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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 78
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WHEREAS, Members of the Texas Aggregates and Concrete |
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Association are gathering in Austin for their legislative day at |
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the State Capitol on February 28, 2013; and |
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WHEREAS, The Texas Aggregates and Concrete Association was |
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created in 1974 from the already existent Texas Ready Mixed |
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Concrete Association and the Texas Aggregates Association; and |
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WHEREAS, Today, nearly 40 years later, the Texas |
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Aggregates and Concrete Association has over 200 member |
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companies throughout the state; and |
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WHEREAS, The Texas Aggregates and Concrete Association |
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represents 75 percent of the owners of concrete businesses in |
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Texas, 100 percent of the owners of cement businesses in Texas, |
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and 80 percent of the owners of aggregates businesses in Texas; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Aggregates, concrete, cement, and related |
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industries account for nearly $5 billion of the state's economy |
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and thousands of jobs throughout the state; and |
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WHEREAS, The Texas Aggregates and Concrete Association |
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advocates for sustainable funding levels for state |
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infrastructure sectors that positively affect economic |
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development and job creation in addition to furthering the |
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business aims of these vital industries; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 83rd |
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Legislature, hereby welcome the Texas Aggregates and Concrete |
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Association to the State Capitol and extend to the visiting |
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delegation sincere best wishes for a meaningful and productive |
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day at the Capitol; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for |
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the association as an expression of regard from the Texas Senate. |
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Nichols |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on January 28, 2013. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |