H.R. No. 1199

	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, The Texas Department of Transportation is
	celebrating its 100th anniversary on April 4, 2017, and this
	significant milestone provides a welcome opportunity to recognize
	the agency's many contributions to the Lone Star State; and
	WHEREAS, Originally known as the Texas Highway Department,
	this essential organization was established in 1917 by the 35th
	Texas Legislature; with a staff of just 10 employees, the
	department carried out one of its earliest construction projects in
	1918, which involved building a 20-mile road between Falfurrias and
	Encino; moreover, in its first nine months, the department
	registered nearly 200,000 automobiles and created the first
	official highway map, showing the routes of more than 8,800 miles of
	improved roadways that would tie the state together; and
	WHEREAS, During World War II, highway construction was
	limited to those routes essential to national defense, but after
	the war ended, the Texas Highway Department began an aggressive
	rebuilding and expansion effort; in 1945, the agency began to build
	expressways in major Texas cities, and in 1949, it created a program
	to develop a secondary system of rural, farm-to-market highways;
	meanwhile, between 1945 and 1950, vehicle registrations jumped from
	1.7 million to 3.1 million; and
	WHEREAS, In 1975, the organization was renamed the State
	Department of Highways and Public Transportation, and its
	responsibilities were broadened to include local and regional
	public transit systems; during the 1990s and 2000s, the agency
	adopted its current name and further expanded its scope to
	encompass aviation, railroads, ports, and waterways; and
	WHEREAS, Today, TxDOT employs some 11,000 men and women who
	work every day to help 27 million motorists travel safely and
	efficiently over more than 80,000 miles of roadway, and the skill
	and dedication of the department's staff play a vital role in the
	continued prosperity of the Lone Star State; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas
	Legislature hereby commemorate the 100th anniversary of the
	founding of the Texas Department of Transportation and extend to
	all those associated with the agency sincere best wishes for
	continued success in their important work; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
	prepared for TxDOT as an expression of high regard by the Texas
	House of Representatives.
	Morrison
	Straus Goldman Oliverson
	Allen Gonzales of Williamson Ortega
	Alonzo González of El Paso Paddie
	Alvarado Gooden Parker
	Anchia Guerra Paul
	Anderson of Dallas Guillen Perez
	Anderson of McLennan Gutierrez Phelan
	Arévalo Hefner Phillips
	Ashby Hernandez Pickett
	Bailes Herrero Price
	Bell Hinojosa Raney
	Bernal Holland Raymond
	Biedermann Howard Reynolds
	Blanco Huberty Rinaldi
	Bohac Hunter Roberts
	Bonnen of Brazoria Isaac Rodriguez of Bexar
	Bonnen of Galveston Israel Rodriguez of Travis
	Burkett Johnson of Dallas Romero, Jr.
	Burns Johnson of Harris Rose
	Burrows Kacal Sanford
	Button Keough Schaefer
	Cain King of Hemphill Schofield
	Canales King of Parker Schubert
	Capriglione King of Uvalde Shaheen
	Clardy Klick Sheffield
	Coleman Koop Shine
	Collier Krause Simmons
	Cook Kuempel Smithee
	Cortez Lambert Springer
	Cosper Landgraf Stephenson
	Craddick Lang Stickland
	Cyrier Larson Stucky
	Dale Laubenberg Swanson
	Darby Leach Thierry
	Davis of Dallas Longoria Thompson of Brazoria
	Davis of Harris Lozano Thompson of Harris
	Dean Lucio III Tinderholt
	Deshotel Martinez Turner
	Dukes Metcalf Uresti
	Dutton Meyer VanDeaver
	Elkins Miller Villalba
	Faircloth Minjarez Vo
	Fallon Moody Walle
	Farrar Morrison White
	Flynn Muñoz, Jr. Wilson
	Frank Murphy Workman
	Frullo Murr Wray
	Geren Neave Wu
	Gervin-Hawkins Nevárez Zedler
	Giddings Oliveira Zerwas
	______________________________
	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.R. No. 1199 was adopted by the House on April
	4, 2017, by a non-record vote.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House