H.R. No. 298R E S O L U T I O N WHEREAS, Small businesses are a vital and dynamic force in the economy of this state, and ACCION Texas has done a great service by helping small-business owners succeed; and WHEREAS, ACCION Texas is a nonprofit organization that provides credit to small businesses that do not have access to loans from commercial sources; and WHEREAS, Established in 1994, the organization began with a single office in San Antonio; today, it is the largest agency of its kind in the United States, operating facilities in eight cities and lending in more than 200 communities throughout the Lone Star State; and WHEREAS, This worthwhile organization encourages the success of underrepresented business owners and enables hard-working entrepreneurs to meet their needs for working capital; and WHEREAS, With the aid of ACCION Texas, small-business owners are able to strengthen their businesses, stabilize their income, create additional employment, and contribute to the economic revitalization of their communities; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas Legislature hereby commend ACCION Texas for its support of small businesses and extend best wishes to all those associated with this community-minded organization; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for ACCION Texas as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Jones of Bexar Castro Martinez Fischer 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. 298 was adopted by the House on February 26, 2003, by a non-record vote. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House