HLS 21RS-1414 ORIGINAL
2021 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 36
BY REPRESENTATIVE MCFARLAND
COMMENDATIONS: Commends the Greater Central Louisiana REALTORS Association
on the occasion of its seventy-sixth anniversary
1 A RESOLUTION
2To commend the Greater Central Louisiana REALTORS Association on the occasion of its
3 seventy-sixth anniversary.
4 WHEREAS, the Greater Central Louisiana REALTORS Association is a trade
5association representing more than four hundred real estate professionals across nine
6parishes in Central Louisiana; and
7 WHEREAS, the Greater Central Louisiana REALTORS Association was
8incorporated on March 5, 1945, as the Alexandria Real Estate Board; and
9 WHEREAS, the first board of directors of the corporation was composed of president
10Charles N. White; vice president S.R. Cummings; second vice president W.C. Webb;
11secretary L.B. Gremillion; and directors E.M. Ellington, Tom Howell, E.A. Porter, J.F.
12Chamber, H.B. Hall, C.M. Waters, Jr., Joe B. Brown, A.J. Buckner, Tom Wells, and William
13I. Hustmeyre; and
14 WHEREAS, in the year of its incorporation, the Greater Central Louisiana
15REALTORS Association was accepted as a member of the National Association of
16REALTORS, which is a national trade association of over one million three hundred
17thousand members committed to raising the standards of the real estate practice and
18preserving the right of property ownership in the interest of the public welfare; and
19 WHEREAS, since its incorporation, the Greater Central Louisiana REALTORS
20Association has worked tirelessly as an advocate for the real estate industry and the people
21of Central Louisiana by promoting the passage of laws to provide equal opportunity for
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1housing, to constitutionally prohibit taxes on the transfer of property, and to address
2countless other policy topics; and
3 WHEREAS, the Greater Central Louisiana REALTORS Association provides a
4unified medium for real estate owners and those engaged in the real estate profession
5through which their interests may be safeguarded and advanced; and
6 WHEREAS, throughout the seventy-six years of its existence, the Greater Central
7Louisiana REALTORS Association has provided a facility for education, research, and the
8exchange of information for those engaged in the real estate business and has served to
9promote the interest, dignity, and character of the real estate profession in Louisiana; it is
10most worthy of recognition for its work.
11 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
12Legislature of Louisiana does hereby commend the Greater Central Louisiana REALTORS
13Association on the occasion of its seventy-sixth anniversary and does hereby extend sincere
14wishes that it continue to successfully support and promote the real estate profession in
15Central Louisiana.
16 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
17president of the Greater Central Louisiana REALTORS Association.
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)]
HR 36 Original 2021 Regular Session McFarland
Commends the Greater Central La. REALTORS Assoc. on the occasion of its 76th
anniversary.
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