05 LC
25 3899
House
Bill 264
By:
Representatives Forster of the
3rd,
Manning of the
32nd,
Davis of the
109th,
Fludd of the
66th,
and Ashe of the
56th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Chapter 6 of Title 28 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to interstate cooperation, so as to change certain provisions relating to
creation and membership of the Georgia Commission on Interstate Cooperation; to
provide for allowances; to change certain provisions relating to functions of
the Georgia Commission on Interstate Cooperation; to change certain provisions
relating to a declaration that the Council of State Governments, Council of
State Governments–Clairmont Road, L.L.C., and Southern Legislative
Conference are joint governmental agencies of this state; to provide that
certain organizations are joint governmental agencies of this state; to repeal
conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Chapter
6 of Title 28 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to interstate
cooperation, is amended by striking Code Section 28-6-2, relating to creation
and membership of the Georgia Commission on Interstate Cooperation, and
inserting in lieu thereof the following:
"28-6-2.
(a)
There is established the Georgia Commission on Interstate Cooperation. The
commission shall be composed of
15
10
regular members:
(1)
The five members of the Senate Committee on Interstate Cooperation;
and
(2)
The five members of the House Committee on Interstate
Cooperation;
and
(3)
The five members of the
Governoŕs
Committee on Interstate
Cooperation.
(b)
The Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
Representatives shall be ex officio honorary nonvoting members of this
commission.
The
chairman of the
Governoŕs
Committee on Interstate Cooperation shall be ex officio chairman of this
commission.
(c)
The five members of the
Governoŕs
Committee on Interstate Cooperation shall serve in an advisory capacity to the
commission.
(d)
For all meetings of the commission held when the General Assembly is not in
session, the legislative members of the commission shall receive the expense,
mileage, and travel allowances authorized by law for legislative members of
interim legislative committees. The funds necessary to carry out this
subsection shall come from funds appropriated and available to the legislative
branch of
government."
SECTION
2.
Said
chapter is further amended by striking Code Section 28-6-3, relating to
functions of the Georgia Commission on Interstate Cooperation, and inserting in
lieu thereof the following:
"28-6-3.
It
shall be the function of the commission to:
(1)
Carry forward the participation of this state as a member of
the Council
of State Governments and of the Southern Legislative
Conference
any regional,
national, or international organization that promotes interstate or
international cooperation;
(2)
Encourage and assist the legislative, executive, administrative, and judicial
officials and employees of this state to develop and maintain friendly contact
by correspondence, by conference, and otherwise with officials and employees of
the other states, of the federal government, and of local units of
government;
(3)
Endeavor to advance cooperation between this state and other units of government
whenever it seems advisable to do so by formulating proposals for and by
facilitating:
(A)
The adoption of compacts;
(B)
The enactment of uniform or reciprocal statutes;
(C)
The adoption of uniform or reciprocal administrative rules and
regulations;
(D)
The informal cooperation of governmental offices with one another;
(E)
The personal cooperation of governmental officials and employees with one
another;
(F)
The interchange and clearance of research and information; and
(G)
Any other suitable process; and
(4)
Do all such acts as will, in the opinion of the commission, enable this state to
do its part or more in forming a more perfect union among the various
governments in the United States and in
promoting
international relations by developing
the Council
of State Governments
legislative
organizations for
that
purpose
such
purposes."
SECTION
3.
Said
chapter is further amended by striking Code Section 28-6-7, relating to a
declaration that the Council of State Governments, Council of State
Governments–Clairmont Road, L.L.C., and Southern Legislative Conference
are joint governmental agencies of this state, and inserting in lieu thereof the
following:
"28-6-7.
The
Council of State Governments, the Council of State Governments - Clairmont Road,
L. L. C. (of which the Council of State Governments is the sole member), and the
Southern Legislative Conference are each
Any
organization in which this state is a participant pursuant to paragraph (1) of
Code Section 28-6-3 and which has its regional or national headquarters located
in this state is declared to be a joint
governmental agency of this state and of the other states which cooperate
through
it."
SECTION
4.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.