Florida Senate - 2020 CS for CS for SB 78
By the Committees on Appropriations; and Infrastructure and
Security; and Senators Broxson and Wright
576-04278A-20 202078c2
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to transportation-related facility
3 designations; providing honorary designations of
4 certain transportation facilities in specified
5 counties; directing the Department of Transportation
6 to erect suitable markers; providing an honorary
7 designation of certain transportation facilities
8 specified; directing the Department of Transportation
9 to erect suitable markers and to examine the
10 feasibility to rename the facilities specified;
11 requiring a report by a date certain; providing an
12 honorary designation of a facility in a specified
13 county; directing the Department of Highway Safety and
14 Motor Vehicles to erect suitable markers; amending
15 chapter 2019-169, L.O.F.; correcting the location of
16 an honorary designation; providing an effective date.
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18 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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20 Section 1. Transportation facility designations; Department
21 of Transportation to erect suitable markers.—
22 (1) The Pensacola Bay Bridge (bridge numbers 480-289 and
23 480-290) on U.S. 98/S.R. 30 over the Pensacola Bay between 17th
24 Avenue in Escambia County and Baybridge Drive in Santa Rosa
25 County is designated as the “General Daniel ‘Chappie’ James,
26 Jr., Bridge.”
27 (2) Bloxham Cutoff Road/S.R. 267 between U.S. 98 in Wakulla
28 County and S.R. 20 in Leon County is designated as “J.D. Turner
29 Highway.”
30 (3) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, bridge numbers
31 880050, 880051, 880052, and 880053 on S.R. 510 between Wabasso
32 and Wabasso Beach in Indian River County are designated as the
33 “A.B. Michael Bridges.”
34 (4) That portion of W. Kennedy Boulevard between Lois
35 Avenue and Dale Mabry Highway in Hillsborough County is
36 designated as “Master Police Officer Lois Marrero Memorial
37 Highway.”
38 (5) That portion of E. Laurel Street between N. Orange
39 Avenue and N. Morgan Street in Hillsborough County is designated
40 as “Officer James Ronco Memorial Highway.”
41 (6) Bridge number 930361 on S.R. A1A/Jack Nicklaus Drive in
42 Palm Beach County is designated as “Gold Star Family Memorial
43 Bridge, dedicated to Army Captain Joseph M. Berkson.”
44 (7) That portion of S.R. 408/Spessard L. Holland East-West
45 Expressway between S. Crystal Lake Drive and S. Semoran
46 Boulevard in Orange County is designated as the “Sergeant Tracy
47 Vickers Memorial Expressway.”
48 (8) That portion of S.R. 438 between Winters Landing Drive
49 and Clarke Road in Orange County is designated as “Julius ‘July’
50 Perry Memorial Highway.”
51 (9) That portion of I-95 between the Florida state line in
52 Nassau County and S.W. 32nd Road in Miami-Dade County is
53 designated as “Purple Heart Memorial Highway.”
54 (10) That portion of U.S. 98 between C.R. 386 and Pine
55 Street in Gulf County is designated as “Willis V. Rowan Memorial
56 Highway.”
57 (11) That portion of U.S. 98 between Pine Street and C.R.
58 382/Industrial Road in Gulf County is designated as the “John C.
59 Gainous Memorial Highway.”
60 (12) That portion of I-10 between U.S. 29/S.R. 95 and S.R.
61 291 in Escambia County is designated as the “Deputy Donald Ray
62 Cook Memorial Highway.”
63 (13) That portion of I-95 between mile markers 105 and 110
64 in Martin County is designated as the “Trooper Joseph Bullock
65 Memorial Highway.”
66 (14) That portion of S.R. 281 between U.S. 90 and U.S. 98
67 in Santa Rosa County is designated as the “Bart D. and John R.
68 Broxson Parkway.”
69 (15) That portion of U.S. 90/Beaver Street between Chaffee
70 Road and U.S. 301 in Duval County is designated as the “John B.
71 Coxwell Memorial Highway.”
72 (16) That portion of U.S. 41/S.W. 8th Street between S.W.
73 82nd Avenue and S.R. 973/87th Avenue in Miami-Dade County is
74 designated as the “Manuel H. ‘Manny’ Piedra Memorial Highway.”
75 (17) That portion of U.S. 441 between Deep Creek Bridge and
76 C.R. 6 in Columbia County is designated as “Austin D. Gay
77 Memorial Highway.”
78 (18) That portion of I-10 between the Suwannee County line
79 and mile marker 275 in Suwannee County is designated as “Wesley
80 L. Silas Memorial Highway.”
81 (19) That portion of U.S. 19 between Luther Wilson Road and
82 the Econfina River Bridge in Taylor County is designated as
83 “Joshua S. Montaad Memorial Highway.”
84 (20) That portion of the S.R. 90/S.W. 8th Street between
85 S.W. 12th Avenue and S.W. 14th Avenue in Miami-Dade County is
86 designated as “Rosa Maria Plasencia Way.”
87 (21) That portion of U.S. 129/S.R. 49 (31030000) between
88 the Levy County line and the Suwannee County line in Gilchrist
89 County is designated as the “Slaughter, Read, Ramirez, Lindsey
90 Memorial Highway.”
91 (22) That portion of the S.R. 223 (S.R. 200/U.S. 301 Truck
92 Route) overpass bridge at S.R. 100 in Bradford County is
93 designated as the “Archibald Johns Thomas Bridge.”
94 (23) The Department of Transportation is directed to erect
95 suitable markers designating the transportation facilities as
96 described in this section.
97 Section 2. Transportation facility designations; Harriet
98 Tubman Highway designated; Department of Transportation to
99 request conduct feasibility and impact study.—
100 (1) That portion of South Dixie Highway/U.S. 1/S.R. 5
101 between the Monroe County line and S.R. 9A/I-95 Northbound in
102 Miami-Dade County is designated as “Harriet Tubman Highway/U.S.
103 1/S.R. 5.”
104 (2) That portion of W. Dixie Highway/S.R. 909 between N.E.
105 119th Street and N.E. 163rd Street in Miami-Dade County is
106 designated as “Harriet Tubman Highway/State Road 909.”
107 (3) The Department of Transportation is directed to erect
108 suitable markers designating such roads as “Harriet Tubman
109 Highway.”
110 (4) The Department of Transportation is directed to examine
111 the feasibility and impact to rename such roads as “Harriet
112 Tubman Highway,” including the impact and method to change and
113 update the E911 system, meet any United States Postal Service
114 requirements, and the financial impact to businesses and
115 residents. The department must provide a report of its findings
116 to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of
117 Representatives by October 1, 2020.
118 Section 3. Trooper Joseph Bullock Building designated;
119 Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to erect
120 suitable markers.—
121 (1) The Florida Highway Patrol station located at 2929 N.
122 25th Street in the City of Fort Pierce in St. Lucie County is
123 designated as the “Trooper Joseph Bullock Building.”
124 (2) The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles is
125 directed to erect suitable markers designating the Trooper
126 Joseph Bullock Building as described in subsection (1).
127 Section 4. Subsection (40) of section 21 of chapter 2019
128 169, Laws of Florida, is amended to read:
129 Section 21. Transportation facility designations;
130 Department of Transportation to erect suitable markers.—
131 (40) That portion of C.R. 435/Apopka Vineland Road between
132 S.R. 91/Florida’s Turnpike and S.R. 535 between S.R. 526 in
133 Orange County, and that portion of S.R. 535 between Apopka
134 Vineland Road and the Orange Osceola County line, are is
135 designated as “Robert L. ‘Bob’ Billingslea Highway.”
136 Section 5. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.