Bill Text: TX SR238 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing February 18 through 22, 2013, as Texas Technology Week.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-02-20 - Again read [SR238 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SR238-Enrolled.html
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WHEREAS, Texas Technology Week is being celebrated | ||
February 18 through 22, 2013, to increase public awareness of the | ||
extraordinary achievements of the state's technology and life | ||
sciences industries and research institutions and the vital role | ||
they play in the prosperity of the Lone Star State; and | ||
WHEREAS, This worthwhile event is sponsored by TechAmerica | ||
Texas, the Texas Healthcare and Bioscience Institute, TechNet | ||
Texas, the Texas Coalition for Capital, the Metroplex Technology | ||
Business Council, and The Wind Coalition; representatives from | ||
these organizations are gathering together to discuss the major | ||
issues facing their industries and to demonstrate their support | ||
for an educational system that will provide the skilled and | ||
talented workforce they will need; and | ||
WHEREAS, The state's technology and life sciences | ||
industries and research institutions are revolutionizing the | ||
world in which we live through leading-edge advances in medicine, | ||
space exploration, computing, communications, energy, and | ||
transportation; within the state, these industries employ more | ||
residents of Texas than the oil, natural gas, and agricultural | ||
industries combined, and their high-wage, highly skilled jobs | ||
contribute to a diverse and growing economy; and | ||
WHEREAS, People around the globe have benefited | ||
immeasurably from medical treatments and devices developed by | ||
Texas businesses, and the work of our universities, private | ||
research institutions, and biotechnology, medical device, and | ||
pharmaceutical companies has helped to foster the cycle of | ||
WHEREAS, The life sciences and technology industries | ||
generate a significant economic impact in the state; ranking | ||
second in the country in high-technology employment, Texas is the | ||
nation's second-largest technology-exporting state, with more | ||
than one-fifth of its exported products originating in the | ||
technology industry; and | ||
WHEREAS, Technology and life sciences industries and | ||
research institutions have become a tremendous engine of | ||
economic growth in the State of Texas and have enhanced the lives | ||
of people the world over; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, | ||
83rd Legislature, hereby recognize February 18 through 22, 2013, | ||
as Texas Technology Week and extend to all participants best | ||
wishes for a rewarding and productive event; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared in | ||
honor of Texas Technology Week. | ||
Watson | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on February 19, 2013. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |