H.R. No. 201
 
 
 
R E S O L U T I O N
         WHEREAS, Members of Amigos Del Valle, Incorporated, are
  visiting the State Capitol on February 10, 2009, in celebration of
  Senior Day; and
         WHEREAS, A consortium of county and city governmental
  entities, Amigos Del Valle provides nutrition, transportation, and
  housing services to senior citizens and low-income families in
  Cameron, Hidalgo, and Willacy Counties; the organization aims to
  secure safe, decent, and affordable housing for those in need and to
  help them live healthy, productive, and self-sufficient lives; and
         WHEREAS, Amigos Del Valle was established in 1974 with an
  operating budget of $375,000; since that time, thousands of senior
  citizens have benefited from its services, and today the agency's
  annual budget has increased to nearly $7 million; and
         WHEREAS, Recognized for its outstanding efforts, the group
  has earned accolades from the National Council of La Raza, the
  Southwest Society on Aging, and Hispanic Business Magazine; and
         WHEREAS, Texas senior citizens have devoted their lives to
  making this state a better place in which to live, work, and raise a
  family; by working to improve the quality of life for senior
  citizens in the Rio Grande Valley, Amigos Del Valle is helping to
  accord them the opportunities and respect they so richly deserve;
  now, therefore, be it
         RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
  Legislature hereby welcome members of Amigos Del Valle,
  Incorporated, to the State Capitol for Senior Day on February 10,
  2009, and commend them for their contributions to residents of the
  Rio Grande Valley; and, be it further
         RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
  prepared for the group as an expression of high regard by the Texas
  House of Representatives.
 
  Pena
  Gonzales
  Flores
 
 
Straus Gattis Menendez
 
Allen Geren Merritt
 
Alonzo Giddings Miklos
 
Alvarado Gonzales Miller of Comal
 
Anchia Gonzalez Toureilles Miller of Erath
 
Anderson Guillen Moody
 
Aycock Gutierrez Morrison
 
Berman Hamilton Naishtat
 
Bohac Hancock Oliveira
 
Bolton Hardcastle Olivo
 
Bonnen Harless Orr
 
Branch Harper-Brown Ortiz, Jr.
 
Brown of Kaufman Hartnett Otto
 
Brown of Brazos Heflin Parker
 
Burnam Hernandez Patrick
 
Button Herrero Paxton
 
Callegari Hilderbran Pena
 
Castro Hochberg Phillips
 
Chavez Hodge Pickett
 
Chisum Homer Pierson
 
Christian Hopson Pitts
 
Cohen Howard of Fort Bend Quintanilla
 
Coleman Howard of Travis Raymond
 
Cook Hughes Riddle
 
Corte Hunter Rios Ybarra
 
Crabb Isett Ritter
 
Craddick Jackson Rodriguez
 
Creighton Jones Rose
 
Crownover Keffer Sheffield
 
Darby Kent Shelton
 
Davis of Harris King of Parker Smith of Tarrant
 
Davis of Dallas King of Taylor Smith of Harris
 
Deshotel King of Zavala Smithee
 
Driver Kleinschmidt Solomons
 
Dukes Kolkhorst Strama
 
Dunnam Kuempel Swinford
 
Dutton Laubenberg Taylor
 
Edwards Legler Thibaut
 
Eiland Leibowitz Thompson
 
Eissler Lewis Truitt
 
Elkins Lucio III Turner of Tarrant
 
England Madden Turner of Harris
 
Farabee Maldonado Vaught
 
Farias Mallory Caraway Veasey
 
Farrar Marquez Villarreal
 
Fletcher Martinez Vo
 
Flores Martinez Fischer Walle
 
Flynn McCall Weber
 
Frost McClendon Woolley
 
Gallego McReynolds Zerwas
 
  ______________________________
  Speaker of the House     
 
         I certify that H.R. No. 201 was adopted by the House on
  February 10, 2009, by a non-record vote.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House