Sen. White Heads Finance

Sen. Bodi White (R-Central), who was sworn in Monday for his third term in the Louisiana Senate, will be appointed chairman of the powerful Senate Finance Committee by newly-elected Senate President Page Cortez (R-Lafayette).

Although White has long been an influential member of the upper body, this will be his first senior leadership position.  

The jurisdiction of the committee includes:

•General appropriations bill

•Revenue sharing

•The cash portion of the comprehensive state capital budget

•All other appropriations

•Budgetary requirements and procedures

•Fiscal controls

•Central purchasing

•Economy and efficiency of government operations

White represented Central in the Louisiana House from 2004 to 2012 and in the Senate since 2012.