Senate Bill sb3134

    Florida Senate - 2004        (NP)                      SR 3134

    By Senator Crist





    12-2392A-04

  1                    Senate Resolution No. ____

  2         A resolution recognizing April 21, 2004, as

  3         "Hillsborough County Day" in Tallahassee.

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  5         WHEREAS, Hillsborough County is a multicultural

  6  community located midway along the west coast of Florida, the

  7  home of the Cities of Tampa, Plant City, and Temple Terrace,

  8  and

  9         WHEREAS, the county is home to the University of South

10  Florida, Hillsborough Community College, and the Hillsborough

11  County School District, a charter district and the tenth

12  largest school district in the United States, with 194,123

13  students overall and over 19,200 students speaking more than

14  100 different languages and representing nearly 200 different

15  counties, and

16         WHEREAS, the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research

17  Institute anchors the burgeoning northeast medical corridor,

18  soon to be joined by the Johnnie B. Byrd, Sr., Alzheimer's

19  Center and Research Institute, and

20         WHEREAS, Hillsborough is the home of the nation's 29th

21  busiest airport and Florida's largest cargo port, and

22         WHEREAS, Hillsborough's farms produce over $627 million

23  in total annual sales, and

24         WHEREAS, the county's cultural facilities have an

25  annual economic impact of $402 million, and the county boasts

26  multiple historic districts and landmarks, and

27         WHEREAS, the county hosts multiple,

28  nationally-recognized sports teams and events, and

29         WHEREAS, the county is the home of MacDill Air Force

30  Base and the United States Central Command, and

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    Florida Senate - 2004        (NP)                      SR 3134
    12-2392A-04




 1         WHEREAS, the county's environmental centerpiece is the

 2  54-mile Hillsborough River, NOW, THEREFORE,

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

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 6         That April 21, 2004, is recognized as "Hillsborough

 7  County Day" as the Senate celebrates the "Flavors of

 8  Hillsborough" at the State Capitol.

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