serna Craddick Jackson Shields Cuellar Janek Siebert Culberson Jones of Lubbock Smith Danburg Jones of Dallas Smithee Davila Junell Solis Davis Kamel Solomons Delisi Keel Staples Denny Keffer Stiles Driver King Swinford Dukes Krusee Talton Dunnam Kubiak Telford Dutton Kuempel Thompson Edwards Lewis of Tarrant Tillery Ehrhardt Lewis of Orange Torres Eiland Longoria Turner of Coleman Elkins Luna Turner of Harris Farrar McCall Uher Finnell McClendon Van de Putte Flores McReynolds Walker Gallego Madden West Galloway Marchant Williams Garcia Maxey Williamson Giddings Merritt Wilson Glaze Moffat Wise Goodman Moreno Wohlgemuth Goolsby Mowery Wolens Gray Naishtat Woolley Greenberg Nixon Yarbrough Grusendorf Oakley Zbranek _______________________________ Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 292 was adopted by the House on March 5, 1997, by a non-record vote. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House