ENROLLED
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 183
BY REPRESENTATIVE JONES
A RESOLUTION
To recognize Wednesday, May 25, 2016, as Retired State Employees Association Day at the
state capitol.
WHEREAS, the Retired State Employees Association of Louisiana (RSEA) was
organized and established as a nonprofit association on November 14, 1966; and
WHEREAS, the RSEA is an independent, membership-driven organization
representing men and women, and their families, who have retired or will retire from
employment with the state of Louisiana; and
WHEREAS, the mission of the RSEA is to advance the quality of life of current and
future retired state employees who have given of their talents to the state of Louisiana
through public employment; and
WHEREAS, the objective of the RSEA is to make a significant difference in the lives
and well-being of current and future retirees by protecting retirement and health benefits;
securing cost-of-living adjustments; providing access to other needed benefits; and keeping
members informed through newsletters, websites, annual chapter meetings, and the
statewide annual conference; and
WHEREAS, the RSEA takes an active leadership role in the passage of legislation
to effectuate cost-of-living adjustments for retirees, lobbies to change Social Security laws,
and joins with the Louisiana State Employees Retirement System and the office of group
benefits to support the passage of legislation that benefits retirees and active state
employees; and
WHEREAS, the RSEA is open to membership for any retired or active employee of
the state retirement systems who wants to work for the betterment of our members and the
state as a whole; and
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WHEREAS, the RSEA is committed to maintaining the future of our state retirement
systems; and
WHEREAS, the first incorporators and founders of RSEA, including Curtis Breaux,
P.J. Becker, W.O.W Pankey, Mrs. John F. Waymouth, Mrs. William S. Day, Sr., Louis
Duclos, Eunice Chandler, William B. Myrick, Sr., Ouida Smith, and Frank E. Haight, have
made significant contributions to the employees and retirees of the state of Louisiana; and
WHEREAS, during 2016, the RSEA will celebrate its fiftieth anniversary.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
Legislature of Louisiana does hereby recognize Wednesday, May 25, 2016, as Retired
Employees Association Day at the state capitol, and commends the members of the RSEA
for their valuable service to the state of Louisiana on the year of the association's fiftieth
anniversary.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
to the president of the RSEA, Victor B. Dennis, Jr..
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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