HLS 15RS-2603 ORIGINAL
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 202
BY REPRESENTATIVE FANNIN
COMMENDATIONS: Commends Sharon Perez upon her retirement as a House public
finance specialist after 40 years of state public service
1 A RESOLUTION
2To commend Sharon Perez upon her retirement as a public finance specialist for the
3 Louisiana House of Representatives after forty years of highly productive and
4 effective state public service.
5 WHEREAS, it is appropriate to extend a sincere and heartfelt measure of
6commendation to Sharon Perez for an outstanding career in public service upon her
7retirement from the staff of the Louisiana House of Representatives; and
8 WHEREAS, Sharon Perez has shared her time and talents as a state employee since
9June of 1975, when she began her long and distinguished career with the office of the state
10treasurer, where her titles included bond analyst, local debt manager, and debt officer and
11where in 1996 she became the executive director of the Bond Commission, a position in
12which she served with great distinction; and
13 WHEREAS, Sharon's tenure with the Bond Commission ended in 2004 when
14Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco named her undersecretary for the office of
15management and finance at the Department of Economic Development; and
16 WHEREAS, Sharon served as the undersecretary of this office, which is the
17administrative arm of the state's economic programs and includes management and finance,
18accounting, budget development and control, procurement and contract management,
19information technology, program analysis, and personnel management, until joining the
20House of Representatives staff as a public finance specialist in 2008; and
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1 WHEREAS, among Sharon's duties as a public finance specialist has been her
2service as the House of Representatives staff liaison to the Bond Commission, including
3meeting for agenda review prior to each commission meeting and serving as a working
4group member on various state issues; her participation in this capacity has included many
5meetings and conference calls as well as reviewing and editing various bond documents,
6presentations, reports, and preliminary official statements; and
7 WHEREAS, Sharon has also served as the speaker's representative on the executive
8Committee of the Bond Commission, evaluating on his behalf proposals submitted by bond
9attorneys and underwriting firms for various state level financing; and
10 WHEREAS, prior to her state employment, Sharon, who is a native of Lebeau,
11Louisiana, and has a bachelor of science degree in business administration from Louisiana
12State University, was an accountant in the trust department of American Bank and a credit
13analyst for Louisiana National Bank; and
14 WHEREAS, Sharon is married to Frank Perez, who is a retired state employee and
15was general counsel for the Department of Health and Hospital for many years, and the
16mother of Stephanie Christine Blanchard and has served as a board member for the
17Louisiana's Women's Policy and Research Committee, the Louisiana Transportation
18Authority, the East Baton Rouge Mortgage Finance Authority, YELP!, and the Baton Rouge
19Gallery; she is an avid traveler and fan of all Louisiana State University sports and the New
20Orleans Saints and has an extraordinary love for all animals; and
21 WHEREAS, upon her retirement, Sharon will be greatly missed by the members and
22staff of the Louisiana House of Representatives, who will continue to respect and admire her,
23value her friendship, and appreciate her vast knowledge of movies, Broadway plays, and
24exotic foods; and
25 WHEREAS, Sharon Perez will remain an inspiration to her fellow citizens for the
26vital contributions she has made in her career of highly effective public service, and she
27merits the highest commendation and sincere congratulations for her exemplary term of
28service and for her singular contributions to this state, whose citizens will long reap the
29benefits of her legacy of excellence and professionalism.
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1 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
2Legislature of Louisiana does hereby commend Sharon Perez upon her retirement as a public
3finance specialist for the Louisiana House of Representatives; does hereby record for
4posterity her noble accomplishments during four decades of dedicated and productive state
5public service; does hereby express gratitude for her many years of distinguished service and
6for the able assistance she has given to the House of Representatives, its members, and staff;
7does hereby pay tribute to her for the generous way in which she has dedicated her
8intelligence and her energy to the service of her state; does hereby express enduring
9appreciation for the deep sense of pride and honor she brings to the House of
10Representatives, the legislature, and the state of Louisiana; and does hereby extend to her
11every good wish for continued success and happiness in all of her future endeavors.
12 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
13to Sharon Perez.
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 202 Original 2015 Regular Session Fannin
Commends Sharon Perez upon her retirement as a House of Representatives public finance
specialist after 40 years of state public service.
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