Texas 2015 - 84th Regular

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1	1	SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 644
2	2	WHEREAS, The City of San Antonio and Bexar County are
3	3	supporting the National Park Service in its application for World
4	4	Heritage Site designation for the five Spanish Colonial missions
5	5	established along the San Antonio River in the 18th century; and
6	6	WHEREAS, Determined to expand its influence in the New
7	7	World, Spain built missions to convert indigenous people to
8	8	Catholicism, to acclimate them in some measure to Hispanic
9	9	culture, and to make them subjects of the Spanish crown; these
10	10	frontier institutions provided not only religious instruction,
11	11	but also occupational training and education in the Spanish
12	12	language and system of government; and
13	13	WHEREAS, Vibrant communities grew up around these
14	14	outposts, and the city of San Antonio owes its existence to its
15	15	five missions, San José y San Miguel de Aguayo, Nuestra Señora de
16	16	la Purísima Concepción de Acuña, San Francisco de la Espada, San
17	17	Juan Capistrano, and San Antonio de Valero, better known as the
18	18	Alamo; these represent the largest concentration of Catholic
19	19	missions in North America; and
20	20	WHEREAS, World Heritage Site designation is granted under
21	21	the World Heritage Convention, which seeks to enhance
22	22	understanding, appreciation, and international cooperation for
23	23	heritage conservation, pursuing an ideal similar to that
24	24	advanced by the American National Park system; in 1973, the
25	25	United States became one of the nearly 200 nations to ratify the
26	26	convention, an independent treaty administered under UNESCO;
27	27	current sites include the Egyptian pyramids and Australia's
28	28	Great Barrier Reef, as well as our nation's own Statue of Liberty
29	29	and Grand Canyon; if accepted, the San Antonio missions would
30	30	become the first World Heritage Site in the State of Texas; and
31	31	WHEREAS, World Heritage designation confirms the
32	32	extraordinary cultural significance of sites and contributes to
33	33	their preservation, and this recognition typically leads to
34	34	increased international tourism and greater access to historians
35	35	and preservation specialists; by supporting the National Park
36	36	Service in its endeavors in behalf of the Spanish Colonial
37	37	missions, the City of San Antonio and Bexar County are taking an
38	38	important step to heighten global awareness of these
39	39	irreplaceable cultural treasures and the richness of Texas
40	40	history; now, therefore, be it
41	41	RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 84th
42	42	Legislature, hereby commend the City of San Antonio and Bexar
43	43	County for their vision in joining the effort to gain World
44	44	Heritage Site designation for San Antonio's five Spanish
45	45	Colonial missions and extend sincere best wishes for success to
46	46	all those associated with this important project; and, be it further
47	47	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be
48	48	prepared for the city and county as an expression of high regard
49	49	from the Texas Senate.
50	50	Uresti, Menéndez, Zaffirini
51	51	Bettencourt Hall Perry Bettencourt Hall Perry
52	52	Bettencourt Hall Perry
53	53	Birdwell Hancock Rodríguez Birdwell Hancock Rodríguez
54	54	Birdwell Hancock Rodríguez
55	55	Burton Hinojosa Schwertner Burton Hinojosa Schwertner
56	56	Burton Hinojosa Schwertner
57	57	Creighton Huffines Seliger Creighton Huffines Seliger
58	58	Creighton Huffines Seliger
59	59	Ellis Huffman Taylor of Galveston Ellis Huffman Taylor of Galveston
60	60	Ellis Huffman Taylor of Galveston
61	61	Eltife Kolkhorst Taylor of Collin Eltife Kolkhorst Taylor of Collin
62	62	Eltife Kolkhorst Taylor of Collin
63	63	Estes Lucio Watson Estes Lucio Watson
64	64	Estes Lucio Watson
65	65	Fraser Nelson West Fraser Nelson West
66	66	Fraser Nelson West
67	67	Garcia Nichols Whitmire Garcia Nichols Whitmire
68	68	Garcia Nichols Whitmire
69	69	Patrick, President of the Senate
70	70	________________________________
71	71	President of the Senate
72	72	I hereby certify that the
73	73	above Resolution was adopted by
74	74	the Senate on April 28, 2015.
75	75	________________________________
76	76	Secretary of the Senate
77	77	________________________________
78	78	Member, Texas Senate
79	79	________________________________
80	80	Member, Texas Senate
81	81	________________________________
82	82	Member, Texas Senate
83	83
84	84	Bettencourt Hall Perry
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86	86	Birdwell Hancock Rodríguez
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88	88	Burton Hinojosa Schwertner
89	89
90	90	Creighton Huffines Seliger
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92	92	Ellis Huffman Taylor of Galveston
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94	94	Eltife Kolkhorst Taylor of Collin
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96	96	Estes Lucio Watson
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98	98	Fraser Nelson West
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100	100	Garcia Nichols Whitmire