Senate Bill sb2432

    Florida Senate - 2002        (NP)                      SR 2432

    By Senator Pruitt





    27-1883-02

  1                    Senate Resolution No. ____

  2         A resolution recognizing February 14, 2002, as

  3         "Developmental Disabilities Awareness Day."

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  5         WHEREAS, the Florida Developmental Disabilities

  6  Council, Inc., is the Florida entity charged by federal

  7  legislation to plan and advocate for programs that allow

  8  persons with developmental disabilities to achieve optimum

  9  independence and to promote innovative programs and practices

10  that improve the quality of life for these individuals, and

11         WHEREAS, the Florida Developmental Disabilities

12  Council, Inc., sponsors events like "DD Awareness Day" to

13  provide a setting in which other agencies and organizations

14  can provide information about services and products for

15  persons having a disability and promote understanding about

16  the challenges and obstacles in the everyday lives of persons

17  having a disability, and

18         WHEREAS, "DD Awareness Day" is an appropriate time to

19  recognize Florida's public-policy accomplishments concerning

20  persons having a disability and also to identify the

21  improvements to public policy which are needed to ensure

22  inclusion and that appropriate services are obtained by all of

23  Florida's residents having a developmental disability, and

24         WHEREAS, the Florida Developmental Disabilities

25  Council, Inc., on February 14, 2002, will honor two

26  outstanding legislators for their hard work and dedication in

27  making the lives of persons having a disability better, by

28  presenting to Representative Sandy Murman and Senator Ken

29  Pruitt the 2002 Outstanding Legislator Awards for their

30  advocacy on behalf of Florida's residents having a

31  developmental disability, NOW, THEREFORE,

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    Florida Senate - 2002        (NP)                      SR 2432
    27-1883-02




  1  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:

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  3         That the Florida Senate commends the Florida

  4  Developmental Disabilities Council, Inc., for its

  5  encouragement of all Floridians to actively participate in

  6  events that appropriately recognize and celebrate the diverse

  7  population of this state, including persons having a

  8  developmental disability.

  9         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Senate recognizes

10  February 14, 2002, as "Developmental Disabilities Awareness

11  Day" and joins the Florida Developmental Disabilities Council,

12  Inc., in urging all Florida residents to promote, sponsor, and

13  participate in "DD Awareness Day."

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