HLS 15RS-3943 ORIGINAL
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 130
BY REPRESENTATIVE JAMES
SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Designates Monday, June 1, 2015, as Boys & Girls Club
of Greater Baton Rouge Youth Legislature Day at the state capitol
1 A RESOLUTION
2To designate Monday, June 1, 2015, as Boys & Girls Club of Greater Baton Rouge Youth
3 Legislature Day at the state capitol.
4 WHEREAS, it is appropriate to commend the Youth Legislature for its outstanding
5achievements and community service for thirty-seven years to more than forty thousand
6students in Louisiana, and to designate Monday June 1, 2015, as Boys & Girls Club of
7Greater Baton Rouge Youth Legislature Day at the state capitol; and
8 WHEREAS, annually, the Youth Legislature provides a valuable educational and life
9experience to more than one thousand eight hundred middle school students; and
10 WHEREAS, through the Youth Legislature's two-day mock legislative session at the
11Old State Capitol, students learn the process and procedures of state government through a
12hands on experience; and
13 WHEREAS, students are given the opportunity to run for and elect a governor and
14House and Senate officers, participate in the legislative process by writing, sponsoring, and
15debating bills, and lead and serve on legislative committees while learning to speak before
16an audience; and
17 WHEREAS, participants of the Youth Legislature may also serve as members of the
18press by gathering and reporting information about bills, legislators, senators, and the
19governor's cabinet; and
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1 WHEREAS, the Youth Legislature provides students with an experience that
2supports and solidifies information that is studied in classrooms and gives students an
3opportunity to enhance their writing, research, and public speaking skills; and
4 WHEREAS, the Youth Legislature promotes and encourages youth leadership
5characteristics, participation, cooperation, and teamwork among peers and gives students the
6confidence needed to participate in leadership roles in high school and in their respective
7communities.
8 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
9Legislature of Louisiana does hereby designate Monday, June 1, 2015, as Boys & Girls Club
10of Greater Baton Rouge Youth Legislature Day at the state capitol and does hereby extend
11enduring appreciation to the organization, its volunteers, and participating educators for the
12knowledge, discipline, and integrity they bestow upon the youth of Louisiana.
13 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
14to Paula Braud, program director of the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Baton Rouge Youth
15Legislature.
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)]
HR 130 Original 2015 Regular Session James
Designates Monday, June 1, 2015, as Boys & Girls Club of Greater Baton Rouge Youth
Legislature Day at the state capitol.
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