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House
Resolution 1047
By:
Representatives Thomas of the
100th,
Buckner of the
130th,
Benfield of the
85th,
and Kidd of the
115th
A
RESOLUTION
Proposing
an amendment to the Constitution so as to authorize the General Assembly to
provide by law for creation and administration of a nonlapsing trust fund or
funds for purposes of hazardous waste management, solid waste management, or
both; to provide for appropriations and dedication of revenue to such funds; to
provide for ratification of previously enacted laws relating to such funds; to
provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and
for other purposes.
BE
IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Article
III, Section IX, Paragraph VI of the Constitution is amended by adding a new
subparagraph (n) to read as follows:
"(n)
The General Assembly may provide by general law for the creation and
administration of a trust fund or funds for purposes of hazardous waste
management, solid waste management, or both. The General Assembly may
appropriate moneys to any such fund and may also provide by general law that
appropriations to any such fund shall not lapse; the General Assembly may also
provide by general law for dedication of specified revenue to any such fund.
Any general laws enacted prior to January 1, 2007, and in force and effect on
that date and providing for administration of any such fund and for dedication
of certain revenue to any such fund are hereby ratified by adoption of this
subparagraph and shall continue in force and effect unless and until they are
amended or
repealed."
SECTION
2.
The
above proposed amendment to the Constitution shall be published and submitted as
provided in Article X, Section I, Paragraph II of the Constitution. The ballot
submitting the above proposed amendment shall have written or printed thereon
the following:
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"( ) YES
( ) NO
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Shall
the Constitution of Georgia be amended so as to authorize the General Assembly
to provide by law for the creation and administration of a nonlapsing trust fund
or funds for purposes of hazardous waste management, solid waste management, or
both; to authorize the dedication of certain revenue to such funds; and to
ratify previously enacted laws in effect on January 1, 2007, which provide for
such funds?"
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All
persons desiring to vote in favor of ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote
"Yes." All persons desiring to vote against ratifying the proposed amendment
shall vote "No." If such amendment shall be ratified as provided in said
Paragraph of the Constitution, it shall become a part of the Constitution of
this state.