08 LC 38
0547
House
Resolution 1154
By:
Representatives Hembree of the
67th,
Cox of the
102nd,
Hatfield of the
177th,
Harbin of the
118th,
Burns of the
157th,
and others
A
RESOLUTION
Urging
the Georgia Lottery Corporation to take a more conservative approach with the
distribution of bonuses and incentives; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
after the state-wide approval of a constitutional amendment creating a lottery,
the Georgia lottery began in 1993; and
WHEREAS,
the HOPE scholarship was created in 1993 in an effort to give qualified Georgia
high school students the opportunity to go to college; and
WHEREAS,
with the success of the HOPE scholarship, several other education initiatives
were created including a pre-K program for all Georgia four-year-olds and other
efforts to improve the technology in Georgia´s classrooms; and
WHEREAS,
funds for the HOPE scholarship, the pre-K program, and many other initiatives
are generated by the Georgia lottery, which since in inception has appropriated
more than $3.61 billion in lottery proceeds and distributed more than 1 million
scholarships; and
WHEREAS,
the Georgia Lottery Corporation was statutorily created as a public corporation
with the charge of managing the Georgia lottery as efficiently as possible with
the stated goal that net proceeds for each fiscal year equal 35 percent of the
lottery proceeds; and
WHEREAS,
currently the 35 percent goal is not being met, and it is important that every
possible dollar generated by the Georgia lottery makes its way toward the HOPE
scholarship and the other education programs subsidized by the lottery;
and
WHEREAS,
this past year the Georgia Lottery Corporation awarded nearly $3 million in
bonuses for its employees.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of
this body urge the Georgia Lottery Corporation to take a more conservative
approach with the distribution of bonuses and incentives so that as many Georgia
children and students can benefit from the funds generated by the Georgia
lottery.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized
and directed to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to the Georgia
Lottery Corporation.