Bill Text: GA HR1675 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

Georgia House Resolution 1675 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: House Study Committee on Compensation for the Convicted Innocent; create

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-07 - House Second Readers [HR1675 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2011-HR1675-Introduced.html

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House Resolution 1675

By: Representatives Hugley of the 133rd, Abrams of the 84th, and Williams of the 165th

A RESOLUTION

Creating the House Study Committee on Compensation for the Convicted Innocent; and for other purposes.

WHEREAS, the General Assembly considers resolutions authorizing and directing the Department of Administrative Services to pay compensation to individuals in this state who have suffered conviction, incarceration, and subsequent loss of liberty and other damages through no fault or negligence of their own; and

WHEREAS, the amount of compensation awarded in such resolutions differ greatly; and

WHEREAS, there is not currently a methodology being consistently utilized to assess and determine a fair and adequate amount to compensate an individual for loss of liberty, personal injury, lost wages, injury to reputation, emotional distress, loss of consortium, loss of familial association, and other damages as a result of years of incarceration and expenses incurred in trying to prove his or her innocence; and

WHEREAS, there is a need for thoughtful and careful consideration and meaningful study to develop a standardized process and method for determining adequate and appropriate compensation for such loss and expenses experienced by the innocent citizens of this state.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the House Study Committee on Compensation for the Convicted Innocent is created, to be composed of three 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.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that 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, 2012. The committee shall stand abolished on December 1, 2012.