85R8648 KID-D By: Isaac H.R. No. 308 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 14, 2017; and WHEREAS, The Texas Aggregates and Concrete Association was created in 1974 when the Texas Ready Mixed Concrete Association and the Texas Aggregates Association merged; and WHEREAS, In the years since, TACA has grown to represent more than 200 member companies throughout Texas, including the great majority of the state's concrete businesses, cement companies, and aggregates firms; and WHEREAS, Aggregates, concrete, cement, and related industries generate billions of dollars in business and employ thousands of Texans, thereby helping to promote economic development and prosperity, and representatives of these vital commercial enterprises merit special recognition and praise for their immeasurable contributions to the Lone Star State; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas Legislature hereby recognize February 14, 2017, as Texas Aggregates and Concrete Association Day and welcome TACA members to the State Capitol; 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.