ENROLLED
2021 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 108
BY REPRESENTATIVE CREWS
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To direct the Department of Economic Development to study and analyze the cyber industry
within the state and its impact on the economy in Louisiana and to report its findings
to the House Committee on Ways and Means and the Senate Committee on Revenue
and Fiscal Affairs.
WHEREAS, the legislature recognizes the cyber industry, the industry related to
computers or computer networks, is important to the modern economy and that the number
of cyber related jobs has significantly increased in Louisiana during the last decade; and
WHEREAS, cyber jobs include but are not limited to jobs related to cyber
information technology, security, education, and entertainment; and
WHEREAS, businesses such as the Cyber Innovation Center in Bossier City,
Louisiana, provide Louisiana with jobs as well as provide the community with additional
cyber education resources; and
WHEREAS, the Cyber Innovation Center has established Cyber.org, a free academic
initiative that provides a cyber education curriculum for students in kindergarten through
twelfth grade; and
WHEREAS, such academic initiatives encourage students to pursue cyber related
degrees, and local colleges and universities are therefore better equipped to produce a pool
of graduates within cyber degree programs at significantly higher rates than previous years;
and
WHEREAS, cyber degree program graduates are highly sought after in the
workforce.
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THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
direct the Department of Economic Development to study and analyze the cyber industry
within the state and its impact on the economy in Louisiana and to report its findings to the
House Committee on Ways and Means and the Senate Committee on Revenue and Fiscal
Affairs.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the report shall include information about the
following:
(1) The number of students in Louisiana graduating annually with cyber related
degrees, including but not limited to certifications, postsecondary education degrees, and
graduate level degrees.
(2) Comparison of Louisiana and other states in the creation and sustainment of
cyber related jobs.
(3) The current and future projections of the demand for persons with cyber related
degrees seeking cyber related work within Louisiana.
(4) Current tax credits offered in Louisiana related to the creation and sustainment
of cyber related jobs.
(5) The impact that creating a new cyber tax credit would have on the state budget.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the report shall be made available to the public
on the Department of Economic Development webpage at the time of transmission to the
committees.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
secretary of economic development.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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