R E S O L U T I O N 1-1 WHEREAS, The Texas House of Representatives is indeed proud 1-2 to welcome members of the Mansfield Chamber of Commerce to the 1-3 State Capitol and pay tribute to this worthy organization for its 1-4 contributions to that city; and 1-5 WHEREAS, Mansfield boasts a prosperous and forward-looking 1-6 citizenry and is among the leaders in the state's phenomenal 1-7 growth; within Tarrant County, Mansfield is the third-fastest 1-8 growing community as well as the third largest in area, after Fort 1-9 Worth and Arlington; and 1-10 WHEREAS, Residents of the area are justifiably proud of their 1-11 excellent schools; 80 percent of Mansfield's schools have been 1-12 rated as recognized or exemplary by the Texas Education Agency, 1-13 which has also designated Mansfield High School as a mentor school; 1-14 and 1-15 WHEREAS, The Mansfield school system has produced nine 1-16 commended national scholarship students and labors diligently to 1-17 maintain its students' excellent Texas Assessment of Academic 1-18 Skills scores; working partnerships between the school district and 1-19 National Semiconductor are models for the North Texas area; and 1-20 WHEREAS, The Mansfield Chamber of Commerce represents 1-21 citizens living in an area of explosive growth and expanding 1-22 opportunity, and Mansfield will surely continue to prosper as it 1-23 remains one of our state's leading communities; now, therefore, be 1-24 it 2-1 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 76th Texas 2-2 Legislature hereby salute the Mansfield Chamber of Commerce and 2-3 extend warmest best wishes to members of the delegation on the 2-4 occasion of their visit to the State Capitol; and, be it further 2-5 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 2-6 prepared for the Mansfield Chamber of Commerce as an expression of 2-7 high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Brimer Goodman Laney Glaze Moreno of El Paso Alexander Goodman Morrison Allen Goolsby Mowery Alvarado Gray Naishtat Averitt Green Najera Bailey Greenberg Nixon Berman Grusendorf Noriega Bonnen Gutierrez Oliveira Bosse Haggerty Olivo Brimer Hamric Palmer Brown of Kaufman Hardcastle Pickett Brown of Brazos Hartnett Pitts Burnam Hawley Puente Capelo Heflin Ramsay Carter Hilbert Rangel Chavez Hilderbran Reyna of Bexar Chisum Hill Reyna of Dallas Christian Hinojosa Ritter Clark Hochberg Sadler Coleman Hodge Salinas Cook Homer Seaman Corte Hope Shields Counts Howard Siebert Crabb Hunter Smith Craddick Hupp Smithee Crownover Isett Solis of Cameron Cuellar Janek Solis of Bexar Culberson Jones of Brazos Solomons Danburg Jones of Lubbock Staples Davis of Harris Jones of Dallas Swinford Davis of Dallas Junell Talton Delisi Keel Telford Denny Keffer Thompson Deshotel King of Parker Tillery Driver King of Uvalde Truitt Dukes Krusee Turner of Coleman Dunnam Kuempel Turner of Harris Dutton Lengefeld Uher Edwards Lewis of Tarrant Uresti Ehrhardt Lewis of Orange Van de Putte Eiland Longoria Walker Elkins Luna West Ellis McCall Williams Farabee McClendon Wilson Farrar McReynolds Wise Flores Madden Wohlgemuth Gallego Marchant Wolens Garcia Maxey Woolley George Merritt Yarbrough Giddings Moreno of Harris Zbranek _______________________________ Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 266 was adopted by the House on February 24, 1999, by a non-record vote. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House