Legislation	Secretary of Senate	Members	Committees	Meetings	Home	House

SR 637 - Jt. Study Comm. on Regional Dev. Ctrs.&Metro Area Plann.& Dev.Comm.

Price, Richard J (28th)

Status Summary	SC:	Rules	HC:		FR:	03/01/00	LA:	03/01/00	S - Read 1st time

First Reader Summary

A resolution creating the Joint Study Committee on Regional Development Centers and Metropolitan Area Planning and Development Commissions; and for other purposes.

SR 637                                             LC 27 1101 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                             A RESOLUTION 
 
  1- 1  Creating the Joint Study Committee on Regional Development 
  1- 2  Centers and Metropolitan Area Planning and Development 
  1- 3  Commissions; and for other purposes. 
 
  1- 4  WHEREAS, general state law provides for regional development 
  1- 5  centers and metropolitan area planning and development 
  1- 6  commissions to carry out powers, duties, and functions 
  1- 7  related to planning and development in the various 
  1- 8  designated regions of this state, including the Atlanta 
  1- 9  area; and 
 
  1-10  WHEREAS, the organization, authority, and functions of such 
  1-11  entities are of the highest and most immediate importance 
  1-12  both for the Atlanta area and the state as a whole; and 
 
  1-13  WHEREAS, the pace of growth is rapid and localities are 
  1-14  changing significantly in many portions of this state, and 
  1-15  state and local governments must coordinate plans for and 
  1-16  adapt to changing circumstances and public service needs; 
  1-17  and 
 
  1-18  WHEREAS, there is a need to continue a thorough joint 
  1-19  legislative study of the present organizational structure, 
  1-20  authority, and functions of regional development centers and 
  1-21  metropolitan area planning and development commissions and 
  1-22  of whether legislative changes would better enable such 
  1-23  bodies to serve the state and its local governments. 
 
  1-24  NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF 
  1-25  GEORGIA that there is created the Joint Study Committee on 
  1-26  Regional Development Centers and Metropolitan Area Planning 
  1-27  and Development Commissions to be composed of six members of 
  1-28  the House of Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker 
  1-29  of the House of Representatives and six members of the 
  1-30  Senate to be appointed by the President of the Senate.  The 
  1-31  Speaker of the House of Representatives shall designate a 
  1-32  member of the House and the President of the Senate shall 
  1-33  designate a member of the Senate who shall serve as 
  1-34  cochairpersons of the committee.  The committee shall meet 
  1-35  at the call of the cochairpersons. 
 
 
 
 
                                 -1- 
 
 
 
  2- 1  BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the committee shall undertake a 
  2- 2  study of the conditions, needs, issues, and problems 
  2- 3  mentioned above or related thereto and recommend any actions 
  2- 4  or legislation which the committee deems necessary or 
  2- 5  appropriate.  The committee may conduct such meetings at 
  2- 6  such places and at such times as it may deem necessary or 
  2- 7  convenient to enable it to exercise fully and effectively 
  2- 8  its powers, perform its duties, and accomplish the 
  2- 9  objectives and purposes of this resolution.  The members of 
  2-10  the committee shall receive the allowances authorized for 
  2-11  legislative members of interim legislative committees but 
  2-12  shall receive the same for not more than five days unless 
  2-13  additional days are authorized.  The funds necessary to 
  2-14  carry out the provisions of this resolution shall come from 
  2-15  the funds appropriated to the House of Representatives and 
  2-16  Senate.  In the event the committee makes a report of its 
  2-17  findings and recommendations, with suggestions for proposed 
  2-18  legislation, if any, such report shall be made on or before 
  2-19  December 1, 2000.  The committee shall stand abolished on 
  2-20  December 1, 2000. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                 -2-