Bill Text: TX HR685 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Miguel A. Conchas on his retirement as president and CEO of the Laredo Chamber of Commerce.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-04-27 - Reported enrolled [HR685 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HR685-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 685 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Miguel A. Conchas is retiring as president and CEO | ||
| of the Laredo Chamber of Commerce on June 30, 2021, drawing to a | ||
| close 35 years of outstanding service to the organization; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mr. Conchas began his career with the Laredo Chamber | ||
| of Commerce in 1986, when he was hired as the director of the | ||
| Convention & Visitors Bureau, and in 1992, he was appointed chamber | ||
| president and CEO; over the course of his long and productive | ||
| tenure, he has played an instrumental role in the city's economic | ||
| development, advocating in Washington, D.C., for the passage of the | ||
| North American Free Trade Agreement and establishing the Laredo | ||
| Convention & Visitors Bureau's office in Monterrey; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In addition to his professional responsibilities, | ||
| Mr. Conchas has given generously of his time and expertise to such | ||
| civic and charitable organizations as the League of United Latin | ||
| American Citizens, the International Good Neighbor Council, and | ||
| Laredo Gateway Rotary; moreover, he was appointed to the INS | ||
| Citizens' Advisory Panel by U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno, and | ||
| he has served on the board of the Texas Association of Business and | ||
| Chambers of Commerce and as president of the board of the Mexican | ||
| Cultural Institute of Laredo; his awards and accolades include | ||
| presidential recognition as a Champion of Change, the Ohtli Award | ||
| from the Mexican secretariat of foreign affairs, and the Paul | ||
| Harris Fellow award from the Laredo Gateway Rotary club; he holds a | ||
| master's degree in education from Texas A&I University, and he | ||
| previously worked as an elementary school teacher in the Laredo | ||
| Independent School District; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Through his adept and forward-looking leadership, | ||
| Miguel Conchas has helped guide the Laredo Chamber of Commerce | ||
| through a transformative period in its history, and his many | ||
| valuable contributions will continue to resonate in the years to | ||
| come; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby congratulate Miguel A. Conchas on his retirement | ||
| as president and CEO of the Laredo Chamber of Commerce and extend to | ||
| him sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Mr. Conchas as an expression of high regard by the | ||
| Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Raymond | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 685 was adopted by the House on April | ||
| 23, 2021, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
