H.C.R. No. 10
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, and
Texans stand ready to join with their fellow Americans in the
prevention of child abuse and neglect; and
WHEREAS, The increasing number of child deaths in Texas due
to abuse and neglect has caused the 79th Legislature to take
emergency action to protect the children of our state; and
WHEREAS, More than three million cases of child abuse and
neglect were reported in the United States last year, and
approximately 2,000 children died as a result of such maltreatment;
and
WHEREAS, At least 150 Texas children died as a result of abuse
or neglect last year, and more than 47,000 children were confirmed
as victims of abuse or neglect; and
WHEREAS, The legislature recognizes that child abuse and
neglect frequently start a cycle of violence that perpetuates
itself through generations of families and that preventing or
interrupting this violent cycle at the earliest opportunity is not
only our moral duty but also a public policy choice that improves
the health, safety, and productivity of our society as a whole; and
WHEREAS, We acknowledge that the future of our state depends
on the children we raise and the opportunities we create for them;
and
WHEREAS, We recognize that strengthening our communities and
families is essential to raising children to be adults who are
strong in mind, body, and spirit; and
WHEREAS, We believe that it is possible to fight child abuse
and neglect with prevention programs that draw on the vitality,
ingenuity, and diversity that have always characterized the history
and traditions of our great state; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the 79th Legislature of the State of Texas
hereby declare April Child Abuse Prevention Month in Texas and call
on all citizens to work together to create a Texas where all
children are protected and cherished as the future of our state.
Uresti
Hupp
Craddick Geren Menendez
Allen of Harris Giddings Merritt
Allen of Dallas Gonzales Miller
Alonzo Gonzalez Toureilles Moreno of Harris
Anchia Goodman Moreno of El Paso
Anderson Goolsby Morrison
Bailey Griggs Mowery
Baxter Grusendorf Naishtat
Berman Guillen Nixon
Blake Haggerty Noriega
Bohac Hamilton Oliveira
Bonnen Hamric Olivo
Branch Hardcastle Orr
Brown of Kaufman Harper-Brown Otto
Brown of Brazos Hartnett Paxton
Burnam Hegar Pena
Callegari Herrero Phillips
Campbell Hilderbran Pickett
Casteel Hill Pitts
Castro Hochberg Puente
Chavez Hodge Quintanilla
Chisum Homer Raymond
Coleman Hope Reyna
Cook of Navarro Hopson Riddle
Cook of Colorado Howard Ritter
Corte Hughes Rodriguez
Crabb Hunter Rose
Crownover Hupp Seaman
Davis of Harris Isett Smith of Tarrant
Davis of Dallas Jackson Smith of Harris
Dawson Jones of Lubbock Smithee
Delisi Jones of Dallas Solis
Denny Keel Solomons
Deshotel Keffer of Dallas Strama
Driver Keffer of Eastland Straus
Dukes King of Parker Swinford
Dunnam King of Zavala Talton
Dutton Kolkhorst Taylor
Edwards Krusee Thompson
Eiland Kuempel Truitt
Eissler Laney Turner
Elkins Laubenberg Uresti
Escobar Leibowitz Van Arsdale
Farabee Luna Veasey
Farrar Madden Villarreal
Flores Martinez Vo
Flynn Martinez Fischer West
Frost McCall Wong
Gallego McClendon Woolley
Gattis McReynolds Zedler
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.C.R. No. 10 was adopted by the House on April
14, 2005, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.C.R. No. 10 was adopted by the Senate on
April 14, 2005, by a viva-voce vote.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor