78R9130 MMS-D

By:  Uresti                                                     H.C.R. No. 192



CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
	WHEREAS, Toyota Motor Corporation recently announced plans 
to build its sixth North American assembly plant in San Antonio, and 
on behalf of all the state's citizens, this legislature would like 
to say to Toyota, "Tekisasu ni yookoso"--Welcome to Texas; and
	WHEREAS, Representing an $800 million investment by Toyota, 
the plant will manufacture approximately 150,000 Tundra full-size 
trucks annually, beginning in 2006; and
	WHEREAS, This facility will bring approximately 2,000 new 
jobs to the Lone Star State, producing a payroll expected to top $37 
million, and it will indirectly create work for many more Texans; 
and
	WHEREAS, The new plant will mean jobs, paychecks, and a 
higher standard of living for thousands of Texans while helping the 
state build a stronger, more diversified economy; and
	WHEREAS, Toyota's Texas initiative represents the beginning 
of a new economic boom in our state, for companies looking to 
prosper in the 21st century will find no better home than Texas; and
	WHEREAS, This successful collaboration between the City of 
San Antonio, Bexar County, the State of Texas, and Toyota proves 
that public-private partnerships can indeed work to create jobs for 
Texans; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the 78th Legislature of the State of Texas 
hereby commend the Toyota Motor Corporation for its selection of 
San Antonio as the site of its next manufacturing facility, and that 
it say "Domo Arigato Gozaimas"--Thank you very much--for the 
enormous benefits this plant will confer.