82R6941 JBA-F
By: Miller of Comal H.R. No. 264
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Members of the Texas Aggregates and Concrete
Association are gathering in Austin for their legislative day at
the State Capitol on February 9, 2011; and
WHEREAS, The Texas Aggregates and Concrete Association was
created in 1974 when the Texas Ready Mixed Concrete Association and
the Texas Aggregates Association were united; and
WHEREAS, In the years since, TACA has grown to more than 200
member companies throughout Texas, including 75 percent of the
state's concrete business owners, 100 percent of the cement
companies, and 80 percent of the aggregates firms; and
WHEREAS, Aggregates, concrete, cement, and related
industries generate billions of dollars in business and employ
thousands of Texans; as part of its mission, TACA advocates for
sustainable funding levels for state infrastructure sectors that
impact its members, thereby helping to promote economic development
and job creation in the Lone Star State; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas
Legislature hereby welcome the Texas Aggregates and Concrete
Association to the State Capitol and extend to the visiting
delegation sincere best wishes for a meaningful and memorable day
in Austin; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for the association as an expression of high regard by the
Texas House of Representatives.