House Bill 1643
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Florida House of Representatives - 1999 HB 1643
By Representatives Bush, Roberts, Eggelletion, L. Miller,
Chestnut, Hill, Ritter, A. Greene, Wilson, Heyman, Jacobs, C.
Smith, Greenstein, Sobel, Bloom, Reddick, Frankel, Levine,
Healey, Kosmas, Wiles, Rayson, Stansel, Turnbull, Boyd,
(Additional Sponsors on Last Printed Page)
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to road designations;
3 designating a portion of State Road 9 from 58th
4 Street to County Line Road as the "Carrie P.
5 Meek Road"; directing the Department of
6 Transportation to erect suitable markers;
7 providing an effective date.
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9 WHEREAS, Congresswoman Carrie Meek, the first
10 African-American elected to Congress from Florida since
11 Reconstruction, has had a successful career as a public
12 servant, college administrator, and educator, and
13 WHEREAS, Congresswoman Meek was elected to the United
14 States House of Representatives in 1992 from Florida's
15 Seventeenth Congressional District, and was appointed a member
16 of the powerful House Appropriations Committee that funds all
17 executive branch programs and independent agencies, and
18 WHEREAS, Representative Meek has championed efforts to
19 create new jobs through federal and private-sector initiatives
20 and has worked diligently to use the resources of government
21 to promote economic opportunity, and
22 WHEREAS, as a new member of Congress, Representative
23 Meek introduced legislation that subsequently passed Congress
24 and was signed into law by the President to provide retirement
25 security for household workers, and
26 WHEREAS, Congresswoman Meek played a significant role
27 in providing over $100 million in federal assistance to help
28 rebuild Dade County after the devastation caused by Hurricane
29 Andrew, and
30 WHEREAS, Representative Carrie Meek is a strong
31 advocate for senior citizens, NOW, THEREFORE,
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Florida House of Representatives - 1999 HB 1643
544-149-99
1 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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3 Section 1. (1) State Road 9 from 58th Street to
4 County Line Road is designated as the "Carrie P. Meek Road."
5 (2) The Department of Transportation is directed to
6 erect suitable markers designating the "Carrie P. Meek Road."
7 Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
8 law.
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11 SENATE SUMMARY
12 Designates a portion of State Road 9 from 58th Street to
County Line Road as the "Carrie P. Meek Road" and directs
13 the Department of Transportation to erect suitable
markers.
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Minton, Logan, Alexander, Lynn, Cosgrove, Henriquez, Effman,
19 Ryan, Stafford, Wasserman Schultz, Bronson, Crist, K. Smith,
Hafner, Sanderson, Albright, Sembler, Bainter, Bitner,
20 Wallace, Spratt, Constantine, Garcia, Flanagan, Brown,
Betancourt, Valdes, Lacasa, Crady, Feeney, Fasano, Maygarden,
21 Peaden, Murman, Argenziano, Warner, Sorensen, Trovillion,
Prieguez, Rojas, Diaz de la Portilla and Ritchie
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