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1		-	By: Hunter (Senate Sponsor - Lucio) H.C.R. No. 108
2		-	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 18, 2015;
3		-	May 18, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural
4		-	Resources and Economic Development; May 22, 2015, reported
5		-	favorably by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 2; May 22, 2015,
6		-	sent to printer.)
7		-	Click here to see the committee vote
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10	4		HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
11	5		WHEREAS, The cruise operations in the home port of Galveston
12	6		have an enormous economic impact on Texas; the city hosted more than
13	7		900,000 passenger and crew visits in 2013, which accounted for $1.2
14	8		billion in direct spending; in addition, the industry was
15	9		responsible for generating over 20,000 Texas jobs and paying $1.16
16	10		billion in wage income; and
17	11		WHEREAS, South of Galveston, between Calhoun and Cameron
18	12		Counties, from the tip of the Golden Crescent, along the Coastal
19	13		Bend, to the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas is home to several
20	14		growing cities, robust tourism, and a wealth of natural resources;
21	15		the area, with more than 150 miles of Gulf shoreline, also harbors
22	16		three major deepwater ports, any of which might be a viable site for
23	17		a cruise line headquarters or a port of embarkation; and
24	18		WHEREAS, Florida and California, respectively, benefit the
25	19		most from the North American cruise industry; Florida operates five
26	20		cruise ports, including Port Canaveral, Port Everglades,
27	21		Jacksonville, Miami, and Tampa, and California is home to four, in
28	22		Los Angeles, Long Beach, San Diego, and San Francisco; an
29	23		additional Texas cruise ship port between Calhoun and Cameron
30	24		Counties could offer an attractive vacation option for a
31	25		significant portion of the state's residents and be an economic
32	26		boon to the state as a whole; now, therefore, be it
33	27		RESOLVED, That the 84th Legislature of the State of Texas
34	28		hereby request the lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house
35	29		of representatives to create a joint interim committee to conduct a
36	30		study regarding the development of a cruise industry on the Texas
37	31		coast between Calhoun and Cameron Counties, including its potential
38	32		economic impact and options for incentives to attract the cruise
39	33		industry to South Texas; and, be it further
40	34		RESOLVED, That the committee's proceedings and operations be
41	35		governed by such general rules and policies for joint interim
42	36		committees as the 84th Legislature may adopt.
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	37	+	Hunter
	38	+	______________________________ ______________________________
	39	+	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
	40	+	I certify that H.C.R. No. 108 was adopted by the House on May
	41	+	15, 2015, by the following vote:
	42	+	Yeas 128, Nays 8, 2 present, not
	43	+	voting.
	44	+	______________________________
	45	+	Chief Clerk of the House
	46	+	I certify that H.C.R. No. 108 was adopted by the Senate on May
	47	+	24, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 24, Nays 6.
	48	+	______________________________
	49	+	Secretary of the Senate
	50	+	RECEIVED: __________________
	51	+	Date
	52	+	__________________
	53	+	Secretary of State