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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 93
BY SENATORS CHAISSON, ADLEY, ALARIO, AMEDEE, APPEL, BROOME,
CHABERT, CHEEK, CLAITOR, CROWE, DONAHUE, DORSEY,
ERDEY, GAUTREAUX, GUILLORY, HEITMEIER, JACKSON,
KOSTELKA, LAFLEUR, LONG, MARIONNEAUX, MARTI NY,
MCPHERSON, MILLS, MORRELL, MORRISH, MOUNT, MURRAY,
NEVERS, PERRY, PETERSON, QUINN, RISER, SHAW, SMITH,
THOMPSON, WALSWORTH AND WILLARD-LEWIS
A RESOLUTION
To commend the Honorable Mike Michot, State Senator for the parish of Lafayette, for his
many outstanding contributions to the betterment of the state of Louisiana.
WHEREAS, Mike Michot has rendered exemplary service to his constituency during
his sixteen-year tenure as an elected member of both houses of the Louisiana Legislature,
providing faithful representation for House of Representatives District 43 when first elected
in 1995; four years later winning election to the Senate District 23 seat; and having served
this body with prestige for twelve years; and
WHEREAS, public service is an inherent trait of the Michot family passed down
from father to son; his dad, retired businessman Louis Michot, Jr., was a political activist
who held several elected offices as state representative and as state superintendent of
education; and
WHEREAS, Michael John Michot was born on December 12, 1963, to parents, Louis
and Pat Smith Michot, and reared in a exuberant household of eight brothers and sisters
filled with the influences of politics and Acadiana culture; and
WHEREAS, after Mike Michot graduated from Cathedral-Carmel High School, he
obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in finance from University of Southwestern
Louisiana, now known as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, where he pledged Sigma
Nu fraternity and served as president of the local chapter; and
WHEREAS, after graduation, he became an active participant in the family business,
Louis Michot and Associates, Inc., and later branched out with his own corporate
acquisitions comprised of Premier Medical Equipment and real estate developments; and
WHEREAS, in 1994, he helped to co-found Citizens for Accountable Government,
a public opinion group that promotes the importance of accountability and transparency in
all governmental transactions; and SR NO. 93 ENROLLED
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WHEREAS, in 1995, with the encouragement of family and friends, Mike Michot
succeeded in capturing the House of Representatives seat by a landslide election with sixty-
nine percent of the vote; and
WHEREAS, during his singular term in the House, Mike Michot garnered house
committee assignments to commerce, to labor and industrial relations, and to natural
resources, and penned legislation to address the issues of commercial regulations, the
environment, and unemployment compensation; and
WHEREAS, upon his subsequent election to the upper chamber, Senator Michot was
keen to bring his business insight and corporate background to full measure with service on
the standing committees of finance as its chairman, commerce, consumer protection, and
international affairs as its vice chairman, revenue and fiscal affairs, judiciary A, and natural
resources; and
WHEREAS, Senator Michot also attended to the functions of select committees for
coastal restoration and flood control, the Senate Executive Committee, and as chairman of
the Select Committee on Consumer Affairs and Technology; and
WHEREAS, Senator Michot oversaw the state's fiscal and budgetary matters with
resourceful aplomb as both chairman and vice chairman of the Joint Legislative Committee
on the Budget and as a member of the Joint Legislative Committee on Capital Outlay; and
WHEREAS, his participation in the Commission on Streamlining Government
focused on confecting legislation that addressed the critical issue of merging applied
electronic technologies into governmental functions to provide improved efficiency and
performance in the delivery of state services; and
WHEREAS, while in the legislature, Mike Michot was a skilled supporter of
economic development, protection of fragile wetlands, budgetary controls, accountability,
data processing improvements, and equitable taxation; and
WHEREAS, Senator Michot has been the recipient of numerous accolades in
recognition of his legislative service and was especially honored to receive "Legis-Gator of
the Year" award for 2010 from the Southwest Louisiana Chamber of Commerce; and
WHEREAS, many civic and nonprofit agencies have benefitted from his expertise
and active participation which include the Broussard Industrial Development Board, the SR NO. 93 ENROLLED
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Greater Lafayette Chamber of Commerce, Acadiana Handicap Services, the Cathedral-
Carmel Foundation, the Kiwanis Club, the Boys and Girls Club of Acadiana, the American
Heart Association, and the United Way; and
WHEREAS, although the demands of public life and civic duty keep him quite busy,
be assured that his family is always his first concern, with his wife of twenty-two years,
Monique Broussard Michot, and their two precious children, Michael, Jr., and Mary
Carolyn; and
WHEREAS, always the doting father, Mike makes every effort to be home in the
evenings for dinner and attendance at school activities, even during hectic legislative
sessions; and
WHEREAS, Senator Mike Michot is a public figure of the highest caliber whose
service as a state representative and state senator has merited his consistent reelection to
office, and during which time, he has conscientiously confronted those challenges affecting
the citizens of his district and the state of Louisiana; and
WHEREAS, as Senator Michot prepares to return to the private sector, he deserves
heartfelt commendation for those extraordinary strides he has taken to improve the function
of state government while serving as an exceptional member of the Louisiana Legislature.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby commend Senator Michael J. "Mike" Michot on his years of dedicated public
service to this body and the state of Louisiana.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana does
hereby wish for Senator Mike Michot every success in his future endeavors.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
Senator Mike Michot.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE