05 LC 22 5907S
(SCS)
Senate
Resolution 431
By:
Senators Carter of the 13th, Zamarripa of the 36th, Kemp of the 46th, Mullis of
the 53rd, Hill of the 32nd and others
ADOPTED
SENATE
A
RESOLUTION
Creating
the Senate Study Committee on Security for State and County Buildings; and for
other purposes.
WHEREAS,
Superior Court Judge Rowland Barnes, a court reporter, and a deputy sheriff were
murdered and another deputy was shot at the Fulton County courthouse in downtown
Atlanta on March 11, 2005; and
WHEREAS,
the husband and mother of a judge in another city were recently murdered;
and
WHEREAS,
these deaths and injuries are only part of an apparent increase in violence
against public officials; and
WHEREAS,
new technology may be available to increase security at buildings that are open
to the public; and
WHEREAS,
it is imperative that the government provide adequate security to protect
members of the public and public officials conducting official business at state
and county buildings.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that there is created the Senate Study
Committee on Security for State and County Buildings to be composed of seven
members of the Senate to be appointed by the Senate Committee on Assignments.
The Senate Committee on Assignments 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 actions or legislation which the committee deems necessary or
appropriate. The committee shall seek the advice and opinions of public
building security experts and state and local officials. 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 authorized for legislative
members of interim legislative committees but shall receive the same for not
more than three 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 Senate. 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 31, 2005. The committee shall
stand abolished on December 31, 2005.