H.R. No. 582
 
 
 
R E S O L U T I O N
         WHEREAS, Members of the Harlingen Area Builders Association
  are gathering at the State Capitol on February 25, 2009; and
         WHEREAS, Founded in 2005, HABA is a nonprofit organization
  focused on uniting Harlingen area builders and educating citizens
  as well as professionals in the industry about important
  construction issues; the association also provides its members
  opportunities for networking and organizes projects to assist local
  charitable groups; and
         WHEREAS, Initiatives created and promoted by HABA include a
  home show, the New Home Tour, and a scholarship program to benefit
  students completing building and technology studies at Texas State
  Technical College; the association also gives its support to the
  Ronald McDonald House, the Family Crisis Center, and the Children's
  Center at Valley Baptist Medical Center, and it helps build
  handicap ramps and carries out other socially responsible
  endeavors; and
         WHEREAS, By joining forces to help strengthen their industry,
  the members of HABA are contributing to economic prosperity in
  South Texas while also assisting worthwhile community causes, and
  their actions are indeed deserving of recognition; now, therefore,
  be it
         RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
  Legislature hereby welcome the Harlingen Area Builders Association
  to the State Capitol and extend to its members sincere best wishes
  for continued success; and, be it further
         RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
  prepared for the association as an expression of high regard by the
  Texas House of Representatives.
 
  Rios Ybarra
  Lucio III
 
 
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. 582 was adopted by the House on
  February 25, 2009, by a non-record vote.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House