Bill Text: TX SR316 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing March 15, 2023, as Texas Small Business Development Center Day.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-03-15 - Reported enrolled [SR316 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR316-Enrolled.html
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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 Senate of the State of Texas, 88th | ||
| 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 from the Texas Senate. | ||
| Menéndez | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on March 15, 2023. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
