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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 102
BY SENATOR JOHNS
A RESOLUTION
To designate May 3, 2016, as Louisiana Chemical Industry Day.
WHEREAS, nature endowed Louisiana with gifts that provide the springboard for
major industry that has brought great benefits to the people of the state; and
WHEREAS, these gifts include abundant oil and natural gas, salt dome caverns,
sulfur deposits, fresh water, and access to the oceans of the world through the Calcasieu
Basin and the Mississippi River; and
WHEREAS, the petrochemical industry that has grown around these natural
amenities has become one of Louisiana's greatest assets; and
WHEREAS, the Louisiana chemical industry acknowledges that it depends on
Louisiana and its residents for its resources, a well-trained workforce, and a strong business
climate; and
WHEREAS, this industry provides the most direct jobs in Louisiana's manufacturing
sector, employing nearly twenty-seven thousand citizens in fifty-three of the state's
sixty-four parishes and tens of thousands more employees in hundreds of businesses that
support the industry; and
WHEREAS, an additional fourteen thousand jobs are generated indirectly by
chemical industry activity in the state; and
WHEREAS, the Louisiana chemical industry produces nearly $58 billion in products
annually, the third highest total in the nation; and
WHEREAS, Louisiana exports $8.3 billion in chemical products annually to other
parts of the world; and
WHEREAS, chemical industry wages in Louisiana are forty-seven percent higher
than the average manufacturing wages in the state; and
WHEREAS, the industry contributes more than $1.6 billion annually to the state and
local coffers through direct tax payments and through household earnings generated by the
Louisiana chemical industry; and
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WHEREAS, more than $8.9 billion of total direct employee earnings is generated by
local chemical companies; and
WHEREAS, Louisianians' lives are enhanced and improved every day by chemical
products produced in Louisiana, ranging from fire resistant foam used in our beds and chairs
in which we sit; to the nitrogen bags that give potato chips a longer shelf life; golf clubs,
hard hats, bullet proof vests, contact lenses, pacemakers, and thousands of other consumer
products; and
WHEREAS, the Louisiana chemical industry is more than just a group of companies
and is comprised of a collection of people who want the same things their neighbors want
– safe and clean communities with vibrant neighborhoods, good schools, and a strong
economy; and
WHEREAS, the Louisiana chemical industry is essential to the state's economic
growth and to its economic development.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby recognize the essential role the chemical industry plays in Louisiana's economic
development and proclaims May 3, 2016, as Louisiana Chemical Industry Day.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
Louisiana Chemical Association.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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