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Regular Session, 2013
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 202
BY SENATORS CHABERT AND MORRELL
COMMITTEE STUDIES. Requests the Senate Committee on Commerce, Consumer
Protection and International Affairs to study the feasibility of attracting an existing Major
League Soccer franchise or expansion team to locate in Louisiana.
A RESOLUTION1
To urge and request the Senate Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and2
International Affairs to study the feasibility of attracting an existing Major League3
Soccer franchise or expansion team to locate in Louisiana.4
WHEREAS, Major League Soccer is a growing and dynamic professional sports5
association that conducts soccer at its highest level in North America; and6
WHEREAS, Major League Soccer does not currently have any franchises located in7
the southeastern section of the United States; and8
WHEREAS, Louisiana has a thriving and growing youth soccer movement with an9
estimated forty thousand participants on an annual basis; and 10
WHEREAS, Louisiana has a strong tradition of supporting its sports teams; and11
WHEREAS, the placement of an existing Major League Soccer franchise or12
expansion team in Louisiana would create jobs and attract soccer enthusiasts from across the13
nation to Louisiana.14
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana15
does hereby urge and request the Senate Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and16
International Affairs to study the feasibility of attracting an existing Major League Soccer17
franchise or expansion team to locate in Louisiana.18 SR NO. 202
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the committee shall submit a written report of1
its findings together with any recommendations for legislation, to the Senate no later than2
February 1, 2014.3
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Alan Miller.
DIGEST
Chabert SR No. 202
Requests the Senate Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International
Affairs to study the feasibility of attracting an existing Major League Soccer franchise or
expansion team to locate in Louisiana.
Requires a written report to the Senate no later than February 1, 2014.