2023 Regular Session ENROLLED SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 38 BY SENATOR ROBERT MILLS AND REPRESENTATIVES BAGLEY, COX, ECHOLS, FIRMENT, FISHER, GADBERRY, GLOVER, HORTON, JEFFERSON, JENKINS, MIKE JOHNSON, TRAVIS JOHNSON, LARVADAIN, MCCORMICK, MCFARLAND, MCMAHEN, MOORE, PHELPS, PRESSLY, RISER, SCHAMERHORN, SEABAUGH AND THOMPSON A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION To recognize the distinct group of members of the Louisiana House of Representatives and of the Louisiana Senate representing in whole or in part the parishes of Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Catahoula, Claiborne, Concordia, DeSoto, East Carroll, Franklin, Grant, Jackson, LaSalle, Lincoln, Madison, Morehouse, Natchitoches, Ouachita, Red River, Richland, Sabine, Tensas, Union, Webster, West Carroll, and Winn as the North Louisiana Legislative Delegation of the Legislature of Louisiana. WHEREAS, due to the combination of urban and rural interests in the area of the state commonly known as "North Louisiana", the legislators representing this area have an extraordinary need to organize and confer on the unique challenges and problems confronting this area; and WHEREAS, the legislators representing this area of the state desire to be officially recognized as a delegation of the Legislature of Louisiana, which will bestow additional significance upon their decisions and opinions as a group on legislation and issues affecting North Louisiana. WHEREAS, this Senate Concurrent Resolution is intended to supercede and replace House Resolution No. 26 of the 2016 Regular Session which established the North Louisiana Legislative Delegation of the House of Representatives. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby recognize the distinct group of legislators representing the parishes of Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Catahoula, Claiborne, Concordia, DeSoto, East Carroll, Franklin, Grant, Page 1 of 2 SCR NO. 38 ENROLLED Jackson, LaSalle, Lincoln, Madison, Morehouse, Natchitoches, Ouachita, Red River, Richland, Sabine, Tensas, Union, Webster, West Carroll, and Winn as the North Louisiana Legislative Delegation of the Legislature of Louisiana. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the North Louisiana Legislative Delegation of the Legislature of Louisiana hereby supercedes and replaces the North Louisiana Legislative Delegation of the House of Representatives that was recognized pursuant to House Resolution No. 26 of the 2016 Regular Session. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the North Louisiana Legislative Delegation of the Legislature of Louisiana shall be provided funding, office space, equipment, or staff subject to availability and approval by the presiding officers. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the speaker of the House of Representatives and the president of the Senate. PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Page 2 of 2