HB 0579 2003
   
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6          The Committee on Appropriations recommends the following:
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8          Committee Substitute
9          Remove the entire bill and insert:
10 A bill to be entitled
11          An act relating to road and bridge designations;
12    designating a portion of Interstate 75 as Purple Heart
13    Memorial Highway; designating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,
14    Memorial Highway in Hamilton County; designating Nott
15    Circle Roundabout in Suwannee County; designating the Dr.
16    Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Highway in Gadsden
17    County; designating the Jim Deaton Memorial Bridge in
18    Duval County; designating the L. E. Buie Bridge in Palm
19    Beach County; dedicating certain bridges in Volusia County
20    to honor U.S. military POW's and MIA's; designating Jean-
21    Jacques Dessalines Boulevard and Toussaint L'Ouverture
22    Boulevard in Miami-Dade County; directing the Department
23    of Transportation to erect suitable markers; providing an
24    effective date.
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26          Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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28          Section 1. Purple Heart Memorial Highway designated;
29    department to erect suitable markers.--
30          (1) That portion of Interstate 75 from the Georgia-Florida
31    state line to the city limits of Ocala in Marion County is
32    hereby designated as "Purple Heart Memorial Highway."
33          (2) The Department of Transportation is directed to erect
34    suitable markers designating Purple Heart Memorial Highway as
35    described in subsection (1).
36          Section 2. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Highway
37    designated; department to erect suitable markers.--
38          (1) That portion of U.S. Highway 41 located in White
39    Springs in Hamilton County is hereby designated as "Dr. Martin
40    Luther King, Jr., Memorial Highway."
41          (2) The Department of Transportation is directed to erect
42    suitable markers designating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,
43    Memorial Highway as described in subsection (1).
44          Section 3. Nott Circle Roundabout designated; department
45    to erect suitable markers.--
46          (1) The roundabout at State Road 51, Walker Avenue, and
47    County Road 136 located in Live Oak in Suwannee County is hereby
48    designated as "Nott Circle Roundabout."
49          (2) The Department of Transportation is directed to erect
50    suitable markers designating Nott Circle Roundabout as described
51    in subsection (1).
52          Section 4. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Highway
53    designated; department to erect suitable markers.--
54          (1) That portion of U.S. Highway 27 (State Road 63) inside
55    the city limits of Havana in Gadsden County is hereby designated
56    as the "Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Highway."
57          (2) The Department of Transportation is directed to erect
58    two memorial signs at the north and south ends of the city
59    limits designating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Highway
60    as described in subsection (1).
61          Section 5. Jim Deaton Memorial Bridge designated;
62    department to erect suitable markers.--
63          (1) The northbound and southbound spans of the Cedar River
64    Bridge (bridge designations 720325 and 720326) on State Road 21
65    in Duval County are hereby collectively designated the "Jim
66    Deaton Memorial Bridge."
67          (2) The Department of Transportation is directed to erect
68    suitable markers designating the Jim Deaton Memorial Bridge as
69    described in subsection (1).
70          Section 6. L. E. Buie Bridge designated; department to
71    erect suitable markers.--
72          (1) The Skypass Bridge (bridge number 930470) in the City
73    of Riviera Beach in Palm Beach County is designated as the "L.
74    E. Buie Bridge."
75          (2) The Department of Transportation is directed to erect
76    suitable markers designating the L. E. Buie Bridge as described
77    in subsection (1).
78          Section 7. Prisoners of War and Missing in Action bridge
79    dedications; department to erect suitable markers.--
80          (1) The new Rose Bay bridges on U.S. Highway 1, between
81    the Cities of New Smyrna Beach and Port Orange in Volusia
82    County, are dedicated in honor of United States military
83    personnel who are prisoners of war (POW's) or who are missing in
84    action (MIA's).
85          (2) The Department of Transportation is directed to erect
86    suitable markers designating the dedication in honor of POW's
87    and MIA's as described in subsection (1).
88          Section 8. Jean-Jacques Dessalines Boulevard designated;
89    department to erect suitable markers.--
90          (1) State Road 944 on N.W. 54th Street in Miami-Dade
91    County from the west boundary of State House District 108 to
92    U.S. Highway 1 is hereby designated as "Jean-Jacques Dessalines
93    Boulevard."
94          (2) The Department of Transportation is directed to erect
95    suitable markers designating Jean-Jacques Dessalines Boulevard
96    as described in subsection (1).
97          Section 9. Toussaint L'Ouverture Boulevard designated;
98    department to erect suitable markers.--
99          (1) State Road 922 on N.W. 125th Street from N.W. 7th
100    Avenue to Griffing Boulevard in Miami-Dade County is hereby
101    designated as "Toussaint L'Ouverture Boulevard."
102          (2) The Department of Transportation is directed to erect
103    suitable markers designating Toussaint L'Ouverture Boulevard as
104    described in subsection (1).
105          Section 10. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
106    law.