HLS 202ES-699 ORIGINAL
2020 Second Extraordinary Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 49
BY REPRESENTATIVES GARY CARTER, BUTLER, DAVIS, DESHOTEL,
DUPLESSIS, KERNER, AND WILLARD
SMALL BUSINESS: Expresses support of the House of Representatives for making future
stimulus programs for pandemic and disaster relief easier for minority, female,
veteran, small, and rural business owners to access
1 A RESOLUTION
2To express the support of the Louisiana House of Representatives for making future
3 stimulus programs for pandemic and disaster relief easier for minority, female,
4 veteran, small, and rural business owners to access.
5 WHEREAS, 2020 has been a year of successive calamities befalling our citizens and
6economy; and
7 WHEREAS, Louisiana received substantial and much-needed aid from the federal
8government to assist businesses suffering from disaster-related closures and restrictions; and
9 WHEREAS, some aid programs enacted by the legislature inadvertently hindered
10access for minority, female, veteran, small, and rural businesses by requiring voluminous
11documentation and strict adherence to a multitude of legal formalities; and
12 WHEREAS, while remaining mindful of the need to guard against fraud, waste, and
13abuse, the Louisiana House of Representatives recognizes that aid programs in the future
14should, to the extent possible, be made easier so that suffering business owners can access
15necessary funding.
16 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
17Legislature of Louisiana does hereby express its support for making future stimulus
18programs for pandemic and disaster relief easier for minority, female, veteran, small, and
19rural business owners to access.
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HR NO. 49
DIGEST
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of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HR 49 Original 2020 Second Extraordinary Session Gary Carter
Expresses the support of the La. House of Representatives for making future stimulus
programs for pandemic and disaster relief easier for minority, female, veteran, small, and
rural business owners to access.
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