HLS 24RS-1383 ORIGINAL
2024 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 37
BY REPRESENTATIVE BRASS
SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Designates March 19, 2024, as Louisiana Chemical
Industry Day at the state capitol
1 A RESOLUTION
2To designate Tuesday, March 19, 2024, as "Louisiana Chemical Industry Day".
3 WHEREAS, nature endowed Louisiana with gifts that provide the springboard for
4major industry that has brought great benefits to the people of the state; and
5 WHEREAS, these gifts include abundant oil and natural gas, salt dome caverns,
6sulfur deposits, fresh water, and access to the oceans of the world through the Calcasieu
7Basin and the Mississippi River; and
8 WHEREAS, the petrochemical industry that has grown around these natural
9amenities has become one of Louisiana's greatest assets; and
10 WHEREAS, the Louisiana chemical industry acknowledges that it depends on
11Louisiana and its residents for its resources, a well-trained workforce, and a strong business
12climate; and
13 WHEREAS, this industry provides the most direct jobs in Louisiana's manufacturing
14sector, employing nearly twenty-seven thousand citizens in fifty-three of the state's
15sixty-four parishes and tens of thousands more employees in hundreds of businesses that
16support the industry; and
17 WHEREAS, an additional fourteen thousand jobs are generated indirectly by
18chemical industry activity in the state; and
19 WHEREAS, the Louisiana chemical industry produces nearly $58 billion dollars in
20products annually, the third highest total in the nation; and
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1 WHEREAS, Louisiana exports $8.3 billion in chemical products annually to other
2parts of the world; and
3 WHEREAS, chemical industry wages in Louisiana are forty-seven percent higher
4than the average manufacturing wages in the state; and
5 WHEREAS, the industry contributes more than $1.6 billion annually to the state and
6local coffers through direct tax payments and through household earnings generated by the
7Louisiana chemical industry; and
8 WHEREAS, more than $8.9 billion of total direct employee earnings is generated by
9local chemical companies; and
10 WHEREAS, Louisianians' lives are enhanced and improved every day by chemical
11products produced in Louisiana, ranging from fire resistant foam used in beds and chairs;
12nitrogen bags that give potato chips a longer shelf life; and golf clubs, hard hats, bullet proof
13vests, contact lenses, pacemakers, and thousands of other consumer products; and
14 WHEREAS, the Louisiana chemical industry is more than just a group of companies
15and is comprised of a collection of people who want the same things their neighbors want,
16including safe and clean communities with vibrant neighborhoods, good schools, and a
17strong economy; and
18 WHEREAS, the Louisiana chemical industry is essential to the state's economic
19growth and to its economic development; the Louisiana Chemical Association was founded
20in 1959 and is comprised of seventy companies operating in the state of Louisiana; and
21 WHEREAS, the Louisiana Chemical Association's mission is to promote a positive
22climate for the chemical manufacturing industry that ensures long term growth for the
23industry and the state; this year marks the 65th anniversary of the Louisiana Chemical
24Association.
25 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
26Legislature of Louisiana does hereby recognize the essential role the chemical industry plays
27in Louisiana's economic development and the 65th anniversary of the Louisiana Chemical
28Association and does hereby designate Tuesday, March 19, 2024, as Louisiana Chemical
29Industry Day.
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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 37 Original 2024 Regular Session Brass
Designates March 19, 2024, as La. Chemical Industry Day.
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