TITLE: Recognizing April 1 through 5, 2019, as Texas Retired Teachers Week.

SUMMARY: Recognizing April 1 through 5, 2019, as Texas Retired Teachers Week.

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WHEREAS, The observance of Texas Retired Teachers Week from April 1 through 5, 2019, provides a welcome opportunity to recognize the members of the Texas Retired Teachers Association for the vital contributions they have made to the state; and WHEREAS, The Texas Retired Teachers Association represents retired public school and higher education employees; and WHEREAS, The members of this notable group continually strive to improve their local communities throughout the state, and they have donated over 5.8 million hours of their time as volunteers, equivalent to a value of more than $143 million; to promote literacy and lifelong learning, they have also provided over a million books to children through the Children's Book Project, including 138,625 last year alone; and WHEREAS, Conscious of the effect their health has on the world around them, members of the association seek to preserve the TRS-Care benefits program by reducing doctor visits, exercising regularly, and eating healthy foods; and WHEREAS, Retiree annuity payments from the Teacher Retirement System of Texas have exceeded $10.1 billion and have directly created 137,729 jobs in the Lone Star State; and WHEREAS, The Texas Retired Teachers Association and its more than 94,000 members are working diligently to protect current and future public education retirees; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas Legislature hereby recognize April 1 through 5, 2019, as Texas Retired Teachers Week; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for the association as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Bonnen of Galveston Bonnen of Brazoria Guerra Noble Allen Guillen Oliverson Allison Gutierrez Ortega Anchia Harless Pacheco Anderson Harris Paddie Ashby Hefner Parker Bailes Hernandez Patterson Beckley Herrero Paul Bell of Kaufman Hinojosa Perez Bell of Montgomery Holland Phelan Bernal Howard Price Biedermann Huberty Ramos Blanco Hunter Raney Bohac Israel Raymond Bonnen of Galveston E. Johnson of Dallas Reynolds Bowers J. Johnson of Dallas Rodriguez Buckley Johnson of Harris Romero, Jr. Bucy Kacal Rose Burns King of Hemphill Rosenthal Burrows King of Parker Sanford Button King of Uvalde Schaefer Cain Klick Shaheen Calanni Krause Sheffield Canales Kuempel Sherman, Sr. Capriglione Lambert Shine Clardy Landgraf Smith Cole Lang Smithee Coleman Larson Springer Collier Leach Stephenson Cortez Leman Stickland Craddick Longoria Stucky Cyrier Lopez Swanson Darby Lozano Talarico Davis of Dallas Lucio III Thierry Davis of Harris Martinez Thompson of Brazoria Dean Martinez Fischer Thompson of Harris Deshotel Metcalf Tinderholt Dominguez Meyer Toth Dutton Meza Turner of Dallas Farrar Middleton Turner of Tarrant Fierro Miller VanDeaver Flynn Minjarez Vo Frank Moody Walle Frullo Morales White Geren Morrison Wilson Gervin-Hawkins Mu oz, Jr. Wray Goldman Murphy Wu Gonz lez of Dallas Murr Zedler Gonz lez of El Paso Neave Zerwas Goodwin Nev rez Zwiener Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 882 was adopted by the House on April 3, 2019, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House