TITLE: Honoring the Texas Deer Association.

SUMMARY: Honoring the Texas Deer Association.

FULL TEXT:
WHEREAS, The members of the Texas Deer Association are providing a vital service to Texas hunters and landowners, preserving the integrity and sustainability of the state's natural resources through their many dedicated efforts; and WHEREAS, Founded in 1999, TDA serves as the voice of deer enthusiasts across Texas and as one of the state's leading defenders of hunting and property rights; TDA members work diligently to increase quality opportunities for all hunters, advocating for wise management practices and promoting innovative and effective techniques that ensure the welfare and health of deer populations in the state; and WHEREAS, The work of these dedicated conservationists makes a positive economic and ecological impact in numerous communities; moreover, TDA has benefited veterans, youth, and disabled hunters through its many outreach programs, and its charitable initiatives include providing venison for food distribution programs and funding scholarships for students statewide; and WHEREAS, The members of the Texas Deer Association have tirelessly devoted themselves to ensuring the successful and ethical management of deer herds in the Lone Star State, and this worthwhile organization is indeed deserving of recognition for its important achievements; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas Legislature hereby honor the Texas Deer Association and extend to the organization sincere best wishes for continued success; 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. Kuempel Straus Gonz lez Otto Allen Guerra Paddie Alonzo Guillen Parker Alvarado Gutierrez Paul Anchia Harless Pe a Anderson of Dallas Hernandez Phelan Anderson of McLennan Herrero Phillips Ashby Howard Pickett Aycock Huberty Price Bell Hughes Raney Bernal Hunter Raymond Blanco Isaac Reynolds Bohac Israel Riddle Bonnen of Brazoria Johnson Rinaldi Bonnen of Galveston Kacal Rodriguez of Bexar Burkett Keffer Rodriguez of Travis Burns Keough Romero, Jr. Burrows King of Hemphill Rose Button King of Parker Sanford Canales King of Taylor Schaefer Capriglione King of Uvalde Schofield Clardy Klick Schubert Coleman Koop Shaheen Collier Krause Sheets Cook Kuempel Sheffield Craddick Landgraf Simmons Crownover Larson Simpson Cyrier Laubenberg Smith Dale Leach Smithee Darby Longoria Spitzer Davis of Dallas Lozano Springer Davis of Harris Lucio III Stephenson Deshotel M rquez Stickland Dukes Martinez Thompson of Brazoria Dutton Martinez Fischer Thompson of Harris Elkins McClendon Tinderholt Faircloth Men ndez Turner of Collin Fallon Metcalf Turner of Harris Farias Meyer Turner of Tarrant Farney Miles VanDeaver Farrar Miller of Comal Villalba Fletcher Miller of Fort Bend Vo Flynn Moody Walle Frank Morrison White of Bell Frullo Mu oz, Jr. White of Tyler Galindo Murphy Workman Geren Murr Wray Giddings Naishtat Wu Goldman Nev rez Zedler Gonzales Oliveira Zerwas Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 490 was adopted by the House on March 3, 2015, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House