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For Immediate Release
May 1, 2005

Speaker Richardson appoints State Representatives Mark Burkhalter, Terry Coleman, Chuck Martin, Barbara Massey Reece, and Don Wix to the Joint LNG and Natural Gas Infrastructure Study Committee

Atlanta– Today House Speaker Glenn Richardson (R-Hiram) appointed State Representatives Mark Burkhalter (R-Alpharetta), Terry Coleman (D-Eastman), Chuck Martin (R-Alpharetta), Barbara Massey Reece (D-Menlo), and Don Wix (D-Mableton) to the legislature’s Joint LNG and Natural Gas Infrastructure Study Committee. The committee is made up of five Representatives appointed by the Speaker, five State Senators, and the Co-Chairs may appoint non-members to an advisory committee.

The committee shall undertake a study of the conditions, needs, issues, challenges, and opportunities relating to Georgia’s natural gas infrastructure or and develop and recommend legislation which the committee deems necessary or appropriate to address the issues. The committee was created by the passage of House Resolution 92. The study committee will end its meeting on December 31, 2005.

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Brent Cranfield

404-656-0305 bcranfield@legis.state.ga.us