TITLE: Recognizing February 19, 2013, as Bayou Day at the State Capitol.

SUMMARY: Recognizing February 19, 2013, as Bayou Day at the State Capitol.

FULL TEXT:
WHEREAS, Members of organizations working in behalf of Houston's bayou greenway systems are gathering in Austin on February 19, 2013, to celebrate Bayou Day at the State Capitol; and WHEREAS, This occasion presents a welcome opportunity for the visiting delegation to learn more about the legislative process and to meet with elected officials to discuss issues that impact Houston area bayous and the parks and trails that surround them; and WHEREAS, Those taking part in the trip to the Capitol include executive directors and board members from the Buffalo Bayou Partnership, the Greens Bayou Corridor Coalition, Bayou Land Conservancy, the Houston Parks Board, the Greater Houston Partnership, the Energy Corridor, the Brays Bayou Association, the Cypress Creek Flood Control Coalition, the Bayou Preservation Association, and Houston Wilderness; representing the 22 watersheds of Harris County, these groups share an interest in safeguarding Houston's natural resources for the benefit and enjoyment of the public; and WHEREAS, By working to preserve and enhance one of the Bayou City area's most unique and prominent features, the members of these organizations are doing their part to make their communities healthy and beautiful places to call home; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas Legislature hereby recognize February 19, 2013, as Bayou Day at the State Capitol and extend to all participants sincere best wishes for an enjoyable and memorable stay in Austin. Farrar 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. 421 was adopted by the House on February 19, 2013, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House