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2015 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 219
BY REPRESENTATIVES BARRAS, MIGUEZ, TERRY LANDRY, AND HUVAL AND
SENATORS ALLAIN AND MILLS
TOURISM: Requests that certain local government representatives in Iberia Parish meet
with members of the governing board of the Louisiana Sugar Cane Festival and Fair
to discuss costs associated with services provided during the festival and fair
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2To urge and request representatives from the Iberia Parish Tourist Commission, the office
3 of the sheriff of Iberia Parish, the office of the mayor of the city of New Iberia, and
4 the governing authority of the city of New Iberia to meet with the members of the
5 governing board of the Louisiana Sugar Cane Festival and Fair to discuss the
6 services that are traditionally provided during the festival and fair, including security,
7 traffic control, and sanitation, and the costs associated with those services, to develop
8 a list of public and private entities that are available to provide such services in the
9 future and the proposed fees to be charged by such entities, and to provide for a
10 written report of findings and recommendations to the legislative delegation
11 representing Iberia Parish no later than September 1, 2015.
12 WHEREAS, the Louisiana Sugar Cane Festival and Fair, which has been hosted by
13community leaders in the city of New Iberia since 1937, is one of the oldest agricultural fairs
14and harvest festivals in the state honoring Louisiana's sugar industry; and
15 WHEREAS, the five-day event includes activities that showcase sugar cane
16machinery and production equipment, and local museum exhibits emphasize the importance
17of sugar cane to the region; and
18 WHEREAS, although the five days of festivities provide an economic contribution
19to the Acadiana region in excess of two million dollars, the costs of services provided during
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1the festival and fair, including costs for security, traffic control, and sanitation, continue to
2escalate and may eventually threaten the financial stability of the event; and
3 WHEREAS, the governing board of Louisiana Sugar Cane Festival and Fair, which
4consists of members representing sugar producing parishes across Louisiana, should meet
5with local parish representatives to discuss the costs of services provided during the event
6and to map out a strategy to reduce unnecessary expenditures associated with the event in
7order to enhance its economic contribution throughout the region; and
8 WHEREAS, the governing board of the Louisiana Sugar Cane Festival and Fair,
9along with local government representatives, should make every effort to place the festival
10and fair on sound financial footing in order to ensure the continued celebration of
11Louisiana's sugar industry.
12 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
13urge and request representatives from the Iberia Parish Tourist Commission, the office of
14the sheriff of Iberia Parish, the office of the mayor of the city of New Iberia, and the
15governing authority of the city of New Iberia to meet with the members of the governing
16board of the Louisiana Sugar Cane Festival and Fair to discuss the services that are
17traditionally provided during the festival and fair, including security, traffic control, and
18sanitation, and the costs associated with those services, to develop a list of public and private
19entities that are available to provide such services in the future and the proposed fees to be
20charged by such entities, and to provide for a written report of findings and
21recommendations to the legislative delegation representing Iberia Parish no later than
22September 1, 2015.
23 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
24to the sheriff of Iberia Parish, the mayor of the city of New Iberia, the governing authority
25of the city of New Iberia, and the director of the Iberia Parish Tourist Commission.
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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 219 Original 2015 Regular Session Barras
Requests that representatives from the Iberia Parish Tourist Commission, the office of the
sheriff of Iberia Parish, the office of the mayor of the city of New Iberia, and the governing
authority of the city of New Iberia meet with the members of the governing board of the La.
Sugar Cane Festival and Fair to discuss the services that are traditionally provided during
the festival and fair and the costs associated with those services, to develop a list of public
and private entities that are available to provide such services in the future and the proposed
fees to be charged by such entities, and to provide for a written report of findings and
recommendations to the legislative delegation representing Iberia Parish no later than
Sept. 1, 2015.
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