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Senate bill targets telemarketers
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Several Senate bills and resolutions were read and assigned to committees during a short session this morning.
Gov. Sonny Perdue’s initiative to stop telemarketers from making unsolicited calls to wireless customers was assigned to the Science and Technology Committee. Sen. David Shafer (R-Duluth) introduced the bill.
A bill that would regulate the sale of products used to make methamphetamine, introduced by Sen. Bill Hamrick (R-Carrollton) is headed to the Senate Health and Human Services Committee.
Sen. Chip Rogers (R-Woodstock), the new chair of the Senate Reapportionment and Redistricting Committee, introduced a bill that would set forth new parameters for drawing legislative and congressional districts. Sens. Eric Johnson (R-Savannah) and Bill Stephens (R-Canton), the powerful leaders of the Senate, CO-sponsored the bill.
“The bill says the next time we do redistricting, whether it’s this year, next year or five years from now, these are are the guidelines we would follow,” Rogers said after the Senate adjourned. Rogers said the bill’s intent is to ensure that the courts would not have to get involved in drawing districts.
Rogers stressed he was unaware of any plans for new maps right now.
Sen. Doug Stoner (D-Smyrna) introduced the first of a series of bills aimed at helping members of the National Guard and U.S. Reservists in Georgia with economic, education, life insurance and tax relief. Senate Bill 47 would require the state to pay the monthly life insurance premium for National Guard members called to active duty. The premium is $16 per month for a $250,000 policy; it would cost the state approximately $800,000 per year.
Last week, Lt. Gov. Mark Taylor, surrounded by several House and Senate Democrats and National Guard members, announced the legislative package at a press conference.
Sen. Michael Meyer Von Bremen (D-Albany), plugged Taylor’s initiative during the announcements and asked for support across party lines.
“It’s not Republican, it’s not Democrat,” Meyer Von Bremen said. “It’s bipartisan.”
The Senate opened Tuesday morning with an inspirational message on wisdom from Pastor Andy Childs of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Toccoa. Freshman Sen. Nancy Schaefer (R-Clarksville), addressing the Senate for the first time, introduced Childs. She praised her pastor for his bravery, steadfastness of purpose, and “his complete reliance on the Lord Jesus Christ.”
“I encourage you to seek wisdom, for wisdom is greater than wealth,” Childs said. He said that God is liberal with two things: grace and wisdom.
The Senate adjourned at 10:40 a.m. and meets again 10 a.m. Wednesday.
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