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| 1 | House Resolution | ||
| 2 | A resolution honoring Jack Shreve, Florida Public Counsel. | ||
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| 4 | WHEREAS, for more than a quarter of a century, Jack Shreve | ||
| 5 | has, as the Florida Public Counsel, advocated with remarkable | ||
| 6 | dedication and integrity on behalf of the state's citizens in | ||
| 7 | matters relating to utility and hospital cost containment, and | ||
| 8 | WHEREAS, a native of Chipley, Jack Shreve earned | ||
| 9 | undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Florida, | ||
| 10 | where he served as president of Florida Blue Key and was | ||
| 11 | inducted into the University Hall of Fame, and | ||
| 12 | WHEREAS, Mr. Shreve has held positions as City Attorney for | ||
| 13 | the City of Cocoa, Assistant Brevard County Prosecutor, | ||
| 14 | Assistant State Attorney, and General Counsel of the Florida | ||
| 15 | Department of State; and, as a distinguished Member of the House | ||
| 16 | of Representatives from 1970 to 1974, he was instrumental in | ||
| 17 | developing and promoting enactment of substantial revisions to | ||
| 18 | the criminal code and of progressive environmental legislation, | ||
| 19 | for which efforts he has received numerous awards, and | ||
| 20 | WHEREAS, one of the founding members of the National | ||
| 21 | Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates, which now | ||
| 22 | boasts members from 42 states, Mr. Shreve has served as its | ||
| 23 | president and has been a member of its executive committee for | ||
| 24 | 25 years, and | ||
| 25 | WHEREAS, Mr. Shreve's efforts have resulted in | ||
| 26 | approximately $5 billion in rate reductions for and $1 billion | ||
| 27 | in refunds to Florida's utility customers, and | ||
| 28 | WHEREAS, after 25 years of earnest, energetic advocacy on | ||
| 29 | behalf of the residents of Florida as their Public Counsel, Jack | ||
| 30 | Shreve has elected to enter the ranks of the retired on June 30, | ||
| 31 | 2003, NOW, THEREFORE, | ||
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| 33 | Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of | ||
| 34 | Florida: | ||
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| 36 | That the House of Representatives expresses its heartfelt | ||
| 37 | gratitude to Jack Shreve for his years of commitment to the | ||
| 38 | residents of Florida, offers its enthusiastic congratulations | ||
| 39 | upon his coming retirement, and extends its best wishes for many | ||
| 40 | satisfying years in this new phase of his life. | ||
| 41 | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be | ||
| 42 | presented to Jack Shreve as a tangible token of the sentiments | ||
| 43 | expressed herein. | ||