TITLE: Commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Government Employees Credit Union in El Paso.

SUMMARY: Commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Government Employees Credit Union in El Paso.

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WHEREAS, Credit unions play an important role in the economic vitality of the Lone Star State, and the Government Employees Credit Union in El Paso has been a vital community resource for 80 years; and WHEREAS, In 1932, 11 individuals in El Paso created a cooperative to ensure their financial security during the depths of the Great Depression; pooling their resources, they established the Federal Employees Credit Union with a working capital of $55; and WHEREAS, Now known as GECU, the business has grown to become one of El Paso's most respected financial institutions, with 11 branches, approximately 310,000 members, and over $1.9 billion in assets; more than a third of the residents of El Paso County are members of GECU; and WHEREAS, Over the past eight decades, GECU has grown and thrived by remaining true to its founding principle of people working together to support each other, and its contribution to the prosperity of its community is truly deserving of special recognition; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas Legislature hereby commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Government Employees Credit Union in El Paso and extend to its officers, staff, and members sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for GECU as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Marquez Straus M. Gonzalez of El Paso Oliveira Allen N. Gonzalez of El Paso Orr Alonzo Gooden Otto Alvarado Guerra Paddie Anchia Guillen Parker Anderson Gutierrez Patrick Ashby Harless Perez Aycock Harper-Brown Perry Bell Hernandez Luna Phillips Bohac Herrero Pickett Bonnen of Brazoria Hilderbran Pitts Bonnen of Galveston Howard Price Branch Huberty Raney Burkett Hughes Ratliff Burnam Hunter Raymond Button Isaac Reynolds Callegari Johnson Riddle Canales Kacal Ritter Capriglione Keffer Rodriguez of Bexar Carter King of Hemphill Rodriguez of Travis Clardy King of Parker Rose Coleman King of Taylor Sanford Collier King of Zavala Schaefer Cook Kleinschmidt Sheets Cortez Klick Sheffield of Bell Craddick Kolkhorst Sheffield of Coryell Creighton Krause Simmons Crownover Kuempel Simpson Dale Larson Smith Darby Laubenberg Smithee Davis of Dallas Lavender Springer J. Davis of Harris Leach Stephenson S. Davis of Harris Lewis Stickland Deshotel Longoria Strama Dukes Lozano Taylor Dutton Lucio III Thompson of Brazoria Eiland Marquez Thompson of Harris Elkins Martinez Toth Fallon Martinez Fischer Turner of Collin Farias McClendon Turner of Harris Farney Menendez Turner of Tarrant Farrar Miles Villalba Fletcher Miller of Comal Villarreal Flynn Miller of Fort Bend Vo Frank Moody Walle Frullo Morrison White Geren Munoz, Jr. Workman Giddings Murphy Wu Goldman Naishtat Zedler Gonzales Nevarez Zerwas Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 312 was adopted by the House on February 18, 2013, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House