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HR 13 - Georgia DUI Study Commission; create

Pinholster, Garland (15th)	Stancil, Steve (16th)	Powell, Alan T (23rd)

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A RESOLUTION creating the Georgia DUI Study Commission; and for other purposes.

HR 13                                                HR 13/FA 
 
      H. R. No. 13 (AM) 
      By:  Representatives Pinholster of the 15th, Stancil of the 
      16th and Powell of the 23rd 
 
 
                             A RESOLUTION 
 
  1- 1  Creating the Georgia DUI Study Commission; and for other 
  1- 2  purposes. 
 
  1- 3  WHEREAS, reducing and eliminating the crime of driving under 
  1- 4  the influence is a top concern of the citizens of Georgia; 
  1- 5  and 
 
  1- 6  WHEREAS, Georgians are shocked by the severity and frequency 
  1- 7  of the commission of this crime; and 
 
  1- 8  WHEREAS, restoring a reasonable level of public safety and 
  1- 9  the removal of drunken drivers from our roads should be 
  1-10  accepted as an all-important goal for this generation of 
  1-11  Americans. 
 
  1-12  NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF 
  1-13  GEORGIA that there is created the Georgia DUI Study 
  1-14  Commission to be composed of 14 members. Eight members shall 
  1-15  be appointed by the Governor as follows: three members shall 
  1-16  be superior court judges, three members shall be district 
  1-17  attorneys, and two members shall be sheriffs.  Three members 
  1-18  shall be appointed by the President of the Senate only one 
  1-19  of whom may be an attorney. Three members shall be appointed 
  1-20  by the Speaker of the House of Representatives only one of 
  1-21  whom may be an attorney.  The President of the Senate shall 
  1-22  designate a member of the commission as cochairperson of the 
  1-23  commission.  The Speaker of the House of Representatives 
  1-24  shall designate a member of the commission as cochairperson 
  1-25  of the commission.  The cochairpersons shall call all 
  1-26  meetings of the commission. 
 
  1-27  BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the commission shall undertake a 
  1-28  study of the conditions, needs, issues, and problems 
  1-29  mentioned above or related thereto and recommend any actions 
  1-30  or legislation which the commission deems necessary or 
  1-31  appropriate.  The commission may conduct such meetings at 
  1-32  such places and at such times as it may deem necessary or 
  1-33  convenient to enable it to exercise fully and effectively 
  1-34  its powers, perform its duties, and accomplish the 
  1-35  objectives and purposes of this resolution.  The legislative 
  1-36  members of the commission shall receive the allowances 
  1-37  authorized for legislative members of interim legislative 
 
 
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  2- 1  committees but shall receive the same for not more than five 
  2- 2  days unless additional days are authorized.  Members of the 
  2- 3  commission who are not legislative members shall receive no 
  2- 4  compensation for their services on the commission and shall 
  2- 5  not be reimbursed for expenses incurred by them in the 
  2- 6  performance of their duties as members of the commission. 
  2- 7  The funds necessary to carry out the provisions of this 
  2- 8  resolution with respect to legislative members shall come 
  2- 9  from the funds appropriated to the legislative branch of 
  2-10  government.  The commission shall make a report of its 
  2-11  findings and recommendations, with suggestions for proposed 
  2-12  legislation, if any, and such report shall be made to the 
  2-13  Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 15, 
  2-14  2000.  The commission shall stand abolished on December 15, 
  2-15  2000. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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