ENROLLED
2020 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 24
BY REPRESENTATIVES MCFARLAND, MIKE JOHNSON, HARRIS, AND BUTLER
A RESOLUTION
To commend the Greater Central Louisiana REALTORS Association on its seventy-fifth
anniversary and on its efforts to unite those engaged in the recognized branches of
the real estate profession for the purpose of exerting a beneficial influence upon the
profession and related interests.
WHEREAS, the Greater Central Louisiana REALTORS Association is a trade
association representing more than four hundred real estate professionals across nine
parishes in Central Louisiana; and
WHEREAS, the Greater Central Louisiana REALTORS Association was
incorporated on March 5, 1945, as the Alexandria Real Estate Board; and
WHEREAS, the first board of directors of the corporation was composed of Charles
N. White, president, S.R. Cummings, vice president, W.C. Webb, second vice president,
L.B. Gremillion, secretary, and directors: E.M. Ellington, treasurer, Tom Howell, Mrs. E.A.
Porter, J.F. Chamber, H.B. Hall, C.M. Waters, Jr., Joe B. Brown, A.J. Buckner, Tom Wells,
and William I. Hustmeyre; and
WHEREAS, in 1945, the Greater Central Louisiana REALTORS Association was
accepted as a member of the National Association of REALTORS, a national trade
association of over one million three hundred thousand members with a purpose of raising
the standards of real estate practice and preserving the right of property ownership in the
interest of the public welfare; and
WHEREAS, since 1945, the members of the Greater Central Louisiana REALTORS
Association have worked as tireless advocates for the real estate industry and the people of
Central Louisiana by promoting the passage of laws to provide equal opportunity for
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housing, to constitutionally prohibit taxes on the transfer of property, and for countless other
measures; and
WHEREAS, the Greater Central Louisiana REALTORS provide a unified medium
for real estate owners and those engaged in the real estate profession whereby their interests
may be safeguarded and advanced; and
WHEREAS, in its seventy-five year history, the Greater Central Louisiana
REALTORS Association has provided a facility for education, research, and the exchange
of information for those engaged in the real estate business and has served to promote the
interest, dignity, and character of the real estate profession in Louisiana.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
Legislature of Louisiana does hereby commend the Greater Central Louisiana REALTORS
Association on its seventy-fifth anniversary.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
president of the Greater Central Louisiana REALTORS Association.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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