TITLE: Recognizing members of Latino Leaders of America on their visit to the State Capitol on February 28, 2013.

SUMMARY: Recognizing members of Latino Leaders of America on their visit to the State Capitol on February 28, 2013.

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WHEREAS, Members of Latino Leaders of America are gathering at the State Capitol on February 28, 2013, providing a fitting occasion to pay tribute to this outstanding new organization; and WHEREAS, Headquartered in Austin, Latino Leaders of America was founded in 2012 to empower young Latinos to graduate from high school and college and to become productive citizens and leaders at the community, state, and national levels; and WHEREAS, This exemplary group consists of students, teachers, educators, and volunteers who are working together to provide young people with support and guidance in reaching their personal, educational, and professional goals; and WHEREAS, Over the course of the organization's first year, LLA members have attended the 10th annual Latino Leadership Summit at The University of Texas at Austin, volunteered with the Travis County Sherriff's Office Brown Santa program, and assisted the elderly and disabled at the Oswaldo AB Cantu/Pan American Center in Austin; and WHEREAS, By working to improve academic and professional opportunities for Latino youth, the members of LLA are helping to set countless young Texans on the path to a brighter future; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas Legislature hereby commend the members and volunteers of Latino Leaders of America for their efforts and extend to them sincere best wishes for success with their important work; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for the organization as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Martinez Fischer 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. 665 was adopted by the House on February 28, 2013, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House