H.R. No. 1046


R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Throughout its history the State of Texas has maintained a commitment to the principle of protecting private property rights, and since its creation in 1920, the Texas Association of REALTORS® and its members have supported this vital principle; and WHEREAS, Each day, REALTORS® provide valuable professional services that enable their fellow Texans to buy, sell, lease, develop, and manage real estate in a knowledgeable and confident manner, while helping to preserve the free enterprise system and the right to own real property; and WHEREAS, Over the years, Texas REALTORS® have worked diligently within the regulatory process to promote and raise their business practices, and the term "REALTOR®" has come to stand for competence, fairness, and integrity; and WHEREAS, One of the many things separating REALTORS® from all real estate licensees is their adherence to a strict code of ethics ensuring consumers that they will be treated fairly and professionally; and WHEREAS, The more than 73,000 members of the Texas Association of REALTORS® have consistently supported responsible government as well as the entrepreneurial spirit that is the backbone of our state's economy, and its members are indeed worthy of special recognition at this time; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas Legislature hereby recognize April 12, 2005, as REALTOR® Appreciation Day at the State Capitol and extend a warm welcome to members of the Texas Association of REALTORS® on the occasion of their visit to the State Capitol; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for the Texas Association of REALTORS® as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Orr 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 ______________________________ Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 1046 was adopted by the House on April 12, 2005, by a non-record vote. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House