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2020 Second Extraordinary Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 48
BY REPRESENTATIVES GARY CARTER, BUTLER, DAVIS, DESHOTEL,
DUPLESSIS, KERNER, AND WILLARD
A RESOLUTION
To urge and request the governor to issue an executive order in accordance with R.S.
39:1596 to provide greater opportunities for small, local, and diverse businesses to
compete for the state's small purchase procurement needs.
WHEREAS, the Louisiana Procurement Code authorizes the governor to establish
procedures for the procurement of small purchases; and
WHEREAS, the legislature created the Louisiana Initiative for Small
Entrepreneurships, also known as the Hudson Initiative, and the Louisiana Initiative for
Veteran and Service-Connected Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Entrepreneurships, also
known as the Veteran Initiative, to facilitate the growth and stability of Louisiana's economy
by fostering utilization by state interests of the business offerings available for state
procurement and public contracts from Louisiana's small entrepreneurships and veteran and
service-connected disabled veteran-owned small entrepreneurships; and
WHEREAS, given the magnitude of the state's procurement and public contracting
activity, state government is uniquely situated to create an environment where small
entrepreneurships have an opportunity to thrive and ultimately enhance the stability of
Louisiana's economy; and
WHEREAS, the governor issued Executive Order Number JBE 2017-18, relative to
small purchase procedures, that included waivers for the requirement that agencies solicit
a certain number of quotations if making purchases from a business certified in accordance
with the Hudson Initiative and the Veteran Initiative; and
WHEREAS, increasing the maximum amount of small purchases that qualify for this
waiver would improve competitiveness for small, rural, minority, female, and veteran
enterprises that wish to conduct business with the state.
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THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
Legislature of Louisiana does hereby urge and request the governor to issue an executive
order in accordance with R.S. 39:1596 to provide greater opportunities for small, local, and
diverse businesses to compete for the state's small purchase procurement needs.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the Legislature
of Louisiana further requests that the executive order contain the following changes to
Executive Order Number JBE 2017-18:
(1) An increase in the defined maximum value of "small purchases" from twenty-
five thousand dollars to thirty thousand dollars.
(2) An increase in the micro-purchase threshold from five thousand dollars to ten
thousand dollars.
(3) An increase in the intermediate tier from fifteen thousand dollars to twenty
thousand dollars.
(4) An increase in the exemption for purchases made from Hudson and Veterans
Initiative-certified entrepreneurships from fifteen thousand to thirty thousand.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
to the governor.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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