HB 0579 2003
   
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6          The Committee on Transportation recommends the following:
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8          Committee Substitute
9          Remove the entire bill and insert:
10 A bill to be entitled
11          An act relating to road and bridge designations;
12    designating a portion of Interstate 75 as Purple Heart
13    Memorial Highway; designating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,
14    Memorial Highway in Hamilton County; designating Nott
15    Circle Roundabout in Suwannee County; designating the Dr.
16    Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Highway in Gadsden
17    County; designating the Jim Deaton Memorial Bridge in
18    Duval County; directing the Department of Transportation
19    to erect suitable markers; providing an effective date.
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21          Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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23          Section 1. Purple Heart Memorial Highway designated;
24    department to erect suitable markers.--
25          (1) That portion of Interstate 75 from the Georgia-Florida
26    state line to the city limits of Ocala in Marion County is
27    hereby designated as "Purple Heart Memorial Highway."
28          (2) The Department of Transportation is directed to erect
29    suitable markers designating Purple Heart Memorial Highway as
30    described in subsection (1).
31          Section 2. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Highway
32    designated; department to erect suitable markers.--
33          (1) That portion of U.S. Highway 41 located in White
34    Springs in Hamilton County is hereby designated as "Dr. Martin
35    Luther King, Jr., Memorial Highway."
36          (2) The Department of Transportation is directed to erect
37    suitable markers designating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,
38    Memorial Highway as described in subsection (1).
39          Section 3. Nott Circle Roundabout designated; department
40    to erect suitable markers.--
41          (1) The roundabout at State Road 51, Walker Avenue, and
42    County Road 136 located in Live Oak in Suwannee County is hereby
43    designated as "Nott Circle Roundabout."
44          (2) The Department of Transportation is directed to erect
45    suitable markers designating Nott Circle Roundabout as described
46    in subsection (1).
47          Section 4. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Highway
48    designated; department to erect suitable markers.—-
49          (1) That portion of U.S. Highway 27 (State Road 63) inside
50    the city limits of Havana in Gadsden County is hereby designated
51    as the "Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Highway."
52          (2) The Department of Transportation is directed to erect
53    two memorial signs at the north and south ends of the city
54    limits designating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Highway
55    as described in subsection (1).
56          Section 5. Jim Deaton Memorial Bridge designated;
57    markers.--
58          (1) The northbound and southbound spans of the Cedar River
59    Bridge (bridge designations 720325 and 720326) on State Road 21
60    in Duval County are hereby collectively designated the "Jim
61    Deaton Memorial Bridge."
62          (2) The Department of Transportation is directed to erect
63    suitable markers designating the Jim Deaton Memorial Bridge as
64    described in subsection (1).
65          Section 6. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.