• A contractor may propose building a new school, park, sewer plant or any public facility, and submits a conceptual design, schedule, financing plan and location. Or a government may invite a company to make a proposal. Financing can include bonds, grants, leases back to the government or the charging of fees for use.
• The government has 30 days to review the proposal without public input. The details are kept secret until the government approves the deal.
• If it approves, the government can publish a notice that it is considering the project with a general description. Other companies can send a notice saying they will submit a bid within 90 days. The government does not have to submit a project for competing bids.
• The company can request the government condemn or buy land it has chosen for the project.
• The government works out details of financing and length of leases or payments. Fees and tolls are not subject to regulation by key state agencies. Prices can be renegotiated during the term of the agreement.
• The company would build the project, with the right to own and operate it. It would deed the property back to the government after a certain time.
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1329662/posts
I can't believe this. Of course I do. What about the 'ownership' society? Doesn't that include private property?
This is really pretty sorry. Sounds like politics and money getting in to bed with each other...it never ends.
Here's the good Mr. Johnson's contact information:
email: ejohnson@legis.state.ga.us
Capitol Phone: (404) 656-5109
District Phone: (912) 354-4626
This bill should be titled "The Government Theft and Piracy Statute."
And it figures that a lying, thieving pack of jackal lawyers is behind it.
Does Georgia have a recall process?
But state Sen. Dan Moody (R-Alpharetta), the bill's main sponsor, said the proposal allows governments to STEAL infrastructure sooner than they would be able to under traditional financing arrangements.