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Regular Session, 2013
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 204
BY SENATOR ADLEY
SENATE. Authorizes the president of the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana to pay a
per diem during a gubernatorial declared state of emergency to one member of the Select
Committee on Homeland Security who is designated by the president to attend the state
unified command group meetings.
A RESOLUTION1
To authorize the president of the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana to pay a per diem2
during a gubernatorial declared state of emergency to one member of the Select3
Committee on Homeland Security who is designated by the president to attend the4
state unified command group meetings.5
WHEREAS, during the time of a gubernatorial declared state of emergency it is6
necessary and imperative that the Senate has a member at the state emergency operations7
building or designated emergency area to participate in the meetings of the state unified8
command group and to coordinate the flow of information to other senators; and9
WHEREAS, the legislature has a role of support and emergency support function10
within the state's emergency operations plan; and11
WHEREAS, the director of the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and12
Emergency Preparedness provides a working space for a liaison from each house of the13
legislature on the floor of the state emergency operations center; and 14
WHEREAS, under the Rules of the Senate, the president of the Senate has the power15
to approve all expenditures of the Senate and its members.16
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana17
does hereby authorize the president of the Senate to pay a per diem during a gubernatorial18 SR NO. 204
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declared state of emergency to one member of the Select Committee on Homeland Security1
who is designated by the president to attend the state unified command group meetings.2
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by J. W. Wiley.
DIGEST
Adley SR No. 204
Authorizes the president of the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana to pay a per diem
during a gubernatorial declared state of emergency to one member of the Select Committee
on Homeland Security who is designated by the president to attend the state unified
command group meetings.