Senate Bill sb0232c1

    Florida Senate - 2004                            CS for SB 232

    By the Committee on Transportation; and Senators Crist, Fasano
    and Miller




    306-2195-04

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to road designations;

  3         designating Captain Charles "Bo" Harrison

  4         Memorial Highway in Pasco County; designating

  5         Jerome A. Williams Memorial Highway in Putnam

  6         County; directing the Department of

  7         Transportation to erect suitable markers;

  8         providing an effective date.

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10         WHEREAS, Captain Charles "Bo" Harrison served as a law

11  enforcement officer in Pasco County for over 30 years and was

12  the first ever and highest ranking African-American officer to

13  serve in the Pasco County Sheriff's Office, and

14         WHEREAS, Captain Harrison was a member of the F.O.P.,

15  the Association of Deputy Sheriffs, Inc., and the P.S.O.

16  Legion for the Recruitment of Minorities, and

17         WHEREAS, Captain Harrison often assisted children by

18  helping to pay for books and other education-related expenses,

19  including one student's tuition for the Law Enforcement

20  Academy, and

21         WHEREAS, Captain Harrison was a very active member of

22  his church and sang in the church choir, and

23         WHEREAS, shot in the back while seated in his patrol

24  car on June 1, 2003, Captain Harrison became the first Pasco

25  County officer in over 80 years to be killed in the line of

26  duty, and

27         WHEREAS, Captain Harrison is survived by three loving

28  and devoted children as well as a community grateful for his

29  dedicated years of service and ultimate sacrifice, NOW,

30  THEREFORE,

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    Florida Senate - 2004                            CS for SB 232
    306-2195-04




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

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 3         Section 1.  Captain Charles "Bo" Harrison Memorial

 4  Highway designated; department to erect suitable markers.--

 5         (1)  That portion of U.S. Highway 301 in Pasco County,

 6  northbound and southbound, is designated as "Captain Charles

 7  'Bo' Harrison Memorial Highway."

 8         (2)  The Department of Transportation is directed to

 9  erect suitable markers designating Captain Charles "Bo"

10  Harrison Memorial Highway as described in subsection (1).

11         Section 2.  Jerome A. Williams Memorial Highway

12  designated; Department of Transportation to erect suitable

13  markers.--

14         (1)  That portion of U.S. Highway 17 in Putnam County

15  from Crescent City south to the border at Volusia County is

16  designated as "Jerome A. Williams Memorial Highway."

17         (2)  The Department of Transportation is directed to

18  erect suitable markers designating Jerome A. Williams Memorial

19  Highway as described in subsection (1).

20         Section 3.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

21  law.

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23          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
24                         Senate Bill 232

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26  The CS designates a portion of U.S. Highway 17 in Putnam
    County as the Jerome A. Williams Memorial Highway.
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