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House
Resolution 2088
By:
Representatives Heard of the
114th,
Kidd of the
115th,
and Greene of the
149th
A
RESOLUTION
Creating
the House Black Belt Study Committee; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
the rural south contains 30 percent of this nation's population and 34 percent
of the nation's poor; and
WHEREAS,
Georgia's share of this pervasive poverty is disproportionately large as
evidenced by the sobering statistics that our state is home to more than 25
percent of all poor people living in the eleven state southeastern region of the
United States; and
WHEREAS,
the residents of this state bear a tremendous burden as a result of the
continuous cycle of poverty and it is abundantly appropriate that a
comprehensive study of this pervasive poverty be undertaken.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that there is created
the House Black Belt 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.