05
SR298/AP
Senate
Resolution 298
By:
Senators Seabaugh of the 28th, Balfour of the 9th and Johnson of the
1st
ADOPTED
A
RESOLUTION
Creating
the Joint House and Senate Emerging Communications Technologies Study Committee;
and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
as the competitiveness of broadband, Voice Over Internet Protocol, and wireless
services continues to increase; and
WHEREAS,
these emerging technologies have prospered under a market based economy;
and
WHEREAS,
a favorable market for these emerging technologies in Georgia will aid economic
development, help attract new jobs, and help secure existing jobs;
and
WHEREAS,
accordingly, investment in these emerging technologies should be encouraged and
any disincentives to such investments resulting from unnecessary government
regulation should be eliminated.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY that there is created the
Joint House and Senate Emerging Communications Technologies Study Committee to
be composed of three members of the House of Representatives to be appointed by
the Speaker of the House of Representatives and three members of the Senate to
be appointed by the Senate Committee on Assignments. The Speaker of the House
shall designate a member of the committee as cochairperson of the committee, and
the Senate Committee on Assignments shall designate a member of the committee as
cochairperson of the committee. The cochairpersons shall call all meetings of
the committee. The cochairpersons may appoint an advisory committee composed of,
but not limited to, representatives of incumbent telecommunications companies,
competitive telecommunications companies (both facilities based and
nonfacilities based), cable companies, Internet service providers, power
companies, wireless companies, consumer groups, and the Public Service
Commission.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the committee shall undertake a study of the emerging technologies of broadband, Voice Over Internet Protocol, and wireless service and will consider what role, if any, the Public Service Commission should play in the growth and development of these competitive services, including the effect of state regulation of these services on economic development, job growth, and capital investment in the State of Georgia. The committee shall develop and recommend legislation for the 2006 session which the committee deems necessary or appropriate to address such issues.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the committee shall undertake a study of the emerging technologies of broadband, Voice Over Internet Protocol, and wireless service and will consider what role, if any, the Public Service Commission should play in the growth and development of these competitive services, including the effect of state regulation of these services on economic development, job growth, and capital investment in the State of Georgia. The committee shall develop and recommend legislation for the 2006 session which the committee deems necessary or appropriate to address such issues.
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 legislative members of interim legislative committees shall
receive the allowances authorized for legislative members of interim legislative
committees but shall receive the same for not more than five days unless
additional days are authorized. The members of any advisory committee shall
serve without compensation. The funds necessary to carry out the provisions of
this resolution shall come from the funds appropriated to the House of
Representatives and the Senate. In the event the committee makes a report of its
findings and recommendations, such report shall be made on or before December
31, 2005. The committee shall be abolished on December 31, 2005.