Bill Text: TX HCR82 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Requesting the lieutenant governor and the speaker to create a joint interim committee to study the development and potential economic impact of a cruise industry on the Texas coast between Calhoun and Cameron Counties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-25 - Left pending in committee [HCR82 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HCR82-Introduced.html
86R13415 KSM-D | ||
By: Hunter | H.C.R. No. 82 |
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WHEREAS, The cruise operations in the home port of Galveston | ||
have an enormous economic impact on Texas; the city hosted more than | ||
900,000 passenger and crew visits in 2017, which accounted for | ||
$1.42 billion in direct spending; in addition, the industry was | ||
responsible for generating over 25,000 Texas jobs and paying $1.62 | ||
billion in wage income; and | ||
WHEREAS, South of Galveston, between Calhoun and Cameron | ||
Counties, from the tip of the Golden Crescent, along the Coastal | ||
Bend, to the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas is home to several | ||
growing cities, robust tourism, and a wealth of natural resources; | ||
the area, with more than 150 miles of Gulf shoreline, also harbors | ||
three major deepwater ports, any of which might be a viable site for | ||
a cruise line headquarters or a port of embarkation; and | ||
WHEREAS, Florida and California, respectively, benefit the | ||
most from the North American cruise industry, and each state | ||
operates multiple cruise ports; and | ||
WHEREAS, An additional Texas cruise ship port between Calhoun | ||
and Cameron Counties could offer an attractive vacation option for | ||
a significant portion of the state's residents and be an economic | ||
boon to the state as a whole; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the 86th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
hereby request the lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house | ||
of representatives to create a joint interim committee to conduct a | ||
study regarding the development of a cruise industry on the Texas | ||
coast between Calhoun and Cameron Counties, including its potential | ||
economic impact and options for incentives to attract the cruise | ||
industry to South Texas; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That the committee's proceedings and operations be | ||
governed by such general rules and policies for joint interim | ||
committees as the 86th Texas Legislature may adopt; and, be it | ||
further | ||
RESOLVED, That the committee submit a full report, including | ||
findings and recommendations, to the 87th Texas Legislature before | ||
it convenes in January 2021. |