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The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) is a state agency of Texas. TDLR is responsible for licensing and regulating a broad range of occupations, businesses, facilities, and equipment in Texas. [1] TDLR has its headquarters in the Ernest O. Thompson State Office Building in Downtown Austin. [2] [3]
Type Symbol Date designated Image Motto "Friendship" 1930 [1] [2]: Nickname "The Lone Star State" [1] Flag: The Lone Star Flag [1]: June 30, 1839 National seal: Seal of the Republic of Texas
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The seal of Texas has changed 5 times since independence from Mexico in 1836. The original Great Seal of the Republic was created on December 10, 1836, by the Congress, with a bill providing that "for the future the national seal of this republic shall consist of a single star, with the letters 'Republic of Texas', circular on said seal, which seal shall also be circular".
The official symbolism has been modified as the functions of the department have changed. As of 2007: the ship is a symbol of commerce; the blue denotes uprightness and constancy; the lighthouse is a well-known symbol representing guidance from the darkness which is translated to commercial enlightenment; and the gold denotes purity.
Awards and decorations of the Texas government are bestowed by various agencies of the Texas government to citizens, employees, or service members for acts of accomplishment, meritorious service, eminence in a field, or a specific heroic act.
The center of the seal has the lone star, symbolizing the new nation in the west. The locomotive symbolizes progress, and the plow symbolizes Texas's agriculture; the seal symbolizes the rails transporting Texas's crops. The seal originally did not have the "Texas" at the bottom, but the text was added later.
Recognizing the star, olive and live oak branches as the basic historic elements representing Texas, the official design of the Texas State Arms was approved as well, and adopted in June 1992. [4] In essence, the coat of arms of the state of Texas is the same as the coat of arms of the Republic of Texas without the azure background.