Bill Text: TX HR1604 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing May 9, 2023, as USTA Texas Day at the State Capitol.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-19 - Reported enrolled [HR1604 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR1604-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 1604 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Members of the Texas section of the United States | ||
| Tennis Association are visiting Austin on May 9, 2023, to celebrate | ||
| USTA Texas Day at the State Capitol; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Founded in 1895, USTA Texas is a nonprofit volunteer | ||
| organization composed of more than 50,000 individual members and | ||
| over 500 organizational members, and it features programs for | ||
| beginning, recreational, and competitive juniors, as well as for | ||
| adults and seniors; and | ||
| WHEREAS, As part of the USTA National Junior Tennis and | ||
| Learning network, the state section helps promote the health, | ||
| social, and educational benefits of tennis through a variety of | ||
| youth programs; among those are Play Days, which is designed to | ||
| introduce youngsters to competitive tennis in a low-pressure | ||
| setting, and Hot Shots, which helps instill such values as teamwork | ||
| and sportsmanship by offering organized match play in a team | ||
| setting; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Through USTA Texas and the state's physical | ||
| education curriculum, teachers and coaches receive lesson plans, | ||
| training, and equipment to help them include tennis in their | ||
| school's athletic program, thereby introducing the sport to | ||
| hundreds of thousands of young Texans; committed to making tennis | ||
| available to all children who want to play, including those with | ||
| intellectual or physical disabilities, USTA Texas supports and | ||
| promotes adaptive and wheelchair tennis programs through | ||
| education, training, and grant funding; and | ||
| WHEREAS, USTA declared the month of May as National Tennis | ||
| Month to promote local tennis programs and activities, to showcase | ||
| the sport and its benefits, and to help players and nonplayers alike | ||
| find opportunities to participate, and by increasing the | ||
| accessibility of tennis to individuals of all ages and backgrounds, | ||
| USTA Texas is helping attract and engage a new and diverse community | ||
| of tennis players and fans; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby recognize May 9, 2023, as USTA Texas Day at the | ||
| State Capitol and extend to all those affiliated with the | ||
| organization sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for USTA Texas as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
| House of Representatives. | ||
| Lambert | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 1604 was adopted by the House on May | ||
| 19, 2023, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
