| |
| |
|
|
R E S O L U T I O N
|
|
|
WHEREAS, Members of the Texas Small Business Development |
|
|
Center Network are celebrating Texas Small Business Development |
|
|
Center Day on March 19, 2025; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, The Texas SBDC Network is part of America's SBDC, a |
|
|
national program established by the Small Business Development |
|
|
Center Act of 1979, which was first introduced in the U.S. Senate in |
|
|
March 1977 before its passage two years later; since its inception, |
|
|
America's SBDC has grown to include approximately 1,000 service |
|
|
centers and more than 5,000 professional business advisors who |
|
|
provide personalized and confidential assistance to small business |
|
|
owners; today, the Texas SBDC encompasses four lead offices at |
|
|
universities and colleges across the state and over 40 field and |
|
|
specialty centers in urban and rural areas; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, For more than four decades, the Texas SBDC has |
|
|
provided business consulting at no cost to clients and has offered |
|
|
affordable training to guide small businesses through every stage |
|
|
of development; in 2024, the organization helped businesses access |
|
|
over $421 million in financing; moreover, it is estimated that the |
|
|
network's efforts in the past year saved or created more than 33,000 |
|
|
jobs, and companies affiliated with the organization generated |
|
|
approximately $703 million in new sales and over $81 million in tax |
|
|
revenue; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, The Texas SBDC Network has contributed immeasurably |
|
|
to the success of numerous new and existing companies, and in so |
|
|
doing, it has greatly enhanced the economic prosperity of the Lone |
|
|
Star State; now, therefore, be it |
|
|
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas |
|
|
Legislature hereby recognize March 19, 2025, as Texas Small |
|
|
Business Development Center Day and extend to all those associated |
|
|
with the Texas Small Business Development Center Network sincere |
|
|
best wishes for a memorable and enjoyable celebration; and, be it |
|
|
further |
|
|
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
|
|
prepared for the Texas SBDC Network as an expression of high regard |
|
|
by the Texas House of Representatives. |
| |
|
|
Button |
|
|
|
|
|
| Burrows |
Guerra |
Morales Shaw |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Ashby |
Harris Davila |
Olcott |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Bell of Kaufman |
Hayes |
Ordaz |
|
|
|
| Bell of Montgomery |
Hefner |
Orr |
|
|
|
| Bernal |
Hernandez |
Patterson |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Bonnen |
Hinojosa |
Perez of El Paso |
|
|
|
| Bowers |
Holt |
Perez of Harris |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Campos |
Jones of Dallas |
Rodríguez Ramos |
|
|
|
| Canales |
Jones of Harris |
Romero |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Collier |
Kitzman |
Schatzline |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Cortez |
Lalani |
Schoolcraft |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Cunningham |
Landgraf |
Shofner |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| A. Davis of Dallas |
Little |
Smithee |
|
|
|
| Y. Davis of Dallas |
Longoria |
Spiller |
|
|
|
| Dean |
Lopez of Bexar |
Swanson |
|
|
|
| DeAyala |
Lopez of Cameron |
Talarico |
|
|
|
| Dorazio |
Louderback |
Tepper |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Garcia of Bexar |
Martinez Fischer |
Vasut |
|
|
|
| Garcia of Dallas |
McLaughlin |
Villalobos |
|
|
|
| Garcia Hernandez |
McQueeney |
Virdell |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Gervin-Hawkins |
Money |
Wharton |
|
|
|
| González of Dallas |
Moody |
Wilson |
|
|
|
| González of El Paso |
Morales of Harris |
Wu |
|
|
|
| Goodwin |
Morales of Maverick |
Zwiener |
|
|
|
|
|
|
______________________________ |
|
|
Speaker of the House |
| |
|
|
I certify that H.R. No. 544 was adopted by the House on March |
|
|
19, 2025, by a non-record vote. |
|
|
|
|
|
______________________________ |
|
|
Chief Clerk of the House |
| |