08
LC 38 0694
House
Resolution 1857
By:
Representatives Rogers of the
26th,
Smith of the
129th,
Graves of the
12th,
Jacobs of the
80th,
Floyd of the
147th,
and others
A
RESOLUTION
Creating
the House Study Committee on Roadside Enhancement and Beautification; and for
other purposes.
WHEREAS,
the number one cause of death due to Georgia´s highways and roads does not
take place on the roads or highways but on the roadsides and medians of such
roads and highways; and
WHEREAS,
it is a great challenge balancing the maintenance and beautification of a
roadside while at the same time ensuring that the roadside is safe for
travelers; and
WHEREAS,
further efforts are needed to maintain the medians and roadsides of
Georgia´s highways and roads to ensure that they are as safe as they can be
while maintaining their beauty.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that there is created
the House Study Committee on Roadside Enhancement and Beautification to be
composed of five members of the House of Representatives to be appointed by the
Speaker of the House. The Speaker of the House shall designate a member of the
committee to serve as chairperson. The chairperson shall call all meetings of
the committee.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the committee shall undertake a study of the
conditions, needs, and issues 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 the
convening of the 2009 session of the General Assembly, at which time the
committee shall stand abolished.