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Regular Session, 2014 ENROLLED
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 122
BY SENATOR JOHNS
A RESOLUTION
To designate May 6, 2014, as "Louisiana Chemical Industry Day".
WHEREAS, nature endowed Louisiana with gifts that provided the spring board for
major industry that has brought great benefits to the people of the state; and
WHEREAS, these gifts of nature include abundant oil and natural gas deposits, salt
dome caverns, sulfur deposits, fresh water and access to oceans of the world through the
Calcasieu Basin and the Mississippi River; and
WHEREAS, the petrochemical industry that has developed and grown around these
natural amenities has become one of Louisiana's greatest assets; and
WHEREAS, the Louisiana chemical industry acknowledges that it depends on
Louisiana and its residents for these resources, a well-trained workforce and a strong
business climate; and
WHEREAS, the chemical industry provides the most direct jobs in our state's
manufacturing sector, employing nearly 27,000 Louisiana residents in fifty-three of our
state's sixty-four parishes and tens of thousands more employees in hundreds of businesses
that support the industry; and
WHEREAS, an additional 140,000 jobs are generated indirectly by chemical industry
activities in Louisiana; and
WHEREAS, the Louisiana chemical industry produces nearly $58 billion in products
annually, the third highest total in the nation, and provides annual exports of $8.3 billion in
chemical products worldwide; and
WHEREAS, chemical industry wages in Louisiana are 47% higher than the average
manufacturing wages in the state; and
WHEREAS, the chemical industry contributes more than $1 billion annually to state
and local coffers through direct tax payments and through household earnings generated by
the Louisiana chemical industry; and SR NO. 122 ENROLLED
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WHEREAS, more than $8.9 billion in total direct employee earnings is generated by
local chemical companies; and
WHEREAS, our citizen's lives are enhanced and improved every day by chemical
products produced in our state, ranging from fire resistant foam used in our beds and the
chairs in which we sit; to the nitrogen in bags that give potato chips a longer shelf-life; to
golf clubs, hard hats, bullet proof vests, contact lenses, pacemakers, and thousands of other
consumer products enjoyed by our citizens; and
WHEREAS, the Louisiana chemical industry is more than a group of companies and
is comprised of a collection of people who wish the same things as their neighbors - safe and
clean communities with vibrant neighborhoods, good schools, and a strong economy; and
WHEREAS, the Louisiana chemical industry is essential to Louisiana's economic
growth and economic development.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby recognize the essential role the chemical industry plays in Louisiana's economic
development and proclaims May 6, 2014, as "Louisiana Chemical Industry Day".
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
Louisiana Chemical Association.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE