Bill Text: TX HR587 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Austin Amateur Radio Club.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-13 - Reported enrolled [HR587 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR587-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 587 | ||
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| WHEREAS, The Austin Amateur Radio Club is celebrating the | ||
| 100th anniversary of its founding in 2019, and this milestone | ||
| presents a fitting opportunity to recognize the group for its | ||
| outstanding contributions to the community; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Since 1919, more than 100 members licensed by the | ||
| Federal Communications Commission have served Travis County by | ||
| providing emergency communications when normal systems are | ||
| nonfunctional or overloaded, such as during and after natural | ||
| disasters; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The club has maintained and operated radio rooms | ||
| next to the Emergency Operations Center at the Combined | ||
| Transportation, Emergency and Communications Center and the State | ||
| Operations Center at the Department of Public Safety headquarters | ||
| as well as with the Central and South Texas American Red Cross, | ||
| which further benefit from the group's mobile emergency | ||
| communications trailer; members also maintain backup transmission | ||
| for 15 area hospitals through the Amateur Radio Communications for | ||
| Hospital Emergencies System, provide Skywarn reports to the | ||
| National Weather Service, and dispense situational awareness to the | ||
| Department of Defense through the U.S. Army Military Auxiliary | ||
| Radio System; and | ||
| WHEREAS, This notable organization has further served area | ||
| residents by providing communication support for public service | ||
| events, including the MS150 and Sound the Alarm smoke detector | ||
| program for low-income households; since 1993, the club's | ||
| scholarship program has granted more than $250,000 to FCC-licensed | ||
| high school seniors in Travis and surrounding counties; the fund | ||
| awarded $17,500 in 2018 alone; and | ||
| WHEREAS, For a century, the men and women of the Austin | ||
| Amateur Radio Club have helped to aid and educate their fellow | ||
| citizens, and they may take great pride in their important work; | ||
| now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Austin | ||
| Amateur Radio Club and extend to all those associated with the | ||
| organization sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for the club as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
| House of Representatives. | ||
| Howard | ||
| Bucy | ||
| Cole | ||
| Goodwin | ||
| Hinojosa | ||
| Israel | ||
| Rodriguez | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 587 was adopted by the House on March | ||
| 12, 2019, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
