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1 1 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. ___
1 2 BY BOLKCOM
1 3 A Senate Concurrent Resolution requesting an
1 4 interim study of the feasibility of televising
1 5 legislative proceedings.
1 6 WHEREAS, the growth in citizen access to
1 7 information through the internet, radio, and
1 8 television, and other electronic means has greatly
1 9 increased citizen expectations regarding access to
1 10 government proceedings; and
1 11 WHEREAS, recent innovations in technical
1 12 capabilities now allow widespread distribution of
1 13 legislative proceedings at a relatively reasonable
1 14 cost as evidenced by the availability of an audio
1 15 signal of Iowa legislative proceedings now available
1 16 via internet access; and
1 17 WHEREAS, citizen access to government proceedings
1 18 was recently enhanced with the internet availability
1 19 of both audio and television coverage of the
1 20 Governor's recent policy speech; and
1 21 WHEREAS, nearly 20 states currently provide
1 22 complete or partial television coverage of floor
1 23 debate and committee proceedings; and
1 24 WHEREAS, other public policy issues have arisen
1 25 concerning the use of television in the Legislature
1 26 such as allowing legislators to participate in
1 27 legislative meetings via interactive television; and
1 28 WHEREAS, implementation and policy questions
1 29 associated with televised legislative proceedings are
1 30 numerous and require careful consideration; NOW
2 1 THEREFORE,
2 2 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, THE HOUSE OF
2 3 REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING, That
2 4 The Legislative Council is requested to create a
2 5 Legislative Study Committee to meet during the 1999
2 6 Interim to consider the feasibility of televising
2 7 legislative proceedings and to address other questions
2 8 regarding the use of television by the Iowa General
2 9 Assembly; and
2 10 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That if the study committee
2 11 is created, it be directed to consider and make
2 12 recommendations concerning related issues, including
2 13 but not limited to options for distributing television
2 14 coverage via internet, cable television, the Iowa
2 15 communications network, high definition television
2 16 signals and other broadcasting approaches; rules to
2 17 address use of television cameras such as permissible
2 18 camera angles and lighting; public and private
2 19 approaches to implementing such broadcasting capacity;
2 20 storage, availability, and use of recordings of the
2 21 proceedings; options for providing full or limited
2 22 coverage of floor debate and committee meetings;
2 23 options for providing coverage of simultaneous Senate
2 24 and House of Representatives proceedings; propose
2 25 rules for use of interactive television by
2 26 legislators; and other technology and cost
2 27 considerations; and
2 28 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That if the study committee
2 29 is created, it should be directed to report its
2 30 findings and recommendations to the 2000 Session of
3 1 the Seventy-eighth General Assembly.
3 2 LSB 2480SS 78
3 3 jp/sc/14
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