HLS 15RS-3666 ORIGINAL
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 173
BY REPRESENTATIVES ORTEGO, BARRAS, BERTHELOT, FRANKLIN, GUILLORY,
HARRISON, ROBERT JOHNSON, TERRY LANDRY, MIGUEZ, MONTOUCET,
PIERRE, PRICE, SCHEXNAYDER, AND ST. GERMAIN AND SENATORS
CORTEZ, LAFLEUR, MORRISH, AND PERRY
SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Designates Tuesday, May 26, 2015, as CODOFIL Day
at the state capitol
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2To designate May 26, 2015, as CODOFIL Day at the state capitol.
3 WHEREAS, the Council for the Development of French in Louisiana (CODOFIL)
4was created in 1968 to oversee the development and expansion of the state's economic
5development and tourism activities designed to promote Louisiana's native francophone
6culture, heritage, and language; and
7 WHEREAS, the Louisiana brand is greatly enhanced by its Louisiana French and
8Creole culture, heritage, and languages; and
9 WHEREAS, the efforts to sustain this brand and assure its vibrancy for future
10economic growth are predicated on a robust bilingual educational system and continued
11relations with Louisiana's international partners, France, Belgium, and Quebec; and
12 WHEREAS, CODOFIL has had a long-standing relationship with France, and today,
13present in this chamber are industry representatives from some of the twenty-six French
14companies operating in Louisiana; and
15 WHEREAS, globally, more than thirteen thousand jobs have been created through
16French-Louisiana trade and investment; Louisiana exports $2.4 billion in products and
17services to France; and ninety thousand French visitors came to Louisiana in 2014; and
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1 WHEREAS, France has been instrumental in collaborating with Louisiana's
2preeminent French Immersion program, in which nearly five thousand students are
3linguistically trained for the Louisiana jobs of the 21st century; and
4 WHEREAS, CODOFIL, as Louisiana's state agency for francophone affairs,
5continues to nurture and grow international partnerships similar to that with France, and
6these partnerships result in economic growth for Louisiana well beyond the cultural
7economy.
8 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
9designate May 26, 2015, as CODOFIL Day at the state capitol and, together with the
10fortunate citizens of this state, does hereby recognize the manifold contributions CODOFIL
11makes to the cultural and economic growth of the great state of Louisiana.
12 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that suitable copies of this Resolution be transmitted
13to Charles Larroque, executive director of CODOFIL; Lieutenant Governor Jay Dardenne;
14and William Arceneaux, president of CODOFIL.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HCR 173 Original 2015 Regular Session Ortego
Designates May 26, 2015, as CODOFIL Day at the state capitol.
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