Bill Text: TX HR131 | 2013 | 83rd Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: Commemorating the 90th annual Tri-State Fair and Rodeo in Amarillo.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-26 - Reported enrolled [HR131 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR131-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Commemorating the 90th annual Tri-State Fair and Rodeo in Amarillo.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-26 - Reported enrolled [HR131 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR131-Introduced.html
83S10342 JGH-D | ||
By: Price | H.R. No. 131 |
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WHEREAS, The 90th annual Tri-State Fair and Rodeo in Amarillo | ||
is taking place from September 13 to 21, 2013; and | ||
WHEREAS, Since Amarillo's founding more than 125 years ago, | ||
the city has been the definitive Western cowtown—both a thriving | ||
market and a busy processing and distribution center for the cattle | ||
industry; the town is home to the Texas Cattle Feeders Association | ||
and the American Quarter Horse Association, which work to preserve | ||
the prosperity and culture of the rancher's way of life; and | ||
WHEREAS, The region's Western heritage has been celebrated | ||
every year since 1923 at the Tri-State Fair and Rodeo; operated by | ||
the Amarillo Tri-State Exposition, it is the largest annual event | ||
in the Texas Panhandle, drawing more than 130,000 people, and it | ||
brings $5 million to the local economy; and | ||
WHEREAS, The fair and rodeo's nine days of events include one | ||
of the top five medium-sized rodeos in the nation, as rated by the | ||
Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, and the exposition's | ||
scholarships and educational programs benefit 5,000 local students | ||
each year; and | ||
WHEREAS, More than 600 volunteers devote over 15,000 hours to | ||
putting on the fair and rodeo, making it a true community effort, | ||
and since 2000 its facility, the Amarillo National Center, has won | ||
acclaim as one of the nation's premier dirt-floor venues for rodeos | ||
and equestrian events; and | ||
WHEREAS, The values and ideals of the American West continue | ||
to animate the lives of those who make their home there, and for the | ||
past nine decades the Tri-State Fair and Rodeo has provided a | ||
showcase for the skills, tenacity, and daring through which they | ||
and their ancestors have left their stamp on that legendary region; | ||
now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas | ||
Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby commemorate the 90th annual | ||
Tri-State Fair and Rodeo in Amarillo and extend to the fair's staff, | ||
participants, and visitors sincere best wishes for an enjoyable and | ||
memorable event; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for the Amarillo Tri-State Exposition as an expression of | ||
high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. |