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  H.R. No. 676
 
 
 
R E S O L U T I O N
         WHEREAS, Members of the Garland Chamber of Commerce are
  visiting the State Capitol on March 5, 2013, and this occasion
  provides a welcome opportunity to pay tribute to this outstanding
  community organization and the city it serves; and
         WHEREAS, For more than 115 years, the Garland chamber has
  worked to ensure the economic vitality of Garland; when the city
  needed to broaden its economic base beyond agriculture in the
  mid-20th century, the chamber recruited a variety of companies that
  have since expanded to become such world-famous enterprises as
  General Dynamics Corporation, Raytheon Company, Hatco Corporation,
  and Kraft Foods Group, Inc., and KARLEE and Garrett
  Metal
  Detectors, which grew from shops in garages to internationally
  renowned industry leaders, are among the nearly 400 manufacturing
  enterprises located in Garland today; and
         WHEREAS, The Garland chamber is the creator of a variety of
  programs to support small businesses, manufacturing companies,
  retail firms, and the local education system, acting on the
  principle that success in each of these areas depends on success in
  all of them; the chamber is the founder of the BEST Education
  Foundation and the first chamber of commerce to host an office of
  the Small Business Development Center, and it has actively
  participated in the development of the Dallas County Manufacturers'
  Association, the Women's Business E-nitiative, and Leadership
  Garland; and
         WHEREAS, Garland has become the fifth largest city in the
  Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex and one of the fastest growing regions
  in the nation, home to more than 236,000 residents and rated in the
  top 100 best places in the country in which to live by CNN and Money
  magazine in 2008; the chamber is an essential member of the Garland
  Economic Development Partnership, which has been responsible for
  the creation and retention of 19,000 jobs and a $1.5 billion tax
  base in the city; and
         WHEREAS, Operating under the acronym PRIDE, for Passion,
  Respect, Integrity, Discipline, and Excellence, the Garland
  Chamber of Commerce has been a dynamic and inspiring "connecting
  source" in its community, and it is indeed deserving of recognition
  for the vital role it has played in this Lone Star success story;
  now, therefore, be it
         RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas
  Legislature hereby recognize March 5, 2013, as Garland Chamber of
  Commerce Day at the State Capitol and extend to the visiting
  delegation sincere best wishes for a meaningful and memorable visit
  to Austin.
 
  Button
  Burkett
 
 
Straus M. Gonzalez of El Paso Oliveira
 
Allen N. Gonzalez of El Paso Orr
 
Alonzo Gooden Otto
 
Alvarado Guerra Paddie
 
Anchia Guillen Parker
 
Anderson Gutierrez Patrick
 
Ashby Harless Perez
 
Aycock Harper-Brown Perry
 
Bell Hernandez Luna Phillips
 
Bohac Herrero Pickett
 
Bonnen of Brazoria Hilderbran Pitts
 
Bonnen of Galveston Howard Price
 
Branch Huberty Raney
 
Burkett Hughes Ratliff
 
Burnam Hunter Raymond
 
Button Isaac Reynolds
 
Callegari Johnson Riddle
 
Canales Kacal Ritter
 
Capriglione Keffer Rodriguez of Bexar
 
Carter King of Hemphill Rodriguez of Travis
 
Clardy King of Parker Rose
 
Coleman King of Taylor Sanford
 
Collier King of Zavala Schaefer
 
Cook Kleinschmidt Sheets
 
Cortez Klick Sheffield of Bell
 
Craddick Kolkhorst Sheffield of Coryell
 
Creighton Krause Simmons
 
Crownover Kuempel Simpson
 
Dale Larson Smith
 
Darby Laubenberg Smithee
 
Davis of Dallas Lavender Springer
 
J. Davis of Harris Leach Stephenson
 
S. Davis of Harris Lewis Stickland
 
Deshotel Longoria Strama
 
Dukes Lozano Taylor
 
Dutton Lucio III Thompson of Brazoria
 
Eiland Marquez Thompson of Harris
 
Elkins Martinez Toth
 
Fallon Martinez Fischer Turner of Collin
 
Farias McClendon Turner of Harris
 
Farney Menendez Turner of Tarrant
 
Farrar Miles Villalba
 
Fletcher Miller of Comal Villarreal
 
Flynn Miller of Fort Bend Vo
 
Frank Moody Walle
 
Frullo Morrison White
 
Geren Munoz, Jr. Workman
 
Giddings Murphy Wu
 
Goldman Naishtat Zedler
 
Gonzales Nevarez Zerwas
 
  ______________________________
  Speaker of the House     
 
         I certify that H.R. No. 676 was adopted by the House on March 5,
  2013, by a non-record vote.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House