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House Bill 3065




    Florida House of Representatives - 1998                HB 3065

        By Representative Kelly






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to building designations;

  3         designating the Florida Department of

  4         Transportation District Five headquarters

  5         building located in Volusia County as the "Ben

  6         G. Watts Building"; directing the Department of

  7         Transportation to erect suitable markers;

  8         providing an effective date.

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

11  public service with the Florida Department of Transportation,

12  and

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

14  development of Central Florida's transportation planning and

15  funding from 1984 to 1989, first as Director of Production and

16  then as District Secretary of the Florida Department of

17  Transportation's District Five, and

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

19  Secretary of Transportation for the State of Florida, and

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

21  address the transportation needs of the State of Florida, and

22         WHEREAS, under the leadership of Ben G. Watts, the

23  State of Florida doubled the annual expenditures on road and

24  bridge improvements while maintaining low administrative costs

25  and high efficiency in Department of Transportation

26  operations, and

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

28  atmosphere of cooperation between municipal, county, and state

29  governments as they address transportation needs and issues,

30  and

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1998                HB 3065

    90-386-98






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

  2  supporting alternative forms of transportation while

  3  preserving and expanding Florida's vital road and bridge

  4  infrastructure, and

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

  6  integrity toward which all public servants should strive, and

  7         WHEREAS, Ben G. Watts is among the State of Florida's

  8  most respected leaders in the transportation field, NOW,

  9  THEREFORE,

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

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13         Section 1.  Designation of "Ben G. Watts Building";

14  Department of Transportation to erect suitable markers.--

15         (1)  The Florida Department of Transportation District

16  Five headquarters building, which is located at 719 South

17  Woodland Boulevard in DeLand, Florida, in Volusia County, is

18  designated as the "Ben G. Watts Building."

19         (2)  The Department of Transportation is directed to

20  erect suitable markers designating the "Ben G. Watts Building"

21  as described in subsection (1).

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

23  law.

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26                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Designates the Florida Department of Transportation
28    District Five headquarters building located in Volusia
      County as the "Ben G. Watts Building." Directs the
29    Department of Transportation to erect suitable markers.

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