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SR 184 - Jt.Study Comm.on Regional Dev.Ctrs. & Metro Area Plan.& Dev.Comm.

Price, Richard J (28th)	Lee, Daniel W. (29th)	Price, Thomas E (56th)

Status Summary	SC:	S Judy	HC:	Rules	FR:	02/23/99	LA:	04/28/99	Signed by Governor

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

SR 184 99                                            SR184/AP 
 
      SENATE RESOLUTION 184 
 
      By:  Senators Price of the 28th, Lee of the 29th and 
           Price of the 56th 
 
                             A RESOLUTION 
 
  1- 1  Creating the Joint Study Committee on Regional Development 
  1- 2  Centers and Metropolitan Area Planning and Development 
  1- 3  Commissions; creating the State Commission on Drug 
  1- 4  Addiction; creating the Joint Manufactured Housing Study 
  1- 5  Committee; creating the Joint Study Committee on Art 
  1- 6  Policies for the Capitol and the Governor's Mansion; 
  1- 7  creating the Joint West Georgia River Protection Act Study 
  1- 8  Committee; and creating the House Lake Lanier Water Quality 
  1- 9  Study Committee; and for other purposes. 
 
 
 
  1-10  WHEREAS, general state law provides for regional development 
  1-11  centers and metropolitan area planning and development 
  1-12  commissions to carry out powers, duties, and functions 
  1-13  related to planning and development in the various 
  1-14  designated regions of this state, including the Atlanta 
  1-15  area; and 
 
  1-16  WHEREAS, the organization, authority, and functions of such 
  1-17  entities are of the highest and most immediate importance 
  1-18  both for the Atlanta area and the state as a whole; and 
 
  1-19  WHEREAS, the pace of growth is rapid and localities are 
  1-20  changing significantly in many portions of this state, and 
  1-21  state and local governments must coordinate plans for and 
  1-22  adapt to changing circumstances and public service needs; 
  1-23  and 
 
  1-24  WHEREAS, there is a need for a thorough joint legislative 
  1-25  study of the present organizational structure, authority, 
  1-26  and functions of regional development centers and 
  1-27  metropolitan area planning and development commissions and 
  1-28  of whether legislative changes would better enable such 
  1-29  bodies to serve the state and its local governments. 
 
  1-30  NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF 
  1-31  GEORGIA that there is created the Joint Study Committee on 
  1-32  Regional Development Centers and Metropolitan Area Planning 
  1-33  and Development Commissions to be composed of six members of 
  1-34  the House of Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker 
  1-35  of the House of Representatives and six members of the 
 
 
 
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  2- 1  Senate to be appointed by the President of the Senate.  The 
  2- 2  Speaker of the House of Representatives shall designate a 
  2- 3  member of the House and the President of the Senate shall 
  2- 4  designate a member of the Senate who shall serve as 
  2- 5  cochairpersons of the committee.  The committee shall meet 
  2- 6  at the call of the cochairpersons. 
 
  2- 7  BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the committee shall undertake a 
  2- 8  study of the conditions, needs, issues, and problems 
  2- 9  mentioned above or related thereto and recommend any actions 
  2-10  or legislation which the committee deems necessary or 
  2-11  appropriate.  The committee may conduct such meetings at 
  2-12  such places and at such times as it may deem necessary or 
  2-13  convenient to enable it to exercise fully and effectively 
  2-14  its powers, perform its duties, and accomplish the 
  2-15  objectives and purposes of this resolution.  The members of 
  2-16  the committee shall receive the allowances authorized for 
  2-17  legislative members of interim legislative committees but 
  2-18  shall receive the same for not more than five days unless 
  2-19  additional days are authorized.  The funds necessary to 
  2-20  carry out the provisions of this resolution shall come from 
  2-21  the funds appropriated to the House of Representatives and 
  2-22  Senate.  In the event the committee makes a report of its 
  2-23  findings and recommendations, with suggestions for proposed 
  2-24  legislation, if any, such report shall be made on or before 
  2-25  December 1, 1999.  The committee shall stand abolished on 
  2-26  December 1, 1999. 
 
 
 
  2-27  BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that whereas drug addiction continues 
  2-28  to wreak havoc upon the lives of many of Georgia's citizens 
  2-29  thereby posing a threat to all of society; and 
 
  2-30  WHEREAS, drug addiction contributes in large measure to 
  2-31  increased crime, especially robberies and burglaries to 
  2-32  obtain funds needed to purchase drugs; and 
 
  2-33  WHEREAS, drug addicted mothers are unable to care adequately 
  2-34  for their children often requiring state intervention to 
  2-35  remove the children from the home because of neglect or 
  2-36  abuse; and 
 
  2-37  WHEREAS, such abuse sometimes includes the mother 
  2-38  prostituting herself and her children in order to obtain 
  2-39  drugs; and 
 
 
 
 
 
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  3- 1  WHEREAS, the presence of a drug addict in the family 
  3- 2  seriously threatens the ability of that family to function 
  3- 3  appropriately; and 
 
  3- 4  WHEREAS, drug addiction among those incarcerated in the 
  3- 5  state's jails, prisons, and youth detention facilities is 
  3- 6  either not treated or inadequately treated to ensure the 
  3- 7  incarcerated persons can avoid drug use upon their release; 
  3- 8  and 
 
  3- 9  WHEREAS, the state needs to develop long-range plans to deal 
  3-10  with the scourge of drug addiction without exclusively using 
  3-11  punitive measures. 
 
  3-12  NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF 
  3-13  GEORGIA that there is created the State Commission on Drug 
  3-14  Addiction to be composed of 12 members.  Three of such 
  3-15  members shall be members of the House of Representatives who 
  3-16  shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House, with at 
  3-17  least one being a member of the majority party in the House 
  3-18  and at least one being a member of the minority party in the 
  3-19  House.  Three of such members shall be members of the Senate 
  3-20  who shall be appointed by the President of the Senate, with 
  3-21  at least one being a member of the majority party in the 
  3-22  Senate and at least one being a member of the minority party 
  3-23  in the Senate.  Two of such members shall be appointed by 
  3-24  the Governor who shall designate one of such appointees as 
  3-25  chairperson and the other as vice chairperson of the 
  3-26  commission.  Three members shall be the commissioner, or 
  3-27  such commissioner's designee, of the following departments: 
  3-28  the Department of Human Resources, the Department of 
  3-29  Corrections, and the Department of Juvenile Justice, and one 
  3-30  member shall be the chairman, or such chairman's designee, 
  3-31  of the State Board of Pardons and Paroles.  The commission 
  3-32  chairperson shall call all meetings of the commission. 
 
  3-33  BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the commission shall undertake a 
  3-34  study of the conditions, needs, issues, and problems 
  3-35  mentioned above or related thereto and recommend any actions 
  3-36  or legislation which the commission deems necessary or 
  3-37  appropriate.  The commission shall also collect available 
  3-38  data regarding drug addiction in order to determine: by 
  3-39  county, the number of addicts receiving treatment, according 
  3-40  to gender, treatment method, and outcome, the projected 
  3-41  number of addicts not receiving treatment, and the number of 
  3-42  arrests involving drug offenses.  The commission may conduct 
  3-43  such meetings at such places and at such times as it may 
  3-44  deem necessary or convenient to enable it to exercise fully 
 
 
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  4- 1  and effectively its powers, perform its duties, and 
  4- 2  accomplish the objectives and purposes of this resolution. 
  4- 3  Legislative members and citizen members, if any, shall 
  4- 4  receive the expenses and allowances authorized by law for 
  4- 5  members of legislative members of interim legislative 
  4- 6  committees for their services on the commission but shall 
  4- 7  receive the same for not more than ten days unless 
  4- 8  additional days are authorized.  Members of the commission 
  4- 9  who are state officials, other than legislative members, or 
  4-10  state employees shall receive no compensation for their 
  4-11  services on the commission, but they shall be reimbursed for 
  4-12  expenses incurred by them in the performance of their duties 
  4-13  as members of the commission.  The funds necessary for the 
  4-14  reimbursement of the expenses of state officials, other than 
  4-15  legislative members, and state employees shall come from 
  4-16  funds appropriated to or otherwise available to their 
  4-17  respective departments.  All other funds necessary to carry 
  4-18  out the provisions of this resolution shall come from the 
  4-19  funds appropriated to or otherwise available to the House of 
  4-20  Representatives and Senate.  In the event the commission 
  4-21  makes a report of its findings and recommendations, with 
  4-22  suggestions for proposed legislation, if any, such report 
  4-23  shall be made on or before December 1, 1999.  The commission 
  4-24  shall stand abolished on December 1, 1999. 
 
 
 
  4-25  WHEREAS, manufactured housing constitutes 28 percent of the 
  4-26  new single family housing in Georgia and the manufactured 
  4-27  housing industry is an important resource to the prosperity 
  4-28  of Georgia; and 
 
  4-29  WHEREAS, manufactured homes are subject to disparate 
  4-30  treatment in this state with respect to taxation, zoning, 
  4-31  transport, and regulation; and 
 
  4-32  WHEREAS, an overall comprehensive study should be undertaken 
  4-33  to assist the General Assembly in determining the need for 
  4-34  uniform treatment of manufactured homes in Georgia. 
 
  4-35  NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF 
  4-36  GEORGIA that there is created the Joint Manufactured Housing 
  4-37  Study Committee, to be composed of three members of the 
  4-38  Senate appointed by the President of the Senate and three 
  4-39  members of the House of Representatives appointed by the 
  4-40  Speaker of the House of Representatives. The President of 
  4-41  the Senate and the Speaker of the House shall each designate 
 
 
 
 
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  5- 1  a member of the committee as cochairperson of the committee. 
  5- 2  The cochairpersons shall call all meetings of the committee. 
 
  5- 3  BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the committee shall undertake a 
  5- 4  study of the conditions, needs, issues, and problems 
  5- 5  mentioned above or related thereto and recommend any actions 
  5- 6  or legislation which the committee deems necessary or 
  5- 7  appropriate.  The committee may conduct such meetings at 
  5- 8  such places and at such times as it may deem necessary or 
  5- 9  convenient to enable it to exercise fully and effectively 
  5-10  its powers, perform its duties, and accomplish the 
  5-11  objectives and purposes of this resolution.  The members of 
  5-12  the committee shall receive the allowances authorized for 
  5-13  legislative members of interim legislative committees but 
  5-14  shall receive the same for not more than five days unless 
  5-15  additional days are authorized.  The funds necessary to 
  5-16  carry out the provisions of this resolution shall come from 
  5-17  the funds appropriated to the Senate and the House of 
  5-18  Representatives.  In the event the committee makes a report 
  5-19  of its findings and recommendations, with suggestions for 
  5-20  proposed legislation, if any, such report shall be made on 
  5-21  or before December 1, 1999. The committee shall stand 
  5-22  abolished on December 1, 1999. 
 
 
 
  5-23  WHEREAS, art plays a meaningful role in the everyday lives 
  5-24  of our citizens and in the overall education of both youths 
  5-25  and adults; and 
 
  5-26  WHEREAS, art embodies historical and sustaining importance 
  5-27  to the State of Georgia as a visual representation of our 
  5-28  heritage and further provides cultural enlightenment for our 
  5-29  citizens; and 
 
  5-30  WHEREAS, the Secretary of State of Georgia is proud to 
  5-31  coordinate the public exhibition and maintenance of art work 
  5-32  in the Capitol and Capitol Education Center and seeks to 
  5-33  work in cooperation with the Georgia Building Authority for 
  5-34  art at the Governor's Mansion; and 
 
  5-35  WHEREAS, there is an impending need for policies and 
  5-36  procedures to guide the collection, acquisition, 
  5-37  deaccessioning, preserving, and displaying of art work in 
  5-38  the Capitol, Capitol Education Center, and the Governor's 
  5-39  Mansion. 
 
  5-40  NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF 
  5-41  GEORGIA that there is created the Joint Study Committee on 
 
 
 
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  6- 1  Art Policies for the Capitol and Governor's Mansion to be 
  6- 2  composed of four members of the House of Representatives to 
  6- 3  be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, 
  6- 4  four members of the Senate to be appointed by the President 
  6- 5  of the Senate, four members appointed by the Governor, and 
  6- 6  the executive director of the Georgia Building Authority or 
  6- 7  his or her designee.  The Secretary of State shall serve as 
  6- 8  a member and chairperson of the committee.  The committee 
  6- 9  shall meet at the call of the chairperson. 
 
  6-10  BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the committee shall undertake a 
  6-11  study of the conditions, needs, issues, and problems 
  6-12  mentioned above or related thereto and recommend any actions 
  6-13  or legislation which the committee deems necessary or 
  6-14  appropriate.  The committee may conduct such meetings at 
  6-15  such places and at such times as it may deem necessary or 
  6-16  convenient to enable it to exercise fully and effectively 
  6-17  its powers, perform its duties, and accomplish the 
  6-18  objectives and purposes of this resolution.  The members of 
  6-19  the committee shall receive the allowances authorized for 
  6-20  legislative members of interim legislative committees but 
  6-21  shall receive the same for not more than five days unless 
  6-22  additional days are authorized.  The funds necessary to 
  6-23  carry out the provisions of this resolution shall come from 
  6-24  the funds appropriated to the House of Representatives and 
  6-25  Senate.  The event the committee shall make a report of its 
  6-26  findings and recommendations, with suggestions for proposed 
  6-27  legislation, if any, to the Governor and General Assembly on 
  6-28  or before December 31, 1999.  The committee shall stand 
  6-29  abolished on December 31, 1999. 
 
 
 
  6-30  WHEREAS, the rivers of West Georgia are a vital and 
  6-31  important resource which provide drinking water and 
  6-32  recreational opportunities to the citizens of the State of 
  6-33  Georgia; and 
 
  6-34  WHEREAS, the protection of these vital resources is critical 
  6-35  to the prosperity of West Georgia and the citizens of the 
  6-36  entire state; and 
 
  6-37  WHEREAS, there exists a need for a thorough and 
  6-38  comprehensive study of  steps to protect and improve the 
  6-39  waters of these rivers, to lessen the impact of development 
  6-40  on these ecosystems, and to prevent the erosion of 
  6-41  riverbanks in this area of the state; and 
 
 
 
 
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  7- 1  WHEREAS, Coweta County has adopted zoning ordinances to 
  7- 2  protect these river corridors; and 
 
  7- 3  WHEREAS, Carroll, Heard, and Troup counties also have a 
  7- 4  vital interest in protecting these resources; and 
 
  7- 5  WHEREAS, a study should be undertaken to assist the General 
  7- 6  Assembly in determining the need for and details of a West 
  7- 7  Georgia River Protection Act to preserve and enhance the 
  7- 8  rivers of the above-named counties. 
 
  7- 9  NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF 
  7-10  GEORGIA that there is created the Joint West Georgia River 
  7-11  Protection Act Study Committee, to be composed of five 
  7-12  members of the Senate appointed by the President of the 
  7-13  Senate and five members of the House of Representatives 
  7-14  appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, 
  7-15  with consideration given to the appointment of those members 
  7-16  of the General Assembly who represent Coweta, Heard, Troup, 
  7-17  and Carroll counties. The President of the Senate and the 
  7-18  Speaker of the House shall each designate a member of the 
  7-19  committee as cochairperson of the committee.  The 
  7-20  cochairpersons shall call all meetings of the committee. 
 
  7-21  BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the committee shall undertake a 
  7-22  study of the conditions, needs, issues, and problems 
  7-23  mentioned above or related thereto and recommend any actions 
  7-24  or legislation which the committee deems necessary or 
  7-25  appropriate.  The committee may conduct such meetings at 
  7-26  such places and at such times as it may deem necessary or 
  7-27  convenient to enable it to exercise fully and effectively 
  7-28  its powers, perform its duties, and accomplish the 
  7-29  objectives and purposes of this resolution.  The members of 
  7-30  the committee shall receive the allowances authorized for 
  7-31  legislative members of interim legislative committees but 
  7-32  shall receive the same for not more than five days unless 
  7-33  additional days are authorized.  The funds necessary to 
  7-34  carry out the provisions of this resolution shall come from 
  7-35  the funds appropriated to the Senate and the House of 
  7-36  Representatives.  In the event the committee makes a report 
  7-37  of its findings and recommendations, with suggestions for 
  7-38  proposed legislation, if any, such report shall be made on 
  7-39  or before December 1, 1999. The committee shall stand 
  7-40  abolished on December 1, 1999. 
 
 
 
  7-41  WHEREAS, Lake Lanier is the source of much of the drinking 
  7-42  water for residents of this state; and 
 
 
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  8- 1  WHEREAS, Lake Lanier is also a prime recreational area for 
  8- 2  the state; and 
 
  8- 3  WHEREAS, the shores of Lake Lanier are also the site of 
  8- 4  increasing residential and other development; and 
 
  8- 5  WHEREAS, a thorough study should be made to assess how the 
  8- 6  various uses of Lake Lanier can be suitably balanced to 
  8- 7  ensure high water quality, commerce, and quality of life; 
  8- 8  and 
 
  8- 9  WHEREAS, long-range planning must be conducted with special 
  8-10  emphasis upon the impact of increased population and 
  8-11  development around the lake and the need to protect the lake 
  8-12  from both natural and man-made pollution; and 
 
  8-13  WHEREAS, the possibility needs to be explored of creating a 
  8-14  multijurisdictional authority to deal with these concerns. 
 
  8-15  NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF 
  8-16  REPRESENTATIVES that there is created the House Lake Lanier 
  8-17  Water Quality Study Committee to be composed of: 
 
  8-18      (1) Five members of the House of Representatives to be 
  8-19      appointed by the Speaker of the House of 
  8-20      Representatives; 
 
  8-21      (2) One member from the Carl Vinson Institute of 
  8-22      Government to be designated by the director of such 
  8-23      institute; 
 
  8-24      (3) One member from the Army Corps of Engineers to be 
  8-25      designated by the commander of that unit of such corps 
  8-26      having jurisdiction over Lake Lanier; and 
 
  8-27      (4) Two citizen members having background and experience 
  8-28      in water quality issues and to be appointed by the 
  8-29      Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
 
  8-30  The members of the committee who are members of the House of 
  8-31  Representatives shall elect one of such House members as 
  8-32  chairperson.  The full committee shall elect two of their 
  8-33  members as vice chairperson and secretary.  The chairperson 
  8-34  shall call all meetings of the committee. 
 
  8-35  BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the committee shall undertake a 
  8-36  study of the conditions, needs, issues, and problems 
  8-37  mentioned above or related thereto and recommend any actions 
  8-38  or legislation which the committee deems necessary or 
  8-39  appropriate.  The committee may conduct such meetings at 
  8-40  such places and at such times as it may deem necessary or 
 
 
 
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  9- 1  convenient to enable it to exercise fully and effectively 
  9- 2  its powers, perform its duties, and accomplish the 
  9- 3  objectives and purposes of this resolution.  Members of the 
  9- 4  committee who are officials or employees of any state 
  9- 5  department, other than the board of regents, shall receive 
  9- 6  no compensation for their services, but they shall be 
  9- 7  reimbursed for expenses incurred by them in the performance 
  9- 8  of their duties as members of the committee.  The funds 
  9- 9  necessary for such reimbursement shall come from funds 
  9-10  appropriated to or otherwise available to their respective 
  9-11  departments.  All other members of the committee shall 
  9-12  receive the expenses and allowances authorized by law for 
  9-13  legislative members of interim legislative committees and 
  9-14  those funds and all other funds necessary to carry out the 
  9-15  provisions of this resolution shall come from the funds 
  9-16  appropriated to or otherwise available to the House of 
  9-17  Representatives.  The members of the committee shall receive 
  9-18  such allowances for not more than five days unless 
  9-19  additional days are authorized.  In the event the committee 
  9-20  makes a report of its findings and recommendations, with 
  9-21  suggestions for proposed legislation, if any, such report 
  9-22  shall be made on or before December 15, 1999.  The committee 
  9-23  shall stand abolished on December 1, 1999. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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