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Greene's former District 66 covers a large swath of Baton Rouge between downtown and mid-city. It includes the commercial and retail corridor along Florida Boulevard and reaches Jones Creek Road and Coursey Boulevard, a major growth area. Cortana Mall is located in the district as is Bon Carre’, a technology center. Greene was unopposed for his first full term in the [[primary]] held on October 20, 2007.​
 
Greene's former District 66 covers a large swath of Baton Rouge between downtown and mid-city. It includes the commercial and retail corridor along Florida Boulevard and reaches Jones Creek Road and Coursey Boulevard, a major growth area. Cortana Mall is located in the district as is Bon Carre’, a technology center. Greene was unopposed for his first full term in the [[primary]] held on October 20, 2007.​
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Greene was the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and a member of the Budget Committee.<ref name=votesmart>{{cite web|url=http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=56507|title=Rep. Hunter V. Greene|publisher=Votesmart.org|accessdate=July 14, 2011}}</ref> As a legislator, he sat on the House committees on Judiciary, Governmental Affairs, and Transportation, Highways and Public Works. As a freshman lawmaker, Greene authored a state bill which defines specific ways to convict sexual predators on the [[Internet]]. In 2006, he sponsored a constitutional amendment to strengthen the qualifications needed for judges to run for office. He authored legislation to eliminate the gift tax and repeal the inheritance tax. He supported repeal of the controversial Stelly Plan, named for former Representative [[Vic Stelly]], which traded an increase in [[property tax]]es in exchange for a reduction in the state [[sales tax]]. Greene proposed a state [[income tax]] deduction for private school tuition, but the plan was vetoed by former [[Governor]] [[Kathleen Blanco]].​
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Greene was the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and a member of the Budget Committee.<ref name=votesmart>{{cite web|url=http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=56507|title=Rep. Hunter V. Greene|publisher=Votesmart.org|accessdate=July 14, 2011}}</ref> As a legislator, he sat on the House committees on Judiciary, Governmental Affairs, and Transportation, Highways and Public Works. As a freshman lawmaker, Greene authored a state bill which defines specific ways to convict sexual predators on the [[Internet]]. In 2006, he sponsored a constitutional amendment to strengthen the qualifications needed for judges to run for office. He authored legislation to eliminate the gift tax and repeal the inheritance tax. He supported repeal of the controversial Stelly Plan, named for former Representative [[Vic Stelly]], which traded an increase in [[property tax]]es in exchange for a reduction in the state [[sales tax]]. Greene proposed a state [[income tax]] deduction for private school tuition, but the plan was vetoed by former [[Governor]] [[Kathleen Blanco]].​
    
In the spring of 2011, Greene ran unsuccessfully for a family court judgeship vacancy in East Baton Rouge Parish. Another Republican, Charlene Charlet Day (born 1960), a former teacher who practices law in Zachary and resides in Central City, narrowly outpolled Greene, 5,617 (50.7 percent) to 5,462 (49.3 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns (East Baton Rouge Parish), April 2, 2011.</ref>  
 
In the spring of 2011, Greene ran unsuccessfully for a family court judgeship vacancy in East Baton Rouge Parish. Another Republican, Charlene Charlet Day (born 1960), a former teacher who practices law in Zachary and resides in Central City, narrowly outpolled Greene, 5,617 (50.7 percent) to 5,462 (49.3 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns (East Baton Rouge Parish), April 2, 2011.</ref>  
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