07 LC 37
0398
House
Resolution 427
By:
Representatives Fludd of the
66th,
Manning of the
32nd,
Coan of the
101st,
Black of the
174th,
Starr of the
78th,
and others
A
RESOLUTION
Creating
the House Self-employment Assistance Program; and for other
purposes.
WHEREAS,
self-employment assistance offers dislocated workers the opportunity for early
reemployment; and
WHEREAS,
the program is designed to encourage and enable unemployed workers to create
their own jobs by starting their own small businesses; and
WHEREAS,
under these programs, states can pay a self-employed allowance, instead of
regular unemployment insurance benefits, to help unemployed workers while they
are establishing businesses and becoming self-employed; and
WHEREAS,
this is a voluntary program for states and seven states have developed
self-employment assistance programs.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that there is created
the House Self-employment Assistance 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, 2007. The committee shall stand
abolished on December 1, 2007.