House Bill 9091

    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                HR 9091

        By Representative Starks






  1                         House Resolution

  2         A resolution declaring the second Tuesday in

  3         September 1999 "Florida Missing Children's

  4         Day."

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  6         WHEREAS, an estimated 800,000 children are reported

  7  missing annually, and

  8         WHEREAS, each year in the State of Florida,

  9  approximately 61,000 children are reported missing, and

10         WHEREAS, children who are missing from home and not

11  living in a family environment may be exposed to sexual and

12  physical victimization, and

13         WHEREAS, it is necessary to protect the safety of our

14  children through education and prevention efforts, and

15         WHEREAS, there is a need to increase awareness and

16  understanding of the problem among our parents, citizens, and

17  law enforcement officers, and

18         WHEREAS, it is vital that we remember those children

19  who have been abducted, abused, and murdered, and persevere in

20  the search for those children who have not yet been found,

21  NOW, THEREFORE,

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23  Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of

24  Florida:

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26         That the second Tuesday in September 1999 be declared

27  "Florida Missing Children's Day" in remembrance of Florida's

28  past and present missing children and in recognition of our

29  state's continued efforts to protect the safety of children

30  through prevention, education, and community involvement.

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