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2015 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 181
BY REPRESENTATIVE BROADWATER
COMMENDATIONS: Commends Larry White upon his retirement from the Louisiana
Workforce Commission after forty-eight years of service
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2To commend Larry White upon his retirement from the Louisiana Workforce Commission
3 and to recognize his unwavering passion, dedication, and contributions to the
4 Louisiana Workforce Commission throughout forty-eight years of state public
5 service.
6 WHEREAS, born on June 24, 1947, Larry White is a lifelong resident of Baton
7Rouge, Louisiana; after his graduation from Baton Rouge High School in 1965, Mr. White
8attended Louisiana State University until 1967 when he accepted a position with the
9Louisiana Department of Labor, the predecessor of the Louisiana Workforce Commission;
10and
11 WHEREAS, Mr. White began his career with the Louisiana Workforce Commission
12as a night clerk and progressed through the information technology management department;
13in 1983, he began working as an information technology manager for the Office of Workers'
14Compensation; as the information technology manager, he oversaw significant upgrades to
15the office's data management, including the implementation of the Justware software system
16used by the Office of Workers' Compensation judges; and
17 WHEREAS, in 2009, Mr. White became the deputy director for the Office of
18Workers' Compensation; as deputy director, he serves as the principal advisor to the director
19of the Office of Workers' Compensation and assists the director in many tasks such as
20establishing rules and regulations applicable to workers' compensation claims, hiring and
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1managing personnel throughout the state, enforcing fraud and compliance initiatives, and
2overseeing the Louisiana Second Injury Fund; and
3 WHEREAS, in the course of his tenure as deputy director, Mr. White has overseen
4the implementation of significant changes including the use of medical treatment guidelines
5for the treatment of injured workers and updates to the workers' compensation medical fee
6schedule; and
7 WHEREAS, Mr. White's dynamic leadership and ideas have made him a source of
8knowledge for directors of the Office of Workers' Compensation throughout the years, and
9he has served as the interim director on multiple occasions; and
10 WHEREAS, upon his retirement from the Louisiana Workforce Commission in June
11of 2016, Mr. White will have attained forty-eight years of dedicated and outstanding state
12service; and
13 WHEREAS, in addition to Mr. White's work with the Louisiana Workforce
14Commission, he has served on the board of directors for the LES Federal Credit Union for
15thirty years and currently serves as the president; and
16 WHEREAS, he is the proud father of his son, Allen, and his stepdaughters, Ronnie
17and Treva, and the loving grandfather of five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren;
18and
19 WHEREAS, Larry White will remain an inspiration to the Louisiana Workforce
20Commission for the vital contributions he has made during his career of extraordinary public
21service, and he merits the highest commendation and sincerest congratulations for his
22exemplary service and for his unparalleled contributions to the state, whose citizens will long
23reap the benefits of his incomparable legacy of excellence and professionalism.
24 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
25commend Larry White upon his retirement from the Louisiana Workforce Commission; does
26hereby record for posterity his notable accomplishments and the dedicated service he has
27rendered during his highly effective and productive career; and does hereby extend to him
28every good wish for success and happiness in all his future endeavors.
29 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
30to Larry White.
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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 181 Original 2015 Regular Session Broadwater
Commends Larry White upon his retirement from the Louisiana Workforce Commission
after 48 years of service.
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