Bill Text: TX SCR8 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Designating June 2 as Italian Heritage Day for a 10-year period beginning in 2023.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-18 - Signed by the Governor [SCR8 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SCR8-Enrolled.html
| S.C.R. No. 8 | ||
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| WHEREAS, The Lone Star State has benefited enormously from | ||
| the contributions of its Italian American residents; and | ||
| WHEREAS, During the 17th, 18th, and early 19th centuries, the | ||
| few Italians who came to Texas were mainly explorers, adventurers, | ||
| or missionaries; Italians began to play a larger role toward the end | ||
| of the 19th century, when Piedmontese made their homes in Montague | ||
| County and Sicilians settled in the lower Brazos valley and on the | ||
| Galveston County mainland; Modenese, Venetians, and Piedmontese | ||
| worked the coal mines at Thurber, and Italian financier Joseph | ||
| Telfener brought some 1,200 Lombards to help construct the New | ||
| York, Texas and Mexican Railway between Victoria and Rosenberg; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Most of the railway builders and coal miners moved | ||
| back to Italy or on to other places when their work was completed; | ||
| however, the Italian American community in the Brazos valley fanned | ||
| out into surrounding areas, and settlements in Houston, Galveston, | ||
| and San Antonio expanded rapidly; new residents founded churches, | ||
| newspapers, and benevolent-fraternal organizations, as well as | ||
| businesses; prominent Italian Americans of the 20th century include | ||
| bootmaker Sam Lucchese, sculptor Pompeo Coppini, rancher Antonio | ||
| Mateo Bruni, and agriculturalist-developer Biagio Varisco; the | ||
| towns of Bruni and Varisco and such names as Bruni Park, Varisco | ||
| Airport, Liggio Street, and Laneri Avenue are a testament to the | ||
| achievements of Italian Americans; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Through the years, individuals of Italian descent | ||
| have excelled in all sectors of our society and economy, enriching | ||
| our cultural tapestry, enhancing our prosperity, and securing the | ||
| Lone Star State's reputation as a land of promise and possibility; | ||
| most recently, Italian Americans have made prominent contributions | ||
| throughout the state in such areas as aerospace, energy, | ||
| technology, science, research, and arts and culture, in addition to | ||
| construction and economic development projects; June 2 represents | ||
| an ideal date on which to honor all of those accomplishments, as | ||
| Italians around the world celebrate this day as Festa della | ||
| Repubblica to commemorate the 1946 referendum that ended the | ||
| monarchy in Italy and established a republic and to commemorate | ||
| over 160 years since the unification of Italy; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 88th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
| hereby designate June 2 as Italian Heritage Day; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That, in accordance with the provisions of Section | ||
| 391.004(d), Government Code, this designation remain in effect | ||
| until the 10th anniversary of the date this resolution is finally | ||
| passed by the legislature. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.C.R. No. 8 was adopted by the Senate | ||
| on April 3, 2023, by a viva-voce vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.C.R. No. 8 was adopted by the House | ||
| on May 24, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, | ||
| one present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
