| LOUISIANA STATE SENATE
SRS 99-1390
Regular Session, 1999 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 37 BY SENATOR GREENE LEGIS POWERS/FUNCTIONS. Designates April 22, as "Earth Day", and the month of April as "Earth Month". - A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
- To designate April 22, as "Earth Day", and the month of April as "Earth
- Month".
- WHEREAS, it is very important that we as a state set aside a month and
- a special day for environmental awareness; and
- WHEREAS, all people should be aware of the protection of the
- environment for the future of human, animal, and plant life; and
- WHEREAS, in 1970, Congress designated April as "Earth Month" and
- April 22, as "Earth Day"; and
- WHEREAS, many nations of the world also have designated April as
- "Earth Month" and April 22, as "Earth Day"; and
- WHEREAS, as a result of environmental awareness many laws have
- been created to protect our land, water, species, and air.
- THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana
- acknowledges the importance of preserving the environment, and designates
- April as "Earth Month", and April 22, as "Earth Day".
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the Department of Environmental Quality and Myrtle Anderson.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Tammy Crain Waldrop.
DIGEST To designate April 22, as "Earth Day", and the month of April as "Earth Month". |