| 1 | | - | By: Sheets (Senate Sponsor - Huffines) H.C.R. No. 105 |
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| 2 | | - | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 11, 2015; |
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| 3 | | - | May 11, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | | - | Administration; May 21, 2015, reported favorably by the following |
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| 5 | | - | vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 21, 2015, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | | - | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 1 | + | H.C.R. No. 105 |
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| 18 | 4 | | HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION |
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| 19 | 5 | | WHEREAS, In the new world of social media, people of every age |
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| 20 | 6 | | and background from around the world may take part in an endless |
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| 21 | 7 | | conversation about all facets of the Lone Star State by using the |
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| 22 | 8 | | hashtag #Texas; and |
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| 23 | 9 | | WHEREAS, In a dynamic, ever-changing stream that runs 24 |
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| 24 | 10 | | hours a day, seven days a week, users of Twitter and other online |
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| 25 | 11 | | platforms anywhere on the globe may use #Texas to see what people |
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| 26 | 12 | | are saying about Texas and to address other followers of the hashtag |
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| 27 | 13 | | on anything and everything pertaining to our great state; and |
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| 28 | 14 | | WHEREAS, At any given moment, this unfiltered discussion can |
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| 29 | 15 | | range from serious political discussions to wisecracks, from |
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| 30 | 16 | | advertising to comments about the heat in Houston, from complaints |
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| 31 | 17 | | and praise about Texas sporting franchises to celebrations of Texas |
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| 32 | 18 | | writers, artists, and musicians; and |
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| 33 | 19 | | WHEREAS, Social media is transforming the way people the |
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| 34 | 20 | | world over share their beliefs, ideals, wit, and fancies, and the |
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| 35 | 21 | | followers of #Texas are provided with an always fascinating and |
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| 36 | 22 | | never-ending parade of what people talk about when they talk about |
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| 37 | 23 | | Texas; now, therefore, be it |
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| 38 | 24 | | RESOLVED, That the 84th Legislature of the State of Texas |
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| 39 | 25 | | hereby designate #Texas as the official hashtag of the state of |
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| 40 | 26 | | Texas. |
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| 41 | | - | * * * * * |
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| 27 | + | Sheets |
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| 28 | + | Anderson of Dallas |
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| 29 | + | Canales |
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| 30 | + | White of Tyler |
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| 31 | + | Wu |
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| 32 | + | Burkett |
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| 33 | + | Minjarez |
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| 34 | + | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 35 | + | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 36 | + | I certify that H.C.R. No. 105 was adopted by the House on May |
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| 37 | + | 8, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 2, 2 present, not |
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| 38 | + | voting. |
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| 39 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 40 | + | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 41 | + | I certify that H.C.R. No. 105 was adopted by the Senate on May |
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| 42 | + | 27, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2. |
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| 43 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 44 | + | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 45 | + | APPROVED: __________________ |
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| 46 | + | Date |
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| 47 | + | __________________ |
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| 48 | + | Governor |
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