PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 19, 2110 PRINTER'S NO. 2262
No. 18 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY THOMAS, TIGUE, MARKOSEK, MANDERINO, MYERS, MELIO,
BAKER, BELARDI, CRUZ, DALEY, DeLUCA, GEORGE, HERMAN,
LAUGHLIN, SOLOBAY, TANGRETTI, WATERS, YOUNGBLOOD, JOSEPHS,
BROWNE, HORSEY, WASHINGTON, WILLIAMS AND YUDICHAK,
JANUARY 29, 2003
AS AMENDED, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, JUNE 26, 2003
A RESOLUTION
1 Establishing the Statewide Technology and Electronic Commerce
2 Advisory Council within the Commerce INTERGOVERNMENTAL <--
3 AFFAIRS Committee and providing for its powers and duties.
4 WHEREAS, The House of Representatives is continually
5 confronted with the many complex issues that surround the
6 development and application of information technology electronic
7 commerce in various sectors of public policy; and
8 WHEREAS, It is incumbent upon the House of Representatives to
9 provide its individual members, staff and committees with a
10 resource to assist in evaluating public policy issues
11 encompassing information technology and electronic commerce; and
12 WHEREAS, The House of Representatives can convene major
13 leaders of business and labor, representatives from the
14 executive and judicial branches of government and appointees
15 from legislative staffs and agencies, the Office of Attorney
16 General, the Office of Auditor General, the Office of State
17 Treasurer, major regulatory agencies and academe as a resource
1 for the exploration of public policy issues impacted by
2 information technology and electronic commerce; therefore be it
3 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives establish the
4 Statewide Technology and Electronic Commerce Advisory Council
5 within the Commerce INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS Committee to <--
6 provide the House of Representatives with an independent,
7 nonpartisan source of information and advice on information
8 technology and electronic commerce and to focus and report on
9 technology developments and initiatives; and be it further
10 RESOLVED, That the Statewide Technology and Electronic
11 Commerce Advisory Council shall consist of a representative of
12 the Office for Information Technology within the Office of
13 Administration appointed by the Governor, a representative of
14 the Auditor General appointed by the Auditor General, a
15 representative of the State Treasurer appointed by the State
16 Treasurer, a representative of the Attorney General appointed by
17 the Attorney General, a representative of the Pennsylvania
18 Public Utility Commission appointed by the chair of the
19 Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, a representative of the
20 Pennsylvania Supreme Court appointed by the court, the Chief
21 Clerk of the House of Representatives, the chair of the
22 Legislative Data Processing Committee, the director of the
23 Legislative Reference Bureau, the executive director of the
24 Legislative Office for Research Liaison (LORL), the Computer
25 Services/Information Technology directors from each of the two
26 caucuses, two members of the Commerce Committee, one CAUCUSES, <--
27 THE PARLIAMENTARIAN OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OR A
28 DESIGNEE, THE DIRECTOR OF THE LEGISLATIVE DATA PROCESSING
29 CENTER, TWO MEMBERS OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
30 SUBCOMMITTEE ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, ONE of which shall be
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1 appointed by each of the two caucus floor leaders, a member
2 chosen by the Pennsylvania Association of Colleges and
3 Universities (PACU) and, a member chosen by the Association of <--
4 Community Colleges, A MEMBER APPOINTED BY THE PENNSYLVANIA <--
5 HIGHER EDUCATION ASSISTANCE AGENCY AND A MEMBER APPOINTED BY
6 EACH OF THE REGIONAL TECHNOLOGY COUNCILS; and be it further
7 RESOLVED, That the objectives of the Statewide Technology and
8 Electronic Commerce Advisory Council shall be to bring diversity
9 of public and private sector perspectives to bear on information
10 technology and electronic commerce issues before the
11 Commonwealth, to promote proactive discussion of emergent issues
12 in information technology and electronic commerce as they may
13 affect both the Commonwealth and the operations of the House of
14 Representatives, to identify, examine and assess alternative
15 approaches to dealing with the issues identified, together with
16 analysis of the pros and cons of each, to provide testimony,
17 written analysis, counsel and advice to the members and staff of
18 the Commerce INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS Committee of the House of <--
19 Representatives and to organize briefings, workshops and
20 conferences upon request by the Commerce INTERGOVERNMENTAL <--
21 AFFAIRS Committee; and be it further
22 RESOLVED, That the appointee of the Majority Leader of the
23 House of Representatives shall be chair and the appointee of the
24 Minority Leader of the House of Representatives shall be vice
25 chair during the 2003 and 2004 legislative session of the House
26 of Representatives; and be it further
27 RESOLVED, That the Commerce INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS <--
28 Committee shall schedule and convene the meetings of the
29 Statewide Technology and Electronic Commerce Advisory Council
30 and shall adopt such rules governing the organization and
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1 proceedings of the committee as deemed appropriate; and be it
2 further
3 RESOLVED, That this resolution shall take effect immediately.
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