By Alexander                                          H.R. No. 1278
         76R17955 WMS-D                           
                                 R E S O L U T I O N
 1-1           WHEREAS, The cities of Austin, Waco, Nacogdoches, Lufkin,
 1-2     Greenville, Taylor, Whitehouse, Muenster, and Quintana are the
 1-3     winners of the 1998-1999 Keep Texas Beautiful Governor's Community
 1-4     Achievement Awards; and
 1-5           WHEREAS, Cosponsored by the Texas Department of
 1-6     Transportation (TxDOT), this award program recognizes communities
 1-7     in nine population categories for their grassroots efforts to
 1-8     improve the local environment through litter prevention, solid
 1-9     waste management and recycling, beautification, public education,
1-10     and litter law enforcement; and
1-11           WHEREAS, The winners will be honored at an awards luncheon,
1-12     which will be held on July 2, 1999; each of the nine cities will be
1-13     presented with an aluminum plaque signed by the governor and they
1-14     will share in a total of $1 million in landscaping projects from
1-15     TxDOT; and
1-16           WHEREAS, This year, 69 cities from across the state were
1-17     applicants in the Keep Texas Beautiful Governor's Community
1-18     Achievement Awards, and each of these communities will receive
1-19     well-deserved recognition at the awards luncheon; and
1-20           WHEREAS, The Lone Star State has long been renowned for its
1-21     visual beauty and myriad natural resources and the cities whose
1-22     residents have devoted their time and talents to preserving and
1-23     enhancing our state's scenic splendor indeed merit special
1-24     commendation; now, therefore, be it
 2-1           RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 76th Texas
 2-2     Legislature hereby congratulate the winners of the 1998-1999 Keep
 2-3     Texas Beautiful Governor's Community Achievement Awards and extend
 2-4     to those fine cities sincere best wishes for continued success with
 2-5     their beautification efforts.