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House Resolution 1080
By: Representatives Smith of the 113th, Ehrhart of the 36th, Harbin of the 118th, Royal of the 171st, Floyd of the 147th, and others

A RESOLUTION

Creating the House State-Local Shared Usage of Government Facilities Study Committee; and for other purposes.

WHEREAS, a number of issues and concerns have been raised related to the potential for greater cost-effective use of publicly owned facilities by providing for political subdivisions of this state to share usage of certain facilities owned by the State of Georgia, specifically including but not limited to facilities of the University System of Georgia and the Department of Technical and Adult Education; and

WHEREAS, many of these issues and concerns warrant further study during the interim between the 2006 and 2007 regular sessions of the General Assembly.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that there is created the House State-Local Shared Usage of Government Facilities Study Committee to be composed of five members of the House of Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. The Speaker shall designate a member of the committee as chairperson of the committee. The chairperson 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 action or legislation which 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 provided for in Code Section 28-1-8 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated. The allowances authorized by this resolution shall not be received by any member of the committee for more than five days unless additional days are authorized. The funds necessary to carry out the provisions of this resolution shall come from the funds appropriated to the House of Representatives. In the event 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 1, 2006. The committee shall stand abolished on December 1, 2006.