H.R. No. 1761

	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, For more than half a century, General Motors has
	played a significant role in the Texas economy, generating
	thousands of jobs, and during that period, the industrious workers
	of the Arlington Assembly Plant have contributed greatly to the
	economic health and development of their community; and
	WHEREAS, General Motors currently employs more than 5,500
	Texans throughout the state, generating a payroll in excess of $500
	million a year; these hardworking men and women have produced 7.5
	million GM vehicles, more than any other automobile manufacturer in
	the state; and
	WHEREAS, First opened in 1954, the 250-acre GM Arlington
	Assembly Plant was originally designed to assemble aircraft and
	automobiles; over the years, the facility has produced a number of
	popular GM models, and it currently manufactures the Cadillac
	Escalade; and
	WHEREAS, The factory has also been an important part of the
	community in Arlington, employing many area Texans and providing
	valuable property tax revenue; moreover, its employees have
	generously supported such local charities as the United Way and
	Toys for Kids; and
	WHEREAS, The Arlington Assembly Plant is notable as well for
	its environmental stewardship; in 2000, the plant was part of the
	State of Texas Clean Industries program, and it has received
	several consecutive annual awards for pretreatment excellence for
	water discharged to the city of Arlington; in 2003, the plant earned
	the Certificate of Achievement from the Green Lights Partnership of
	the Environmental Protection Agency, and it received EPA Energy
	Star awards for energy conservation in 2003 and 2004; and
	WHEREAS, General Motors and the Arlington Assembly Plant have
	long been, and continue to be, valuable members of the Texas
	business community, and it is a pleasure to recognize the company's
	commitment to the Lone Star State and to pay tribute as well to the
	plant's dedicated employees; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
	Legislature hereby honor the contributions of General Motors and
	the Arlington Assembly Plant to the State of Texas and extend to the
	company's management and employees sincere best wishes for the
	future; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
	prepared for the plant as an expression of high regard by the Texas
	House of Representatives.
	Pierson
	Patrick
	Harless
	Turner of Tarrant
	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. 1761 was adopted by the House on May
	4, 2009, by a non-record vote.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House