HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Communications Office Room 609 Legislative Office Building Atlanta, Georgia 30334 404.656.0305 1.877.222.2768 For Immediate Release May 1, 2005 Speaker Richardson appoints State Representatives Tommy Smith, Burke Day, and Jon Burns to the Jasper Port Joint Study Committee AtlantaSpeaker of the House Glenn Richardson (R-Hiram) appointed State Representatives Tommy Smith (R-Nicholls), Burke Day ( R-Tybee Island), and Jon Burns (R-Newington) to the Jasper Port Joint Study Committee. The committee shall undertake a study of the conditions, needs, issues, challenges, and opportunities relating to both the State of Georgia and the State of South Carolina are dependent on the economic benefits derived from the activities of each respective port authority. CONTACT: . The committee was created by the passage of Senate Resolution 23, Brent Cranfield authored by Senate Pro Tem Eric Johnson. The study committee will end its meeting on December 1, 2005. Rep. Smith will serve as the 404-656-0305 committee's Co-Chair. bcranfield@legis.state.ga. us ###