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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 135
BY SENATOR BROOME AND REPRESENTATI VE BURRELL
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To urge and request the Department of Economic Development to notify companies with
which it has cooperative endeavor agreements of the specific goals of the Louisiana
Hudson Initiative and the Veteran Initiative, to provide these companies with a list
of the businesses certified under the Hudson Initiative, the Veteran Initiative, or both,
and to request that the companies take certain actions regarding the use of businesses
certified under one initiative or both.
WHEREAS, the Louisiana Department of Economic Development has entered into
cooperative endeavor agreements that grant companies inducements in exchange for the
companies making capital expenditures and creating new jobs; and
WHEREAS, R.S. 33:9029.2 authorizes the state to enter into cooperative endeavor
agreements to achieve a public purpose, including but not limited to enhancing or
maintaining the economic well-being of the state, upon a showing of reasonable expectations
that such obligations of the state will result in economic development or will achieve other
economic goals that will equal or exceed the value of the obligations of the state; and
WHEREAS, the Louisiana Initiative for Small Entrepreneurships (the Hudson
Initiative) expresses the intent of the legislature to facilitate the growth and stability of
Louisiana's economy by fostering utilization by state interests of the business offerings
available for state procurement and public contracts from Louisiana's small
entrepreneurships; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to R.S. 51:931 the secretary of the Department of Economic
Development is required to certify businesses as small entrepreneurships for purposes of the
Hudson Initiative; and
WHEREAS, the Louisiana Initiative for Veteran and Service-Connected Disabled
Veteran-Owned Small Entrepreneurships (the Veteran Initiative) expresses the intent of the
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legislature to facilitate the growth and stability of Louisiana's economy by fostering
utilization by state interests of the business offerings available for state procurement and
public contracts from Louisiana's veteran and service-connected disabled veteran-owned
small entrepreneurships, and providing a clearinghouse of information to these
entrepreneurships; and
WHEREAS, R.S. 51:933 requires the Department of Economic Development to
notify all businesses entering into cooperative endeavor agreements of the specific goals of
the Louisiana Hudson Initiative and the Veteran Initiative as set forth by the division of
administration.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
urge and request the Department of Economic Development to notify companies with which
it has cooperative endeavor agreements of the specific goals of the Louisiana Hudson
Initiative and the Veteran Initiative, to provide these companies with a list of the businesses
certified under the Hudson Initiative, the Veteran Initiative, or both, and to request that the
companies set goals for the total percentage of expenditures to be paid to businesses certified
by an initiative, encourage their prime contractors to utilize businesses certified by an
initiative, and submit quarterly reports to the Department of Economic Development on their
use of businesses certified under the Hudson Initiative, Veteran Initiative, or both.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the provisions of this Resolution shall supersede
the provisions of House Concurrent Resolution No. 214 of the 2015 Regular Session of the
Legislature.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
secretary of the Department of Economic Development.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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