Requesting the Joint Committee on Government and Finance to make a study of the feasibility of providing listening access to legislative sessions and committee meetings by using the telephone, low (AM) band frequency or the internet.

Whereas,

In order to foster and promote public participation in the political process, government should explore ways to provide easier access to citizens to keep abreast of the legislative process and debate of the issues; and
Whereas, The current state of technological development offers cost-effective and convenient means to provide audiological access to the citizenry; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Joint Committee on Government and Finance is hereby requested to review, examine and study the feasibility of providing listening access to legislative sessions and committee meetings by using the telephone, low (AM) band frequency or the internet

; and to make recommendations to the Legislature regarding the same; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Joint Committee on Government and Finance report to the regular session of the Legislature,