H.R. No. 342

	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Proud residents of Rowlett are gathering in Austin
	on February 12, 2015, to celebrate Rowlett Day at the State Capitol;
	and
	WHEREAS, The area around present-day Rowlett was first
	settled in the 1840s by two immigration companies, the W. S. Peters
	Colony and the Charles Mercer Colony; a post office was set up in
	1880 and named Morris, after its first postmaster, but the name was
	later changed to Rowlett, after Rowlett Creek, a tributary of the
	east fork of the Trinity River; and
	WHEREAS, The arrival of the Dallas and Greenville Railway in
	1889 helped the town become a prosperous cotton farming community
	with a school, churches, and businesses, and in 1921, it was
	included on the route of the Bankhead Highway, the nation's second
	cross-country paved highway; the city was incorporated in 1952 by a
	vote of 84 citizens; and
	WHEREAS, Now with easy access to Dallas by way of the
	President George Bush Turnpike and the Dallas Area Rapid Transit
	light rail system, Rowlett has grown into a thriving community of
	58,000 residents who enjoy 30 miles of beautiful Lake Ray Hubbard
	shoreline; and
	WHEREAS, The town has been named as a Tree City USA, and its
	economic development efforts have won recognition from the Texas
	Economic Development Council and the Dallas Business Journal;
	popular annual events include an Easter egg hunt, fireworks on the
	Fourth of July, the Movies on Main series, and a holiday parade and
	tree lighting ceremony every Christmas; and
	WHEREAS, Benefiting from all the amenities of the Dallas-Fort
	Worth metroplex while preserving a small-town ambiance, the
	citizens of Rowlett may take justifiable pride in their efforts to
	make their home such an attractive and comfortable community in
	which to live, work, and raise a family; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas
	Legislature hereby recognize February 12, 2015, as Rowlett Day at
	the State Capitol and extend to the visiting delegation sincere
	best wishes for the future.
	Button
	Burkett
	Sheets
	Turner of Collin
	Straus Guerra Otto
	Allen Guillen Paddie
	Alonzo Gutierrez Parker
	Alvarado Harless Paul
	Anchia Hernandez Peña
	Anderson of Dallas Herrero Phelan
	Anderson of McLennan Howard Phillips
	Ashby Huberty Pickett
	Aycock Hughes Price
	Bell Hunter Raney
	Blanco Isaac Raymond
	Bohac Israel Reynolds
	Bonnen of Brazoria Johnson Riddle
	Bonnen of Galveston Kacal Rinaldi
	Burkett Keffer Rodriguez of Bexar
	Burns Keough Rodriguez of Travis
	Burrows King of Hemphill Romero, Jr.
	Button King of Parker Rose
	Canales King of Taylor Sanford
	Capriglione King of Uvalde Schaefer
	Clardy Klick Schofield
	Coleman Koop Shaheen
	Collier Krause Sheets
	Cook Kuempel Sheffield
	Craddick Landgraf Simmons
	Crownover Larson Simpson
	Dale Laubenberg Smith
	Darby Leach Smithee
	Davis of Dallas Longoria Spitzer
	Davis of Harris Lozano Springer
	Deshotel Lucio III Stephenson
	Dukes Márquez Stickland
	Dutton Martinez Thompson of Brazoria
	Elkins Martinez Fischer Thompson of Harris
	Faircloth McClendon Tinderholt
	Fallon Menéndez Turner of Collin
	Farias Metcalf Turner of Harris
	Farney Meyer Turner of Tarrant
	Farrar Miles VanDeaver
	Fletcher Miller of Comal Villalba
	Flynn Miller of Fort Bend Vo
	Frank Moody Walle
	Frullo Morrison White of Bell
	Galindo Muñoz, Jr. White of Tyler
	Geren Murphy Workman
	Giddings Murr Wray
	Goldman Naishtat Wu
	Gonzales Nevárez Zedler
	González Oliveira Zerwas
	______________________________
	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.R. No. 342 was adopted by the House on February
	12, 2015, by a non-record vote.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House