PRINTER'S NO. 1289
No. 48 Session of 1981
INTRODUCED BY WILT, DOMBROWSKI, CAPPABIANCA, BOWSER, BOYES AND
MERRY, APRIL 7, 1981
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, APRIL 7, 1981
In the House of Representatives, April 7, 1981
1 WHEREAS, The Great Lakes Basin, connected to the sea by the
2 St. Lawrence, is an environmental system of tremendous economic
3 and natural value; and
4 WHEREAS, The navigational accessibility to the region has
5 encouraged the emergence of one of America's important
6 manufacturing and industrial regions; and
7 WHEREAS, Ninety-five per cent of the fresh water of the
8 United States is contained within the Great Lakes; and
9 WHEREAS, The Great Lakes, covering ninety-five thousand
10 square miles, is a valuable regional fishery producing ten
11 million pounds of fish annually; and
12 WHEREAS, The Great Lakes regional tourist economy is
13 dependent upon environmental integrity of the Great Lakes
14 region; and
15 WHEREAS, The Great Lakes region is shared by eight states and
16 the Province of Ontario; and
17 WHEREAS, The region's continued productive future is largely
1 dependent on close cooperation of provincial and state
2 governments; and
3 WHEREAS, The successful Interstate Committee on Lake Erie is
4 being extended to all Great Lakes states to encourage broader
5 legislative input into the various environmental decisions
6 affecting this important region; therefore be it
7 RESOLVED, That the Speaker of the House of Representatives
8 appoint five members of the House, three of whom shall be from
9 the majority party and two from the minority party, and that the
10 President pro tempore of the Senate appoint five members of the
11 Senate, three of whom shall be from the majority party and two
12 from the minority party to the Interstate Committee on the Great
13 Lakes. Such committee shall investigate various environmental,
14 navigational and other concerns of the Great Lakes region and
15 shall make recommendations for appropriate legislative action
16 necessary to correct such problems; and be it further
17 RESOLVED, That the committee may hold public hearings, take
18 testimony and make its study at such places as it deems
19 necessary within the Great Lakes region; and be it further
20 RESOLVED, That the committee shall report its findings
21 together with its recommendations for appropriate legislative
22 action or otherwise to the General Assembly from time to time.
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