There is a MARTA station at Georgia State/Sloppy Floyd Building.
For schedule and route information, call 404-848-4711 or Customer
Service at 404-848-4800. Parking is available at a state-owned
lot on Butler Street (behind Sloppy Floyd) or at Underground
Atlanta.
Food,
Phone, and Restrooms
There
is a cafeteria located in the bottom of the Twin Towers/Sloppy
Floyd Building. It has multiple serving lines and is open
for breakfast and lunch. There is a small snack bar in the
basement of the Capitol. There are many restaurants in Underground
Atlanta, a short distance from the Capitol.
Public phones are on the third and first floor outside the
restroom. If you are at the Capitol frequently, a cell phone
is advisable due to the difficulty in accessing a phone.
Restrooms are on the first and third floor of the Capitol
(the first floor is below ground level). There are coat/umbrella
racks throughout the Capitol.
Schedule
Both houses usually convene at 10 a.m. Committee meetings
are held in the morning and the afternoon. Schedules are posted
on bulletin boards outside the offices of the Secretary of
the Senate and on the wall near the staircase outside the
House Clerk's office. Committee chairs sometimes post meeting
notices outside their office; also check with the Committee
Secretary for time and locations of meetings.
You
can call the Legislative Counsel office at 404-656-5000 and
ask to be placed on their mailing list to receive a weekly
schedule of meetings. If you are monitoring a specific committee
or an active issue, the best strategy is to check with the
committee secretary on a daily basis.
Finding
Information
To
find out who your local legislator is, call your local voter
registrar (listed under county government) or go to www.legis.state.ga.us.
A book with information about legislators (commonly called
the picture book) is published annually and available through
the Senate Information office (404-656-0028) or House Information
(404-656-5082). The book has local and Atlanta phone numbers
and other information about legislators.
Legislators
have offices at the Capitol or at the Legislative Office Building
across the street at the Capitol. The picture book has office
numbers and phone numbers.
Composites
(a list of all bills and status of bills), first readers (bills
introduced daily), and daily calendars (committee meetings
and bills to be considered) can be picked up at the Secretary
of the Senate or the House Clerk's office. You can also request
copies of bills at each office. You will need to know the
number of the bill and fill out a form. One copy is free.
GeorgiaNet
has information available online at www.ganet.org;
daily calendars, budget updates, general information, information
on legislators, and bill status are among the services available
online. You also can access a live audio feed on GeorgiaNet.
If
you know a bill number, you can call the Clerk of the House
at 404-656-5015 or the Secretary of the Senate at 404-656-5040
to check the vote on a specific bill.
Useful
Phone Numbers
| Tours
of the Capitol |
404-656-2844 |
| State
of Georgia Information |
404-656-2000 |
| Post
Office |
|
Capitol
|
404-656-0445 |
Legislative
Office Building
|
404-656-0170 |
| Lt.
Governor's Office |
404-656-5030 |
| Speaker
of the House |
404-655-5020 |
| Georgia
Building Authority Catering |
404-656-3850 |
| House
Research Office |
404-656-3206 |
| Legislative
Budget Office |
404-656-5050 |
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