Bill Text: GA SR1159 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: U.S. President/Congress; urged to continue funding public transportation for elderly and disabled residents of Georgia

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-04-27 - Senate Passed/Adopted [SR1159 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2009-SR1159-Enrolled.html

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10 LC 35 1748

Senate Resolution 1159

By: Senators Seay of the 34th, Mullis of the 53rd, Brown of the 26th, Stoner of the 6th, Davis of the 22nd and others

ADOPTED SENATE

A RESOLUTION

Urging the President of the United States and the United States Congress to continue funding public transportation for the elderly and disabled residents of Georgia; and for other purposes.

WHEREAS, in 2001, the Clayton County Board of Commissioners contracted with the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority to manage a local bus system for Clayton County named C-Tran; and

WHEREAS, C-Tran links bus routes to the MARTA, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, and major commercial and academic centers in the county; and

WHEREAS, this greatly used public transportation service provides essential transportation for low-income residents and life-sustaining transportation for the elderly and the disabled; and

WHEREAS, this important public infrastructure will be forced to stop operations due to a lack of public funding by the federal government and United States Congress, which has decided to cut off all federal public funding for this public transportation program; and

WHEREAS, the need for transportation improvements increases daily and places a strain on our state's limited financial resources; and

WHEREAS, the C-Tran bus system provides an estimated 2.1 million rides a year, thereby helping to support the area's health and safety, keeping people gainfully employed, and supporting local businesses and the state's overall economic stability; and

WHEREAS, public transportation not only serves to ease the traffic congestion in metropolitan areas by providing reliable alternative transportation but also benefits the citizens throughout this state by supporting economic development in Georgia.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body hereby urge the United States Congress to assist Georgia by continuing federal funding of public transportation for the elderly and disabled of Georgia and, particularly, to continue to help fund the much needed C-Tran system of Clayton County, Georgia.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to President Barack Obama and each member of the Georgia congressional delegation.