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First Extraordinary Session, 2011
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 6
BY REPRESENTATIVES BARROW AND HONORE AND SENATOR BROOME
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON
To commend the Baton Rouge Chapter of the Association of Government Accountants.
WHEREAS, the Association of Government Accountants (AGA) is a professional
organization that has a network of fifteen thousand members in one hundred chapters in the
United States and around the world; and
WHEREAS, since 1950, AGA has been dedicated to serving those who are faced
with the challenge of using government financial resources in the most effective manner
possible and has been the vanguard organization addressing the issues and challenges facing
government financial managers; and
WHEREAS, the Baton Rouge Chapter of AGA has approximately one hundred sixty-
one active members representing state, federal, municipal, and private sector accountants,
auditors, and financial managers in Louisiana; and
WHEREAS, AGA's Certified Government Financial Manager program is specially
designed to help meet the critical need for greatly increased emphasis on the professional
qualifications and stature of government financial managers, and this professional
designation is designed specifically to recognize the unique skills and special knowledge
required of professionals who specialize in government financial management; and
WHEREAS, Governor Bobby Jindal has issued a proclamation designating March
of 2011 as Certified Government Financial Management Month in Louisiana; and
WHEREAS, during the celebration of Government Financial Management Month,
the Baton Rouge Chapter of the Association of Government Accountants merits a special
measure of commendation for the pride and honor it brings to the city of Baton Rouge and
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THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
commend the Baton Rouge Chapter of the Association of Government Accountants and does
hereby extend to its members best wishes for continued success in their future endeavors.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
to the president of the Baton Rouge Chapter of the Association of Government Accountants.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE