SLS 21RS-1922 ORIGINAL 2021 Regular Session SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 75 BY SENATORS FRED MILLS, ALLAIN AND HENSGENS AND REPRESENTATIVES HUVAL AND BOURRIAQUE PARISHES. Acknowledges the agreement entered into by Iberia and Vermilion parishes to reestablish the original parish line. 1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION 2 To acknowledge the agreement entered into by Iberia and Vermilion parishes to reestablish 3 the original parish line. 4 WHEREAS, Iberia and Vermilion Parishes are exercising the governmental functions 5 of each parish to interpret, ascertain, and reestablish the original parish line and not change 6 or alter its location; and 7 WHEREAS, there has been confusion as to the exact location of the boundary 8 between the two parishes for more than one hundred years and there is a real need for 9 delineation because it effects economic development, law enforcement jurisdiction, 10 emergency 911 calls, school attendance, voting, taxation, garbage pickup, road maintenance, 11 drainage maintenance, and other public services; and 12 WHEREAS, it is not the intention of either Iberia Parish or Vermilion Parish to 13 change or alter the location of any boundary between them, but rather to interpret, ascertain, 14 and reestablish the exact location of their joint boundaries; and 15 WHEREAS, after a review of historical data, several surveys, research of records and 16 Acts of the Legislature by both parishes, the parties entered into an agreement to finally and 17 fully settle the litigation between them; and 18 WHEREAS, Iberia Parish and Vermilion Parish have entered into a joint cooperative Page 1 of 2 SCR NO. 75 SLS 21RS-1922 ORIGINAL 1 endeavor agreement providing for the boundary; and 2 WHEREAS, this agreement settles all issues raised that either party might have 3 against the other, arising out of or in any way connected with the previously filed boundary 4 litigation. 5 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby 6 acknowledge the agreement entered into by Iberia and Vermilion parishes to reestablish the 7 original parish line. 8 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the 9 Iberia Parish Government and the Vermilion Parish Police Jury. The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the legislative instrument, were prepared by James Benton. DIGEST SCR 75 Original 2021 Regular Session Fred Mills Acknowledges the agreement entered into by Iberia and Vermilion parishes to reestablish the original parish line. Page 2 of 2