HLS 21RS-2112 ORIGINAL
2021 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 108
BY REPRESENTATIVE CREWS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: Directs the Department of Economic Development to
study and report on cyber-related issues
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2To direct the Department of Economic Development to study and analyze the cyber industry
3 within the state and its impact on the economy in Louisiana and to report its findings
4 to the House Committee on Ways and Means and the Senate Committee on Revenue
5 and Fiscal Affairs.
6 WHEREAS, the legislature recognizes the cyber industry, the industry related to
7computers or computer networks, is important to the modern economy and that the number
8of cyber related jobs has significantly increased in Louisiana during the last decade; and
9 WHEREAS, cyber jobs include but are not limited to jobs related to cyber
10information technology, security, education, and entertainment; and
11 WHEREAS, businesses such as the Cyber Innovation Center in Bossier City,
12Louisiana, provide Louisiana with jobs as well as provide the community with additional
13cyber education resources; and
14 WHEREAS, the Cyber Innovation Center has established Cyber.org, a free academic
15initiative that provides a cyber education curriculum for students in kindergarten through
16twelfth grade; and
17 WHEREAS, such academic initiatives encourage students to pursue cyber related
18degrees, and local colleges and universities are therefore better equipped to produce a pool
19of graduates within cyber degree programs at significantly higher rates than previous years;
20and
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1 WHEREAS, cyber degree program graduates are highly sought after in the
2workforce.
3 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
4direct the Department of Economic Development to study and analyze the cyber industry
5within the state and its impact on the economy in Louisiana and to report its findings to the
6House Committee on Ways and Means and the Senate Committee on Revenue and Fiscal
7Affairs.
8 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the report shall include information about the
9following:
10 (1) The number of students in Louisiana graduating annually with cyber related
11degrees, including but not limited to certifications, postsecondary education degrees, and
12graduate level degrees.
13 (2) Comparison of Louisiana and other states in the creation and sustainment of
14cyber related jobs.
15 (3) The current and future projections of the demand for persons with cyber related
16degrees seeking cyber related work within Louisiana.
17 (4) Current tax credits offered in Louisiana related to the creation and sustainment
18of cyber related jobs.
19 (5) The impact that creating a new cyber tax credit would have on the state budget.
20 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the report shall be made available to the public
21on the Department of Economic Development webpage at the time of transmission to the
22committees.
23 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
24secretary of economic development.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
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)]
HCR 108 Original 2021 Regular Session Crews
Directs the Dept. of Economic Development to study and analyze the cyber industry within
the state and report its findings to the House Committee on Ways and Means and the Senate
Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs.
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