Senate Bill 1192

    Florida Senate - 1999                                  SB 1192

    By Senator Mitchell





    4-1147-99                                               See HB

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the naming of state

  3         buildings and other facilities; amending s.

  4         267.062, F.S.; prohibiting the naming of any

  5         state building, road, bridge, park,

  6         recreational complex, or other similar facility

  7         for any elected public official in office or

  8         any other living person; requiring notice;

  9         providing an effective date.

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

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13         Section 1.  Subsection (1) of section 267.062, Florida

14  Statutes, is amended to read:

15         267.062  Naming of state buildings and other

16  facilities.--

17         (1)  Except as specifically provided by law, no state

18  building, road, bridge, park, recreational complex, or other

19  similar facility shall be named for any elected public

20  official who is in office or for any other living person.

21         (a)  Written notice must be provided to the Board of

22  County Commissioners of the county where the affected

23  facilities are located not later than 3 weeks prior to filing

24  legislation naming a state building, road, bridge, park,

25  recreational complex, or other similar facility for any

26  elected public official who is in office or for any living

27  person.

28         (b)  A true copy of the notice delivered must be

29  attached to the bill when introduced, but it is not necessary

30  to enter the notice, or proof thereof, in the journals. The

31  fact that the notice was established in the Legislature must

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    Florida Senate - 1999                                  SB 1192
    4-1147-99                                               See HB




  1  in every case be recited upon the journals of the Senate and

  2  the House of Representatives. The notice must accompany the

  3  bill throughout the legislative process, and must be preserved

  4  as part thereof by the Department of State for each bill

  5  enacted into law.

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

  7  law.

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      Prohibits the naming of any state building, road, bridge,
12    park, recreational complex, or other similar facility for
      any elected public official in office or any other living
13    person, except as specifically provided by law. Requires
      a notice of legislation naming facilities after such a
14    person to be given to the board of county commissioners
      of the county where the facilities are located.
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