Bill Text: TX HR62 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Recognizing March 5, 2025, as Kleberg County Day at the State Capitol.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-19 - Referred to Local & Consent Calendars [HR62 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HR62-Introduced.html
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| By: Lozano | H.R. No. 62 | |
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| WHEREAS, Proud residents of Kleberg County are gathering in | ||
| Austin on March 5, 2025, to celebrate Kleberg County Day at the | ||
| State Capitol; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Situated both on the broad grasslands of the Gulf | ||
| Coast and on Padre Island, the area that was to become Kleberg | ||
| County was first inhabited by the Karankawa and Coahuiltecan | ||
| peoples; Spanish settlements were established along the lower | ||
| Rio Grande in the 18th century, and after a period of Mexican rule, | ||
| the land became part of Nueces County when Texas secured its | ||
| independence; in 1853, Richard King established the vast King | ||
| Ranch, a large tract of which was used to form the city of | ||
| Kingsville in 1904; the new community grew quickly as a railway hub | ||
| for farmers and ranchers, and in 1913, the Texas Legislature | ||
| organized Kleberg County, naming it for Robert Justus Kleberg, | ||
| whose son was the manager of King Ranch, and designating Kingsville | ||
| as the county seat; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Today, Kleberg County is a place of diversified | ||
| industries; successful businesses include Proco, Inc., Kleberg | ||
| Bank, and numerous energy companies; occupying 825,000 acres, the | ||
| legendary King Ranch is still vital to the prosperity of the county, | ||
| and the enterprise has earned fame for the region through its | ||
| development of the Santa Gertrudis breed of cattle, its | ||
| contributions to quarter horse and thoroughbred breeding, and its | ||
| accomplishments in a variety of other agribusiness interests; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The largest city in Kleberg County, Kingsville is | ||
| home to Texas A&M University-Kingsville, which includes the Frank | ||
| H. Dotterweich College of Engineering, the Dick and Mary Lewis | ||
| Kleberg College of Agriculture, the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife | ||
| Research Institute, and the Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy; | ||
| meeting an increasingly critical military need, Naval Air Station | ||
| Kingsville trains 50 percent of United States Navy and Marine Corps | ||
| tactical jet pilots every year; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Kleberg County benefits from the dedicated | ||
| leadership of its elected officials, including county | ||
| commissioners David Rosse, Chuck Schultz, Jerry Martinez, and | ||
| Marcus Salinas, and county judge Rudy Madrid; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The hardworking and forward-looking citizens of | ||
| Kleberg County are building on a long tradition of excellence, and | ||
| their history and achievements are indeed deserving of special | ||
| recognition; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby recognize March 5, 2025, as Kleberg County Day | ||
| at the State Capitol and extend a warm welcome to the visiting | ||
| delegation. | ||
