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Study Committees: An In-depth Look at Some of GA’s Important Issues

Every year, between legislative sessions, the General Assembly selects several important issues to study in-depth, over several months. The result of these study committees comes in the form of a final report and can include a legislative recommendation.

This summer, I have been appointed by the Lt. Governor Casey Cagle to serve on three study committees in various capacities. First, as Chair of the Senate Venture on Capital Investments Study Committee, subject matter experts on start-up investment and angel investing will provide insight into how Georgia can best grow the next wave of great innovators. Specifically, the committee will analyze what an increase in allocation of funds to the Invest Georgia Program to fund and grow Georgia-based companies would do to this aspirational goal.

I will also Co-Chair the Joint Incentives for Financial Technologies and the Payment Processing Study Committee with Rep. Ron Stephens. In our respective sides of the legislature, Rep. Stephens and I both chair the committees tasked with the economic development of our state. The financial payments industry has found a home in Georgia, specifically on “Transaction Alley” in the northern half of Fulton County. This committee is charged with reviewing the conditions, needs, issues and problems pertaining to Georgia’s financial transactions industry, which accounts for a significant number of jobs.

In addition to other legislators on this committee, representatives from the Georgia Department of Economic Development will participate in these meetings. Their department does great work attracting and retaining business in Georgia.

Lastly, I will serve as a member on the Senate Regional Transit Solutions Study Committee, which is chaired by my colleague, Sen. Steve Gooch from Dahlonega. This study committee will review traffic congestion and what role a region-wide transit system would play in mitigating it. Transit will play an important role in the economic development of not only the metro Atlanta region, but our whole state. A regional transit plan would improve the productivity of those living and working in the area, lower the cost of doing any business that moves through Atlanta and make visiting the region easier. All of those benefits layer on top of the potential reductions in congestion on the major highways and interstates of our state.

Each issue presents unique challenges that, with thorough analysis, can be improved upon to maintain Georgia’s position as the best state in which to live, work and raise a family.

Anyone who is interested in following the progress of these committees or attending a meeting may contact my office. Meeting notices will be posted online at Senate.ga.gov, under the “Committees” section.

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