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H.R. No. 15
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, 2003 marks the 100th anniversary of powered, manned
flight, and the aerospace enterprise has played a significant role
in the emergence of modern-day Texas; and
WHEREAS, Aviation has long benefited two of the state's
preeminent industries--agriculture, through such activities as
aerial seeding, fertilizing, and crop dusting, and oil, through
aerial surveying, convenient travel between scattered drilling
sites, and the ferrying of cargo and crews to offshore rigs; a
mainstay of business, general aviation has also facilitated the
conduct of fire fighting and law enforcement and the transport of
critically ill and injured individuals to hospitals; and
WHEREAS, Texas received its first commercial air service in
1925, and the rapid development of the commercial airline industry
proved enormously beneficial to both business and the general
public; by 1999, Texas commercial airports served more than 66.3
million passengers, and ease of travel had encouraged a number of
international firms to make Texas the site of their headquarters or
other important operations; and
WHEREAS, Military aviation, too, has figured prominently in
the annals of the state; during World Wars I and II, Texas became
host to numerous flight training fields, owing to its favorable
climate and level plains, and the state continued to serve as the
site of major air bases during the ensuing Cold War; since the
1940s, Texas has also been home to major aircraft manufacturing
plants; and
WHEREAS, Just 53 years after Houston witnessed the state's
first airplane flight, on February 18, 1910, the city welcomed the
opening of the nation's Manned Spacecraft Center in September 1963;
now known as the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, this facility
currently has responsibility for the space shuttle program and the
country's participation in the international space station; with
more than 16,000 workers, the Johnson Space Center injects $4
billion annually into the local economy; and
WHEREAS, Supporting aviation in Texas is an extensive
infrastructure, ranging from airports and landing strips to
manufacturers, service providers, university research, and
governmental assistance; the Aviation Division of the Texas
Department of Transportation, established in 1945 as the Texas
Aeronautics Commission, plays a key role in dispensing federal and
state funds for the improvement of facilities and in attracting new
aerospace business and industry to the state; and
WHEREAS, Aviation touches the lives of Texans in myriad ways
and constitutes a vital and expanding segment of the Texas economy;
now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas
Legislature hereby recognize January 13-26, 2003, as the Centennial
of Flight Celebration in the State of Texas and encourage all Texans
to participate in the festivities and to support the aerospace
enterprise in the Lone Star State.
Geren
Craddick
Giddings
Merritt
Allen
Goodman
Miller
Alonzo
Goolsby
Moreno of Harris
Bailey
Griggs
Moreno of El Paso
Baxter
Grusendorf
Morrison
Berman
Guillen
Mowery
Bohac
Gutierrez
Naishtat
Bonnen
Haggerty
Nixon
Branch
Hamilton
Noriega
Brown of Kaufman
Hamric
Oliveira
Brown of Brazos
Hardcastle
Olivo
Burnam
Harper-Brown
Paxton
Callegari
Hartnett
Pena
Campbell
Heflin
Phillips
Canales
Hegar
Pickett
Capelo
Hilderbran
Pitts
Casteel
Hill
Puente
Castro
Hochberg
Quintanilla
Chavez
Hodge
Rangel
Chisum
Homer
Raymond
Christian
Hope
Reyna
Coleman
Hopson
Riddle
Cook of Navarro
Howard
Ritter
Cook of Colorado
Hughes
Rodriguez
Corte
Hunter
Rose
Crabb
Hupp
Seaman
Crownover
Isett
Smith of Tarrant
Davis of Harris
Jones of Lubbock
Smith of Harris
Davis of Dallas
Jones of Bexar
Smithee
Dawson
Jones of Dallas
Solis
Delisi
Keel
Solomons
Denny
Keffer of Dallas
Stick
Deshotel
Keffer of Eastland
Swinford
Driver
King
Talton
Dukes
Kolkhorst
Taylor
Dunnam
Krusee
Telford
Dutton
Kuempel
Thompson
Edwards
Laney
Truitt
Eiland
Laubenberg
Turner
Eissler
Lewis
Uresti
Elkins
Luna
Van Arsdale
Ellis
Mabry
Villarreal
Farabee
Madden
West
Farrar
Marchant
Wilson
Flores
Martinez Fischer
Wise
Flynn
McCall
Wohlgemuth
Gallego
McClendon
Wolens
Garza
McReynolds
Wong
Gattis
Menendez
Woolley
Geren
Mercer
Zedler
______________________________
Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 15 was adopted by the House on January
15, 2003, by a non-record vote.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House