ENROLLED 2016 Regular Session HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 123 BY REPRESENTATIVES BARRAS AND CROMER A RESOLUTION To commend the employees of the Louisiana House of Representatives for their public service and to recognize Wednesday, May 4, 2016, as State Employee Recognition Day at the state capitol. WHEREAS, the employees of the Louisiana House of Representatives are dedicated to providing the House and its members with the highest quality legislative support services in a professional, nonpartisan manner, and to assisting the legislature so that it functions as a coequal branch of government; and WHEREAS, the employees of the House of Representatives perform their duties with dedication and genuine care; and WHEREAS, the employees of the House of Representatives serve individual legislators through comprehensive research, bill drafting, fiscal analysis, and also provide administrative, constituent, and security support, and in so doing help to ensure the smooth functioning of the legislative process; and WHEREAS, the House of Representatives is indebted to the men and women of the House staff who devote themselves to public service and who serve the public with the highest degree of professionalism, proficiency, and integrity; and WHEREAS, Public Service Recognition Week is sponsored by the Public Employees Roundtable and its member organizations to honor the men and women who serve our nation as federal, state, county, and local government employees, and has been celebrated during the first week of May since 1985; and WHEREAS, Wednesday, May 4, 2016, has been designated as State Employee Recognition Day. Page 1 of 2 HR NO. 123 ENROLLED THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby commend the employees of the House of Representatives for their outstanding public service benefitting both the House of Representatives and the citizens of Louisiana, and hereby recognizes Wednesday, May 4, 2016, as State Employee Recognition Day at the state capitol. SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Page 2 of 2