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Regular Session, 2012 ENROLLED
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 100
BY SENATORS BROWN, AMEDEE, GARY SMI TH AND WARD AND
REPRESENTATIVES BERTHELOT, GAINES, HARRI SON,
LAMBERT, MILLER, PRICE, SCHEXNAYDER, ST. GERMAIN,
THIBAUT AND WILLMOTT
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON
To establish the River Region Caucus of the Louisiana Senate and the Louisiana House of
Representatives and to provide relative to the caucus.
WHEREAS, the River Region Caucus of Louisiana will be composed of the parishes
of Ascension, Assumption, Iberville, St. Charles, St. James, and St. John the Baptist; and
WHEREAS, the parish of Ascension is one of the fastest growing parishes in the
state; and
WHEREAS, the parish of Assumption produces the most sugar of any parish of
Louisiana; and
WHEREAS, the parish of Iberville is known for the archaeological efforts made to
excavate the American Indian burial mounds which are more than seven hundred feet long
and six feet tall; and
WHEREAS, the parish of St. Charles is one of the original nineteen parishes and
extends along both sides of the Mississippi River; and
WHEREAS, the parish of St. James has been through a beautiful and historic past
and has been left with a legacy said to be unmatched by any other parish; and
WHEREAS, the parish of St. John the Baptist was the second permanent settlement
in Louisiana and established in the early 1720s by a group of Germans, hence becoming
known as "La Cote des Allemands" or "The German Coast"; and
WHEREAS, the combination of these parishes to form the River Region Caucus
of Louisiana will bring together key components of the remarkable mix of history that make
up one of the state's unique cultural milieus; and
WHEREAS, Louisiana would not be Louisiana without the traditions of each parish;
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WHEREAS, recognizing the significant role of Louisianians in these parishes will
form a diverse caucus and it is appropriate that the Louisiana Senate and the Louisiana
House of Representatives establish the River Region Caucus of Louisiana.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Louisiana Senate and the Louisiana
House of Representatives of the Legislature establish a River Region Caucus of Louisiana
and the purpose of the caucus will be to represent and speak for Louisianians in the
respective parishes and to preserve and enhance the traditions of citizens in Louisiana's
political arena.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the River Region Caucus of Louisiana will
include all members of the Louisiana Senate and Louisiana House of Representatives
representing the Senatorial districts two, seventeen, eighteen, and nineteen, and the House
districts of eighteen, fifty-one, fifty-six, fifty-seven, fifty-eight, fifty-nine, sixty, eighty-one,
eighty-eight, and ninety-two.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the officers of the caucus shall be selected at
commencement of the first meeting.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that appropriate official caucus symbols shall
demonstrate the ties of the caucus, and its members and shall include the official Louisiana
motto of union, justice and confidence.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the River Region Caucus of Louisiana shall not
be provided any funding, office space, equipment, or staff by the legislature or either house
or any agency thereof.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES