| 1 | | - | H.C.R. No. 83 |
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| 1 | + | By: Guillen (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.C.R. No. 83 |
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| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 1, 2023; |
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| 3 | + | May 1, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | + | Administration; May 16, 2023, reported favorably by the following |
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| 5 | + | vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 16, 2023, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | + | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 4 | 18 | | HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION |
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| 5 | 19 | | WHEREAS, More than a century ago, peanut farming became |
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| 6 | 20 | | integral to the economy of Floresville, and the city's residents |
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| 7 | 21 | | have long embraced the area's most famous cash crop as an indelible |
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| 8 | 22 | | part of the community's culture and heritage; and |
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| 9 | 23 | | WHEREAS, Situated 30 miles southeast of San Antonio, |
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| 10 | 24 | | Floresville was founded in 1867, and it became the seat of Wilson |
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| 11 | 25 | | County in 1873; agriculture was the backbone of the local economy |
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| 12 | 26 | | from the outset, and beginning in the 1910s, cotton and livestock |
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| 13 | 27 | | gave way to an important new crop: peanuts; and |
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| 14 | 28 | | WHEREAS, Pioneering growers such as Joe T. Sheehy realized |
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| 15 | 29 | | that peanuts were well-suited to the sandy soil of the region, and |
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| 16 | 30 | | the legume quickly became the area's main agricultural commodity; |
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| 17 | 31 | | by the 1930s, more than 150 farmers in the county were involved in |
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| 18 | 32 | | the business, leading residents to informally refer to Floresville |
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| 19 | 33 | | as the state's "peanut capital"; and |
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| 20 | 34 | | WHEREAS, To celebrate the importance of the crop, the |
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| 21 | 35 | | inaugural Floresville Peanut Festival was staged in 1938, and more |
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| 22 | 36 | | than eight decades later, it remains the city's signature event; |
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| 23 | 37 | | over 10,000 people attend the celebration each October, enjoying |
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| 24 | 38 | | parades, pageants, the Goober Games, and myriad other activities; |
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| 25 | 39 | | and |
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| 26 | 40 | | WHEREAS, Floresville's strong historical and commercial |
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| 27 | 41 | | association with the peanut has been a source of great pride for |
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| 28 | 42 | | generations of area residents, and it is indeed deserving of |
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| 29 | 43 | | special recognition; now, therefore, be it |
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| 30 | 44 | | RESOLVED, That the 88th Legislature of the State of Texas |
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| 31 | 45 | | hereby designate Floresville as the official Peanut Capital of |
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| 32 | 46 | | Texas; and, be it further |
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| 33 | 47 | | RESOLVED, That, in accordance with the provisions of Section |
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| 34 | 48 | | 391.003(e), Government Code, this designation remain in effect |
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| 35 | 49 | | until the 10th anniversary of the date this resolution is finally |
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| 36 | 50 | | passed by the legislature. |
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| 37 | | - | Guillen |
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| 38 | | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 39 | | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 40 | | - | I certify that H.C.R. No. 83 was adopted by the House on April |
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| 41 | | - | 28, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 3 present, not |
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| 42 | | - | voting. |
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| 43 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 44 | | - | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 45 | | - | I certify that H.C.R. No. 83 was adopted by the Senate on May |
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| 46 | | - | 17, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 47 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 48 | | - | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 49 | | - | APPROVED: __________________ |
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| 50 | | - | Date |
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| 51 | | - | __________________ |
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| 52 | | - | Governor |
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| 51 | + | * * * * * |
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