Vic Stelly
| Victor Theodore "Vic" Stelly | |
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| Member of Louisiana Board of Regents for Higher Education | |
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Assumed office 2007 |
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| Louisiana House of Representatives District 35 (Calcasieu Parish) | |
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In office 1988–2004 |
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| Preceded by | Margaret Welsh Lowenthal |
| Succeeded by | Brett Geymann |
| Calcasieu Parish School Board member | |
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In office 1983–1987 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
January 11, 1941 Place of birth missing |
| Political party | Republican-turned-Independent |
| Spouse(s) | Terry Bass Stelly |
| Children |
Three children |
| Residence | Lake Charles, Louisiana |
| Alma mater |
Northwestern State University |
| Occupation | Businessman; former Educator |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
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(1) Stelly became well-known statewide near the end of his tenure in the Louisiana House of Representatives by virtue of his controversial Stelly Plan, which raised Louisiana state income taxes but reduced sales taxes on food and utilities. The income tax increases under the program were repealed in 2008 and implemented in 2009. (2) Stelly's tax-swap plan had been intended to move Louisiana in the direction of financing state government through income taxes, rather than sales taxes on necessities. (3) Stelly was a legislative advocate of Sam Houston Jones State Park in Moss Bluff outside Lake Charles. The park is named for Louisiana Governor Sam Houston Jones, a Lake Charles lawyer who served in the state's highest office from 1940-1944. |
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Three children
Northwestern State University
Louisiana State University
(1) Stelly became well-known statewide near the end of his tenure in the Louisiana House of Representatives by virtue of his controversial Stelly Plan, which raised Louisiana state income taxes but reduced sales taxes on food and utilities. The income tax increases under the program were repealed in 2008 and implemented in 2009.
(2) Stelly's tax-swap plan had been intended to move Louisiana in the direction of financing state government through income taxes, rather than sales taxes on necessities.
Victor Theodore Stelly, known as Vic Stelly (born January 11, 1941), is a retired businessman from Lake Charles, Louisiana, a former member of the Louisiana Board of Regents for Higher Education, and from 1988-2004 a Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from District 35 in Calcasieu Parish in the southwestern corner of his state. He is best known for the since repealed Stelly Plan tax-shifting amendment.
Stelly was educated at Zachary High School in Zachary in East Baton Rouge Parish. In 1962, he received a Bachelor of Science degree from Northwestern State University in . In 1965, he obtained a Master of Education degree from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. From 1962-1974, he taught and coached at Redemptorist and Broadmoor High School high schools in Baton Rouge and at McNeese State University in Lake Charles. Thereafter, he became an insurance and real estate agent in Moss Bluff north of Lake Charles. He was later an administrator at McNeese, where he also took postgraduate courses. He is the past president of the McNeese 100 Club. From 1983-1987, Stelly served on the Calcasieu Parish School Board. He is Roman Catholic. Stelly is married to the former Terry Bass (born ca. 1940), and the couple has three children, including Victor Todd Stelly (born c. 1963).
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