Texas SCR 32: Designating the Lieutenant Governor and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to direct the appropriate House and Senate committees to conduct an interim study regarding the feasibility of integrating the Northeast Texas Trail into the state park system.

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89(R) SCR 32 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

  

  

  
 S.C.R. No. 32

  

  

  

  

 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

  

 WHEREAS, Justin Dart Jr. made a lasting, positive difference 

  

 in the lives of countless Americans through his work to empower 

  

 people with disabilities; and

  

        WHEREAS, Born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1930, Justin Dart 

  

 contracted polio in 1948; he found his purpose after beating a grim 

  

 prognosis of imminent death; his legs paralyzed, he relied on a 

  

 wheelchair for mobility and gained a deep understanding of the 

  

 challenges faced by others as well; after graduating from the 

  

 University of Houston, where he earned both a bachelor's degree and 

  

 a master's degree in history, he embarked on a business career; and

  

        WHEREAS, After working with Tupperware Japan, Mr. Dart 

  

 settled in Texas in 1974, and six years later, he was named to the 

  

 Governor's Committee on People with Disabilities; he served as its 

  

 inaugural chair, and in 1981, he was also appointed vice chair of 

  

 the National Council on Disability by President Ronald Reagan; the 

  

 council drafted a policy to end centuries of discrimination, laying 

  

 the groundwork for the Americans with Disabilities Act; at the end 

  

 of the decade, as chair of the Congressional Task Force on the 

  

 Rights and Empowerment of Americans with Disabilities, Mr. Dart 

  

 helped craft the language of the ADA; he then barnstormed across the 

  

 country to galvanize support for the legislation, visiting each 

  

 state five times and addressing crowds in his trademark cowboy hat 

  

 and boots; President George H. W. Bush signed the ADA into law on 

  

 July 26, 1990; and

  

        WHEREAS, Along the way, Mr. Dart further served as 

  

 commissioner of the Education Department's Rehabilitation Services 

  

 Administration, as chair of the president's Committee on Employment 

  

 of People with Disabilities, as president-elect of the National 

  

 Rehabilitation Association, and as a member of the National Council 

  

 on Disability; in 1998, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of 

  

 Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor; he died on June 22, 

  

 2002, at the age of 71; and

  

        WHEREAS, Often called one of the fathers of the ADA, Justin 

  

 Dart was widely known for his rallying cry, "Lead On!"; his 

  

 visionary activism effected transformative change for people with 

  

 disabilities, and it would be most fitting to name the new transit 

  

 amenity center at 207 W. 14th Street in the Capitol Complex the 

  

 "Lead On! Transit Amenity" in his honor; now, therefore, be it

  

        RESOLVED, That the 89th Legislature of the State of Texas 

  

 hereby direct the Texas Facilities Commission to name the new 

  

 transit amenity center at 207 W. 14th Street in the Capitol Complex 

  

 the "Lead On! Transit Amenity" in honor of Justin Dart; and, be it 

  

 further

  

        RESOLVED, That the secretary of state forward an official 

  

 copy of this resolution to the chair and executive director of the 

  

 Texas Facilities Commission.

  

  

  

  
 ______________________________
 ______________________________

  
    President of the Senate
 Speaker of the House     

  

  

  

  
 ______________________________
 ______________________________

  
    President of the Senate
 Speaker of the House     

  

   

        I hereby certify that S.C.R. No. 32 was adopted by the Senate 

   

 on April 10, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0.

   

 ______________________________

   

                                             Secretary of the Senate

   

        I hereby certify that S.C.R. No. 32 was adopted by the House 

   

 on May 23, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 127, Nays 8, 

   

 two present not voting.

   

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