House Resolution 1206

Chair's Name: Wendell Willard

Committee: Judiciary Civil

House Sponsor: Harry Geisinger

Chairman Willard’s Opinion of the legislation:

HR 1206 provides a number of references to the history of the Georgia-Tennessee and Georgia-North Carolina border and the survey of the 35th parallel, and proposes the creation of a Georgia-Tennessee Boundary Line Commission and Georgia-North Carolina Boundary Line Commission.  The Commissions would each have three members of the Georgia House and three members of the Georgia Senate, and would have the ability to employ consultants and contractors to study the boundary line issue.  The Commissions would report back to the General Assembly by the beginning of the 2009 legislative session.

The recent drought and water shortage were the driving forces behind this resolution.  Rep. Geisinger worked on this issue when he served in the General Assembly in the 1970’s.

This Legislation:

•        Reduces the Tax Burden on our Citizens by seeking to take advantage of water resources that Georgia may already have a claim to, which would reduce the need for more expensive government solutions to the water shortage.

This bill comes to the Floor under the Open Rule.