Florida Senate - 2024 CS for CS for CS for SB 868
By the Committee on Fiscal Policy; the Appropriations Committee
on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; the
Committee on Transportation; and Senators Boyd and Rouson
594-03673-24 2024868c3
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to transportation facility
3 designations; providing honorary designations of
4 certain transportation facilities in specified
5 counties; directing the Department of Transportation
6 to erect suitable markers; amending chapter 65-781,
7 Laws of Florida; redesignating a specified bridge in
8 St. Lucie County as the “E.C. Summerlin Family
9 Bridge”; directing the Department of Transportation to
10 erect markers designating the bridge; providing an
11 effective date.
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13 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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15 Section 1. Transportation facility designations; Department
16 of Transportation to erect suitable markers.
17 (1) That portion of U.S. 19 between Palm View Road and
18 Terra Ceia Road in Manatee County is designated as “Army
19 Specialist Nicholas Panipinto Memorial Highway.”
20 (2) The mid-block crossing and pedestrian hybrid beacon on
21 that portion of E. University Avenue/S.R. 26 between N.E. 26th
22 Terrace and S.E. 26th Terrace in Alachua County is designated as
23 “Dylan Roberts Memorial Crosswalk.”
24 (3) Those portions of the Gandy Bridge on U.S. 92 located
25 within the geographical boundaries of Hillsborough and Pinellas
26 Counties are designated as “AWF3 Mohammed ‘Mo’ Haitham Memorial
27 Way.”
28 (4) That portion of I-75 between U.S. 17/Duncan Road and
29 Harbor View Road in Charlotte County is designated as “Deputy
30 Sheriff Christopher Taylor Memorial Highway.”
31 (5) That portion of S.R. 434 between S.R. 400 and Ronald
32 Reagan Boulevard in Seminole County is designated as “Deputy
33 Sheriff George Pfeil Memorial Highway.”
34 (6) That portion of U.S. 17-92 between 1st Street and 25th
35 Street in Seminole County is designated as “Deputy Sheriff
36 Robert Moore Memorial Highway.”
37 (7) That portion of C.R. 419 between Snow Hill Road and the
38 Orange County line in Seminole County is designated as “Deputy
39 Sheriff James Cleveland Jacobs Memorial Highway.”
40 (8) That portion of Guana River Road between South Ponte
41 Vedra Boulevard and the Guana River Research Reserve in St.
42 Johns County is designated as “Henry Dean Road.”
43 (9) That portion of Bay Avenue between West 25th Street and
44 West 27th Street in Sunset Islands in Miami-Dade County is
45 designated as “Abe Resnick Drive.”
46 (10) That portion of S.W. 168th Street between U.S. 1 and
47 S.W. 89th Avenue in Miami-Dade County is designated as “Pastor
48 Rick Blackwood Street.”
49 (11) That portion of S.R. 16 between C.R. 225 and Rifle
50 Range Road in Clay County is designated as “Gus Kopelousos
51 Memorial Highway.”
52 (12) That portion of S.R. 997/Krome Avenue/W. 177th Avenue
53 between S.W. 8th Street and the entrance to the Miccosukee
54 Casino & Resort in Miami-Dade County is designated as “MICCO
55 Way.”
56 (13) That portion of S.R. 59 between U.S. 90 and U.S. 27 in
57 Leon and Jefferson Counties is designated as “Major John Leroy
58 Haynes Memorial Highway.”
59 (14) That portion of I-10 between the Alabama state line
60 and I-75 is designated as “Tuskegee Airmen Memorial Highway.”
61 (15) That portion of S.R. 570/Polk Parkway between mile
62 marker 3.5 and mile marker 2.5 in Polk County is designated as
63 “Randy Roberts Memorial Highway.”
64 (16) That portion of S.R. 35/George Jenkins Boulevard
65 between Kathleen Road and North Sloan Avenue in Polk County is
66 designated as “Carol Jenkins Barnett Memorial Highway.”
67 (17) The Department of Transportation is directed to erect
68 suitable markers designating the transportation facilities as
69 described in this section.
70 Section 2. Sections 1 and 2 of chapter 65-781, Laws of
71 Florida, are amended to read:
72 Section 1. Upon completion of construction, the new S.R.
73 A1A North Causeway Bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway The
74 north bridge in St. Lucie county across Indian River on highway
75 A-1-A is designated as the “E.C. Summerlin Family hereby
76 dedicated and named the “D. H. ‘Banty’ Saunders Bridge.”
77 Section 2. The state road Department of Transportation is
78 directed to erect suitable markers designating the E.C.
79 Summerlin Family Bridge as described in section 1. authorized
80 and empowered to affix proper plaques to said bridge bearing the
81 name “D. H. ‘Banty’ Saunders Bridge.”
82 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.