07
SR365/AP
Senate
Resolution 365
By:
Senators Mullis of the 53rd, Pearson of the 51st, Whitehead, Sr. of the 24th,
Hill of the 32nd, Goggans of the 7th and others
ADOPTED
ADOPTED
A
RESOLUTION
Creating
the Joint Study Committee on Transportation Funding; and for other
purposes.
WHEREAS,
transportation is a critical resource in the State of Georgia in providing a
high quality of life for residents across the state; and
WHEREAS,
transportation is essential to commerce and the provision of goods and services
to the people of this state, to getting the citizens of Georgia to the
workplace, medical facilities, and educational facilities, to the tourism
industry, and to every facet of the lives of Georgia citizens; and
WHEREAS,
finding the necessary funds to maintain and improve our transportation systems
and infrastructure is becoming increasingly difficult; and
WHEREAS,
new sources and methods of funding transportation projects are needed to allow
the transportation systems in Georgia to keep up with the needs of the
population; and
WHEREAS,
the General Assembly needs to study these issues to determine alternative
funding mechanisms for transportation projects and special funding
sources.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA that there is
created the Joint Study Committee on Transportation Funding to be composed of
eight members. The committee shall be composed of the chairperson of the Senate
Transportation Committee, the chairperson of the House Committee on
Transportation, three members of the Senate appointed by the Lieutenant
Governor, and three members appointed by the Speaker of the House of
Representatives. The chairperson of the Senate Transportation Committee and the
chairperson of the House Committee on Transportation shall serve as
cochairpersons of the committee. The cochairpersons shall call all meetings of
the committee.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the committee shall undertake a study of the
conditions, needs, issues, and problems mentioned above or related thereto and
recommend any actions or legislation that the committee deems necessary or
appropriate. The committee may conduct such meetings at such places and at such
times as it may deem necessary or convenient to enable it to exercise fully and
effectively its powers, perform its duties, and accomplish the objectives and
purposes of this resolution. The members of the committee shall receive the
allowances authorized for legislative members of interim legislative committees
but shall receive the same for not more than six days unless additional days are
authorized. The funds necessary to pay the allowances for the members of the
committee shall come from the funds appropriated to the House of Representatives
and the Senate. The funds necessary to pay all other expenses incurred by the
committee shall come from the funds appropriated to the Department of
Transportation. The Department of Transportation is authorized and directed to
provide the committee with such logistical, professional, and other support as
the committee deems appropriate to carry out the committee´s duties under
this resolution. In the event that the committee makes a report of its findings
and recommendations with suggestions for proposed legislation, if any, such
report shall be made on or before December 31, 2007. The committee shall stand
abolished on December 31, 2007.