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78R16057 WMS-D

By:  Wong                                                         H.R. No. 1170



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Each year for the past decade, Texas Environmental 
Excellence Awards have been presented to individuals, 
organizations, schools, and businesses that have created 
successful programs to preserve and protect the environment of the 
Lone Star State, and the 2003 winner in the government category is 
the Port of Houston Authority; and
	WHEREAS, Working in concert with a number of state and 
federal agencies, the Port of Houston Authority has implemented a 
visionary 50-year project to expand the Houston Ship Channel and 
use the dredged material in environmentally beneficial ways in 
Galveston Bay; and
	WHEREAS, Among the numerous positive results already 
realized by this initiative are the construction of a six-acre bird 
island, the creation of 220 acres of intertidal salt marshes, and 
the resurrection of Redfish Island; and
	WHEREAS, The leadership of the Port of Houston Authority has 
implemented an expansion of the Houston Ship Channel that not only 
addresses commercial needs, but also improves the ecological 
viability of this sensitive area, and its efforts in this regard are 
indeed worthy of special legislative recognition; now, therefore, 
be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas 
Legislature hereby congratulate the Port of Houston Authority on 
its selection as the 2003 winner of the Texas Environmental 
Excellence Award in the government category; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 
prepared for the Port of Houston Authority as an expression of high 
regard by the Texas House of Representatives.