H.R. No. 760

	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Port Lavaca Day is taking place at the State Capitol
	on March 11, 2009, and this event provides a welcome opportunity to
	pay tribute to the rich history and many achievements of this
	prominent community on the Texas Gulf Coast; and
	WHEREAS, Located on a bluff above Lavaca Bay, the town was
	founded in the early 1840s; it quickly developed into the busiest
	port in the area and was chosen as the county seat for Calhoun
	County in 1846, though it lost that status to the nearby port of
	Indianola six years later; competition with the rival town slowed
	Port Lavaca's growth in the mid-1800s, but it ultimately regained
	its prominence and its title as county seat after Indianola was
	abandoned in the 1880s due to hurricane damage; and
	WHEREAS, Beginning in the 1920s, Port Lavaca became an
	important center for processing shrimp and other seafood; in the
	following decades, the town began serving the oil and gas companies
	and the aluminum plants and other industries that were established
	in the area; today, those businesses remain a central part of the
	city's economy, as do the agricultural and livestock operations in
	Calhoun County; and
	WHEREAS, Port Lavaca's bayside setting has also made it a
	popular tourism destination since the late 1800s, and it offers a
	number of exceptional attractions for visitors; anglers can cast a
	line from several lighted fishing piers on the bay, and Lighthouse
	Beach offers white sand, a boardwalk, and R.V. and camping
	facilities; the beach also has special bird-watching areas, and the
	city makes a great base of operations for visiting other birding
	spots along the coast; vacationers of all sorts enjoy Port Lavaca's
	Main Street shopping district and interesting historical sights
	such as the Halfmoon Reef Lighthouse, the state's oldest surviving
	wooden lighthouse; and
	WHEREAS, The residents of Port Lavaca are justifiably proud
	of their city's heritage and of the many qualities that make their
	community a great place to live and to visit, and they are to be
	commended for their contributions to the ongoing prosperity of the
	Lone Star State; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
	Legislature hereby recognize March 11, 2009, as Port Lavaca Day at
	the State Capitol and extend best wishes to the visiting delegation
	for an enjoyable and productive stay in Austin.
	Hunter
	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 Peña
	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. 760 was adopted by the House on March
	11, 2009, by a non-record vote.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House