2015 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 123
BY SENATOR DORSEY-COLOMB
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To authorize the office of the attorney general to act as the fiduciary agent to accept
donations of monies collected to erect a commemorative memorial marker at Gilbert
Memorial Park.
WHEREAS, in 2013, the Legislature of Louisiana urged and requested that the
Department of Health and Hospitals, office of the attorney general, and the Louisiana
Cemetery Board to take all appropriate action and work in conjunction as necessary to
provide information identifying persons interred in Gilbert Memorial Park; and
WHEREAS, the legislature requested that in order to facilitate and ensure maximum
community involvement and public participation in such communications, the department,
Cemetery Board, and attorney general shall consult on a regular basis and seek the advice
of a board, to be known as the Lillian Jackson Memorial Board; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Health and Hospitals, office of the attorney general,
Louisiana Cemetery Board, and the state-appointed receiver managing Gilbert Memorial
Park were urged and requested, in consultation with the Lillian Jackson Memorial Board,
by the Louisiana Legislature in 2013, to take all appropriate action on behalf of the state to
recognize, honor, and commemorate those interred in Gilbert Memorial Park, including the
acceptance of donations from any source in the form of money, materials, labor, and
maintenance for the purpose of erecting a commemorative marker in Gilbert Memorial Park;
and
WHEREAS, under the law of the state of Louisiana the office of the attorney general
can only accept donations in the form of monies in furtherance of the erection of a
commemorative marker in Gilbert Memorial Park.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
authorize the office of the attorney general to act as the fiduciary agent to accept donations
of monies collected to erect a commemorative memorial marker at Gilbert Memorial Park.
Page 1 of 2 SCR NO. 123 ENROLLED
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
secretary of the Department of Health and Hospitals, the attorney general, and the director
of the Louisiana Cemetery Board.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Page 2 of 2