SLS 15RS-1383 ORIGINAL
2015 Regular Session
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 91
BY SENATORS GARY SMITH AND WARD
SENATE. Designates May 5, 2015, as Louisiana Chemical Industry Day.
1 A RESOLUTION
2 To designate May 5, 2015, as "Louisiana Chemical Industry Day".
3 WHEREAS, nature endowed Louisiana with gifts that provided the spring board for
4 major industry that has brought great benefits to the people of the state; and
5 WHEREAS, these gifts of nature include abundant oil and natural gas deposits, salt
6 dome caverns, sulfur deposits, fresh water and access to oceans of the world through the
7 Calcasieu Basin and the Mississippi River; and
8 WHEREAS, the petrochemical industry that has developed and grown around these
9 natural amenities has become one of Louisiana's greatest assets; and
10 WHEREAS, the Louisiana chemical industry acknowledges that it depends on
11 Louisiana and its residents for these resources, a well-trained workforce and a strong
12 business climate; and
13 WHEREAS, the chemical industry provides the most direct jobs in our state's
14 manufacturing sector, employing nearly 27,000 Louisiana residents in fifty-three of our
15 state's sixty-four parishes and tens of thousands more employees in hundreds of businesses
16 that support the industry; and
17 WHEREAS, an additional 140,000 jobs are generated indirectly by chemical industry
18 activities in Louisiana; and
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1 WHEREAS, the Louisiana chemical industry produces nearly $58 billion in products
2 annually, the third highest total in the nation, and provides annual exports of $8.3 billion in
3 chemical products worldwide; and
4 WHEREAS, chemical industry wages in Louisiana are 47% higher than the average
5 manufacturing wages in the state; and
6 WHEREAS, the chemical industry contributes more than $1 billion annually to state
7 and local coffers through direct tax payments and through household earnings generated by
8 the Louisiana chemical industry; and
9 WHEREAS, more than $8.9 billion in total direct employee earnings is generated by
10 local chemical companies; and
11 WHEREAS, our citizen's lives are enhanced and improved every day by chemical
12 products produced in our state, ranging from fire resistant foam used in our beds and the
13 chairs in which we sit; to the nitrogen in bags that give potato chips a longer shelf-life; to
14 golf clubs, hard hats, bullet proof vests, contact lenses, pacemakers, and thousands of other
15 consumer products enjoyed by our citizens; and
16 WHEREAS, the Louisiana chemical industry is more than a group of companies and
17 is comprised of a collection of people who wish the same things as their neighbors - safe and
18 clean communities with vibrant neighborhoods, good schools, and a strong economy; and
19 WHEREAS, the Louisiana chemical industry is essential to Louisiana's economic
20 growth and economic development.
21 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
22 does hereby recognize the essential role the chemical industry plays in Louisiana's economic
23 development and designates May 5, 2015, as "Louisiana Chemical Industry Day".
24 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
25 Louisiana Chemical Association.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Jerry J. Guillot.
DIGEST
SR 91 Original 2015 Regular Session Gary Smith
Designates May 5, 2015, as Louisiana Chemical Industry Day.
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