06 LC 36
0244S
The
House Committee on Public Utilities and Telecommunications offers the
following
substitute to HB 738:
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 46-5-139 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to the Joint Study Committee on Wireless Enhanced 9-1-1 Charges, so as to
reconstitute the Joint Study Committee on Wireless Enhanced 9-1-1 Charges; to
repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Code
Section 46-5-139 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the
Joint Study Committee on Wireless Enhanced 9-1-1 Charges, is amended by striking
the Code section in its entirety, and inserting in lieu thereof the
following:
"46-5-139.
Reserved.
Following
the conclusion of the 2006 session of the General Assembly, the President of the
Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall each appoint no
fewer than three members of their respective bodies to serve as members of the
Joint Study Committee on Wireless Enhanced 9-1-1 Charges. The chairpersons of
the House Committee on Public Utilities and Telecommunications and the Senate
Regulated Industries and Utilities Committee shall cochair the study committee.
In addition, the Governor shall appoint five members representing the
telecommunications industry. The committee shall review the current method of
collecting 9-1-1 fees and shall investigate alternative methods of assessing and
collecting fees equitably and equally. Such joint study committee shall make
any recommendations it considers appropriate to the General Assembly no later
than December 31, 2006. The General Assembly may implement the provisions of
this Code section by appropriate
resolution."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.