HB 0033 2004
1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to road designations; designating Captain
3	Charles "Bo" Harrison Memorial Highway in Pasco County;
4	directing the Department of Transportation to erect
5	suitable markers; providing an effective date.
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7	WHEREAS, Captain Charles "Bo" Harrison served as a law
8	enforcement officer in Pasco County for over 30 years and was
9	the first ever and highest ranking African-American officer to
10	serve in the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office, and
11	WHEREAS, Captain Harrison was a member of the F.O.P., the
12	Association of Deputy Sheriffs, Inc., and the P.S.O. Legion for
13	the Recruitment of Minorities, and
14	WHEREAS, Captain Harrison often assisted children by
15	helping to pay for books and other education-related expenses,
16	including one student's tuition for the Law Enforcement Academy,
17	and
18	WHEREAS, Captain Harrison was a very active member of his
19	church and sang in the church choir, and
20	WHEREAS, shot in the back while seated in his patrol car on
21	June 1, 2003, Captain Harrison became the first Pasco County
22	officer in over 80 years to be killed in the line of duty, and
23	WHEREAS, Captain Harrison is survived by three loving and
24	devoted children as well as a community grateful for his
25	dedicated years of service and ultimate sacrifice, NOW,
26	THEREFORE,
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28	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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30	Section 1. Captain Charles "Bo" Harrison Memorial Highway
31	designated; department to erect suitable markers.--
32	(1) That portion of U.S. Highway 301 in Pasco County,
33	northbound and southbound, is designated as "Captain Charles
34	'Bo' Harrison Memorial Highway."
35	(2) The Department of Transportation is directed to erect
36	suitable markers designating Captain Charles "Bo" Harrison
37	Memorial Highway as described in subsection (1).
38	Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.