Bill Text: TX HR18 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing March 15, 2023, as Texas Small Business Development Center Day at the State Capitol.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-03-16 - Reported enrolled [HR18 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR18-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 18 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Members of the Texas Small Business Development | ||
| Center Network are celebrating Texas Small Business Development | ||
| Center Day at the State Capitol on March 15, 2023; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The Texas SBDC Network is part of America's SBDC, a | ||
| national program established by the Small Business Development | ||
| Center Act of 1979; since its inception, America's SBDC has grown to | ||
| include around 1,000 service centers and more than 5,000 | ||
| professional business advisors who provide personalized and | ||
| confidential assistance to small business owners; today, the Texas | ||
| SBDC Network encompasses four lead offices at universities and | ||
| colleges across the state and over 50 field and specialty centers in | ||
| urban and rural areas; and | ||
| WHEREAS, For more than three and a half decades, the Texas | ||
| SBDC Network has provided business consulting to clients at no cost | ||
| and offered affordable training to guide small businesses through | ||
| every stage of development; in 2022, the organization helped | ||
| businesses access over $829 million in financing, including Small | ||
| Business Administration COVID-19 disaster loans; moreover, it is | ||
| estimated that the network's efforts in the past year saved nearly | ||
| 17,000 jobs and created some 10,500 jobs, and companies affiliated | ||
| with the organization generated approximately $553 million in new | ||
| sales and $92 million in tax revenue; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The Texas SBDC Network has contributed immeasurably | ||
| to the success of numerous new and existing companies, and in so | ||
| doing, it has greatly enhanced the economic prosperity of the Lone | ||
| Star State; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby recognize March 15, 2023, as Texas Small | ||
| Business Development Center Day at the State Capitol and extend to | ||
| all those associated with the Texas Small Business Development | ||
| Center Network sincere best wishes for a memorable and enjoyable | ||
| visit; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for the Texas SBDC Network as an expression of high regard | ||
| by the Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Lujan | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 18 was adopted by the House on March | ||
| 8, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
