Troy Michael Hebert (born April 19, 1966) is a politician from Jeanerette, Louisiana, who is a former Commissioner of the Louisiana Alcoholics Office and Tobacco Control (ATC). Hebert was appointed commissioner by Republican Governor Bobby Jindal and served in his role until December 2015. He has served in the Louisiana House of Representatives and Louisiana State Senate.
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Legislative career
Hebert served from 1991 to 1995 at the Iberia Parish Council, equivalent to regional commissions in most other states, before being elected for three periods as Democrats to Louisiana House. Hebert served as chairman of the House Insurance Committee before being abolished in March 2004 by Speaker Joe R. Salter after Hebert voted against the tax update on business utilities.
In 2007, Hebert was a limited term in the State House of District 49 (Iberia and Vermilion parishes). He was elected a Democrat to represent District 22 in the State Senate. He won elections to Republican Jeff Landry, 52-48 percent. In 2010, Landry was elected to the United States House of Representatives to replace candidate Charlie Melancon, who lost the US Senate race to David Vitter. After his election, Hebert was appointed chairman of the Senate Neighborhood Committee. Then he was appointed to lead the Senate Committee on Insurance.
In March 2010, Hebert changed his party's affiliation of the Democrats into an Independent. This move made Hebert the only senator in recent history to be listed as independent.
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Commissioner of the Office of Control of Alcohol and Tobacco
Hebert announced in June 2010 that he would not seek a second term in the state senate in the fall of 2011. He resigned from the senate on November 24, 2010, to accept the appointment as Commissioner of the Louisiana Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control. He succeeds Murphy Painter who resigned in August 2010. The position pays $ 107,000 per year. State Representative Fred Henry Mills, Jr., from St. Martin Parish won a special election for the recent Senate Hebert term of office by defeating several opponents, including colleague Simone B. Champagne from Jeanerette.
Personal life
Hebert was the son of Elton Charles Hebert (1930-2005). He is the father of two children, Hailey and Cade Hebert. He studied diesel mechanics at a vocational school and then attended the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, which became known as Southwest Louisiana University. From 1983 to 1988, he was a sugar cane farmer. He has also been a carpenter and contractor. She is a member of the Jeanerette Chamber of Commerce. Hebert is a Roman Catholic.
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