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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 98
BY REPRESENTATIVE JEFFERSON
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON
To urge and request that the secretary and staff of the Department of Economic
Development advise businesses receiving state tax and other financial incentives for
business development that the Louisiana Legislature requests that hiring decisions
be focused on Louisiana residents to the greatest degree possible.
WHEREAS, Louisiana has a robust array of programs for tax and other financial
incentives for the development and maintenance of new businesses in the state; and
WHEREAS, hiring locally has a direct impact upon maximization of the indirect
economic effects generated by a specific incentive, which economic effects can be used to
measure the success of the incentive policy; and
WHEREAS, the Louisiana Legislature has great interest in the state's economy and
growth in opportunities for Louisiana residents to find meaningful permanent employment;
and
WHEREAS, the secretary and staff of the Department of Economic Development
work closely with businesses receiving tax and other financial incentives and, given this, are
well-suited to share this expression of the legislature with regard to employment
opportunities for Louisianians.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
request that the secretary and staff of the Department of Economic Development advise
businesses receiving state tax and other financial incentives for business development that
the Louisiana Legislature requests that hiring decisions be focused on Louisiana residents
to the greatest degree possible. ENROLLEDHCR NO. 98
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted by the
clerk of the House of Representatives to the secretary of the Department of Economic
Development.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE