H.R. No. 1604
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Members of the Texas section of the United States
Tennis Association are visiting Austin on May 9, 2023, to celebrate
USTA Texas Day at the State Capitol; and
WHEREAS, Founded in 1895, USTA Texas is a nonprofit volunteer
organization composed of more than 50,000 individual members and
over 500 organizational members, and it features programs for
beginning, recreational, and competitive juniors, as well as for
adults and seniors; and
WHEREAS, As part of the USTA National Junior Tennis and
Learning network, the state section helps promote the health,
social, and educational benefits of tennis through a variety of
youth programs; among those are Play Days, which is designed to
introduce youngsters to competitive tennis in a low-pressure
setting, and Hot Shots, which helps instill such values as teamwork
and sportsmanship by offering organized match play in a team
setting; and
WHEREAS, Through USTA Texas and the state's physical
education curriculum, teachers and coaches receive lesson plans,
training, and equipment to help them include tennis in their
school's athletic program, thereby introducing the sport to
hundreds of thousands of young Texans; committed to making tennis
available to all children who want to play, including those with
intellectual or physical disabilities, USTA Texas supports and
promotes adaptive and wheelchair tennis programs through
education, training, and grant funding; and
WHEREAS, USTA declared the month of May as National Tennis
Month to promote local tennis programs and activities, to showcase
the sport and its benefits, and to help players and nonplayers alike
find opportunities to participate, and by increasing the
accessibility of tennis to individuals of all ages and backgrounds,
USTA Texas is helping attract and engage a new and diverse community
of tennis players and fans; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas
Legislature hereby recognize May 9, 2023, as USTA Texas Day at the
State Capitol and extend to all those affiliated with the
organization sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for USTA Texas as an expression of high regard by the Texas
House of Representatives.
Lambert
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 1604 was adopted by the House on May
19, 2023, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House