| 1 | 1 | | H.R. No. 215 |
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| 4 | 4 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, Oil City Iron Works was named the Small Employer of |
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| 6 | 6 | | the Year by Workforce Solutions for North Central Texas at the |
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| 7 | 7 | | organization's 26th Annual Awards of Excellence on January 25, |
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| 8 | 8 | | 2023; and |
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| 9 | 9 | | WHEREAS, Every year, Workforce Solutions for North Central |
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| 10 | 10 | | Texas recognizes partners that have gone above and beyond to serve |
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| 11 | 11 | | customers in the organization's 14-county service area; the Small |
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| 12 | 12 | | Employer of the Year award highlights a private-sector employer |
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| 13 | 13 | | with fewer than 500 employees that has taken initiatives benefiting |
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| 14 | 14 | | current and future workers and individuals with challenges that |
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| 15 | 15 | | make entering the workforce difficult; and |
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| 16 | 16 | | WHEREAS, Oil City Iron Works traces its origins back to 1866, |
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| 17 | 17 | | when the original machine shop and foundry was established in |
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| 18 | 18 | | Corsicana; the company initially produced parts for cotton gins, |
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| 19 | 19 | | brick presses, and castings for the building industry, but it has |
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| 20 | 20 | | since diversified its line of products to include valves, pumps, |
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| 21 | 21 | | gas turbine and compression parts, and mining and oilfield |
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| 22 | 22 | | equipment; the business took on its current name in 1898 in |
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| 23 | 23 | | recognition of the oil boom that was happening in Corsicana at the |
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| 24 | 24 | | time; and |
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| 25 | 25 | | WHEREAS, Through its exceptional efforts, Oil City Iron Works |
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| 26 | 26 | | has made important contributions to the vitality and prosperity of |
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| 27 | 27 | | North Central Texas, and it is indeed deserving of this most recent |
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| 28 | 28 | | honor; now, therefore, be it |
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| 29 | 29 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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| 30 | 30 | | Legislature hereby congratulate Oil City Iron Works on being named |
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| 31 | 31 | | the Small Employer of the Year by Workforce Solutions for North |
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| 32 | 32 | | Central Texas and extend to all those associated with the company |
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| 33 | 33 | | sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further |
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| 34 | 34 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 35 | 35 | | prepared for Oil City Iron Works as an expression of high regard by |
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| 36 | 36 | | the Texas House of Representatives. |
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| 37 | 37 | | Harris of Anderson |
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| 38 | 38 | | ______________________________ |
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| 39 | 39 | | Speaker of the House |
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| 40 | 40 | | I certify that H.R. No. 215 was adopted by the House on March |
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| 41 | 41 | | 8, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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| 42 | 42 | | voting. |
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| 43 | 43 | | ______________________________ |
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| 44 | 44 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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