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Senate Bill 0178
    Florida Senate - 1998        (NP)                       SB 178

    By Senator Burt





    16-228-98

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to building designations;

  3         naming the Florida Department of Transportation

  4         District Five Headquarters Building in DeLand

  5         the "Ben G. Watts Building"; providing for the

  6         erection of markers; providing an effective

  7         date.

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  9         WHEREAS, Ben G. Watts dedicated 23 years of his life to

10  public service with the Department of Transportation, and

11         WHEREAS, Ben. G. Watts served a vital role in

12  developing Central Florida's transportation planning and

13  funding from 1984 to 1989 as Director of Production and then

14  as District Secretary of the Department of Transportation's

15  District Five, and

16         WHEREAS, Ben. G. Watts served from 1989 to 1997 as

17  Secretary of Transportation, and

18         WHEREAS, Ben G. Watts has been a leader in efforts to

19  address this state's transportation needs, and

20         WHEREAS, under the leadership of Ben G. Watts, this

21  state doubled its annual expenditures on road and bridge

22  improvements, while maintaining low administrative costs and

23  high efficiency in the Department of Transportation, and

24         WHEREAS, Ben G. Watts has advocated and cultivated an

25  atmosphere of cooperation among municipal, county, and state

26  governments as they address transportation needs and issues,

27  and

28         WHEREAS, Ben G. Watts has been a visionary in

29  supporting alternative forms of transportation, while

30  preserving and expanding our road and bridge infrastructure,

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    Florida Senate - 1998        (NP)                       SB 178
    16-228-98




  1         WHEREAS, Ben G. Watts has demonstrated a standard of

  2  integrity toward which all public servants should strive, and

  3         WHEREAS, Ben. G. Watts is among this state's most

  4  respected leaders in the transportation field, NOW, THEREFORE,

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  6  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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  8         Section 1.  (1)  The Department of Transportation

  9  District Five Headquarters Building, which is located at 719

10  South Woodland Boulevard in DeLand, is designated the "Ben G.

11  Watts Building."

12         (2)  The Department of Transportation is directed to

13  erect suitable markers bearing the designation made by this

14  act.

15         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

16  law.

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19                          SENATE SUMMARY

20    Designates the Department of Transportation District Five
      Headquarters Building in DeLand the "Ben G. Watts
21    Building."

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