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2017 Regular Session
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 145
BY SENATOR THOMPSON
LEGIS POWERS/FUNCTIONS. Designates Tuesday, May 30, 2017, as LSU AgCenter Day
at the Louisiana State Capitol.
1 A RESOLUTION
2 To designate Tuesday, May 30, 2017, as LSU AgCenter Day at the Louisiana State Capitol.
3 WHEREAS, the Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, known as the LSU
4 AgCenter, is one of nine institutions within the LSU family of campuses; and
5 WHEREAS, the mission of the LSU AgCenter is to provide the people of Louisiana
6 with research-based education information that can improve their lives and economic
7 well-being; and
8 WHEREAS, the LSU AgCenter has offices in each of Louisiana's sixty-four parishes
9 and has seventeen research stations across the state; and
10 WHEREAS, the LSU AgCenter aims to develop the best use of natural resources,
11 conserve and protect the environment, enhance the development of existing and new
12 agricultural enterprises, and develop human and community resources; and
13 WHEREAS, the LSU AgCenter has an integral role in the support of agricultural
14 industries, the enhancement of the environment, and the improvement of the quality of life
15 through its 4-H youth and family and consumer sciences; and
16 WHEREAS, the LSU AgCenter has one of the most active intellectual property
17 programs in the country and ranks among the top research universities relative to return on
18 investment dollar; over fifty scientists in the LSU AgCenter have received patents or plant
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1 variety protection certificates; and
2 WHEREAS, it is appropriate to designate Tuesday, May 30, 2017, as LSU AgCenter
3 Day at the Louisiana State Capitol and to commend the dedicated work and contributions
4 of the LSU AgCenter faculty, staff, and students.
5 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
6 does hereby designate Tuesday, May 30, 2017, as LSU AgCenter Day at the Louisiana State
7 Capitol and does hereby commend the dedicated work and contributions of the LSU
8 AgCenter faculty, staff, and students to the state of Louisiana and its citizens.
9 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to LSU
10 Vice President for Agriculture and Dean of the College of Agriculture, Dr. Bill Richardson.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Dawn Romero Watson.
DIGEST
SR 145 Original 2017 Regular Session Thompson
Designates Tuesday, May 30, 2017, as LSU AgCenter Day at the Louisiana State Capitol.
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