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Fulco regarded himself as a special legislative ally of fire fighters, [[educator]]s, and police  officers. During his tenure, he authored or co-authored bills which were instrumental in establishing  Louisiana State University in Shreveport, the historically black Southern University at Shreveport, and the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport. He pushed for the creation of LSU for many years before it was finally authorized by the legislature in 1966 and opened in 1967. LSUS Chancellor [[Vincent Marasla]] termed Fulco "an outstanding community servant who loved Shreveport and the people of Shreveport."<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
 
Fulco regarded himself as a special legislative ally of fire fighters, [[educator]]s, and police  officers. During his tenure, he authored or co-authored bills which were instrumental in establishing  Louisiana State University in Shreveport, the historically black Southern University at Shreveport, and the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport. He pushed for the creation of LSU for many years before it was finally authorized by the legislature in 1966 and opened in 1967. LSUS Chancellor [[Vincent Marasla]] termed Fulco "an outstanding community servant who loved Shreveport and the people of Shreveport."<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
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In 1966, Fulco introduced legislation to extend [[homestead exemption]]s to veterans of the [[Vietnam War]] and the [[Cold War]]. He worked to build a school for the mentally retarded in northwestern Louisiana, to license out-of-state salespeople operating within Louisiana, and to eliminate the double [[sales tax]] paid by out-of-state residents who relocate to Louisiana and must relicense their vehicles.
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In 1966, Fulco introduced legislation to extend homestead exemptions to veterans of the [[Vietnam War]] and the [[Cold War]]. He worked to build a school for the mentally retarded in northwestern Louisiana, to license out-of-state salespeople operating within Louisiana, and to eliminate the double [[sales tax]] paid by out-of-state residents who relocate to Louisiana and must relicense their vehicles.
 
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://louisdl.louislibraries.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15140coll23/id/2266|title=Legislators support med bonds|publisher=''Shreveport Journal''|author=Harry Taylor|date=May 1966|accessdate=October 25, 2014}}</ref>
 
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://louisdl.louislibraries.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15140coll23/id/2266|title=Legislators support med bonds|publisher=''Shreveport Journal''|author=Harry Taylor|date=May 1966|accessdate=October 25, 2014}}</ref>
  
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