Bill Text: TX SR241 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Recognizing February 28, 2023, as Texas Rural Broadband Day.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 9-2)
Status: (Passed) 2023-02-28 - Reported enrolled [SR241 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR241-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Recognizing February 28, 2023, as Texas Rural Broadband Day.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 9-2)
Status: (Passed) 2023-02-28 - Reported enrolled [SR241 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR241-Introduced.html
88R15113 CJM-D | ||
By: Sparks, et al. | S.R. No. 241 |
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WHEREAS, Members of the Texas Telephone Association are | ||
gathering in Austin on February 28, 2023, to celebrate Texas Rural | ||
Broadband Day at the State Capitol; and | ||
WHEREAS, Founded in 1905, TTA represents the state's local | ||
exchange telephone companies and relies heavily on the volunteer | ||
efforts of its member officers and directors who provide voice and | ||
data service to rural Texas; the association's 46 rural | ||
telecommunications providers include telephone cooperatives, small | ||
family-owned companies, and multistate operations; and | ||
WHEREAS, Covering almost half of the Lone Star State's land | ||
area and a large portion of the Texas-Mexico border, TTA member | ||
companies serve some 1.4 million rural Texas households and 2,200 | ||
rural schools, colleges, government agencies, and other anchor | ||
institutions; thousands of miles of fiber optic and wireline | ||
facilities form the backbone of the rural Texas telecommunications | ||
network, enabling voice and wireless calls, broadband, and a range | ||
of additional advanced services; and | ||
WHEREAS, TTA employs approximately 3,800 Texans in full-time | ||
positions and creates thousands of jobs for contractors, materials | ||
suppliers, and other rural Texas businesses; working tirelessly | ||
during adversity, rural phone companies and their technicians have | ||
helped ensure uninterrupted connections for rural Texans during the | ||
challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic; moreover, during Winter Storm | ||
Uri in 2021, technicians braved dangerous conditions, often | ||
traveling long distances to power remote switches with generators | ||
and to check on the well-being of customers; and | ||
WHEREAS, For well over a century, TTA has played an important | ||
role in keeping rural Texans connected, and it is indeed a pleasure | ||
to join in recognizing the association for its myriad | ||
contributions; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the 88th Texas Legislature | ||
hereby recognize February 28, 2023, as Texas Rural Broadband Day at | ||
the State Capitol and extend to all those associated with the Texas | ||
Telephone Association sincere best wishes for continued success; | ||
and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for TTA as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
Senate. |