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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; amending chapter 2014-228,
7 L.O.F.; revising the name of an honorary designation;
8 providing an honorary designation of certain
9 transportation facilities specified; directing the
10 Department of Transportation to erect suitable markers
11 and to examine the feasibility to rename the
12 facilities specified; requiring a report by a date
13 certain; providing an honorary designation of a
14 facility in a specified county; directing the
15 Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to
16 erect suitable markers; amending chapter 2019-169,
17 L.O.F.; correcting the location of an honorary
18 designation; providing an effective date.
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20 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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22 Section 1. Transportation facility designations; Department
23 of Transportation to erect suitable markers.—
24 (1) The Pensacola Bay Bridge (bridge numbers 480-289 and
25 480-290) on U.S. 98/S.R. 30 over the Pensacola Bay between 17th
26 Avenue in Escambia County and Baybridge Drive in Santa Rosa
27 County is designated as the “General Daniel ‘Chappie’ James,
28 Jr., Bridge.”
29 (2) Bloxham Cutoff Road/S.R. 267 between U.S. 98 in Wakulla
30 County and S.R. 20 in Leon County is designated as “J.D. Turner
31 Highway.”
32 (3) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, bridge numbers
33 880050, 880051, 880052, and 880053 on S.R. 510 between Wabasso
34 and Wabasso Beach in Indian River County are designated as the
35 “A.B. Michael Bridges.”
36 (4) That portion of W. Kennedy Boulevard between Lois
37 Avenue and Dale Mabry Highway in Hillsborough County is
38 designated as “Master Police Officer Lois Marrero Memorial
39 Highway.”
40 (5) That portion of E. Laurel Street between N. Orange
41 Avenue and N. Morgan Street in Hillsborough County is designated
42 as “Officer James Ronco Memorial Highway.”
43 (6) Bridge number 930361 on S.R. A1A/Jack Nicklaus Drive in
44 Palm Beach County is designated as “Gold Star Family Memorial
45 Bridge, dedicated to Army Captain Joseph M. Berkson.”
46 (7) That portion of S.R. 408/Spessard L. Holland East-West
47 Expressway between S. Crystal Lake Drive and S. Semoran
48 Boulevard in Orange County is designated as the “Sergeant Tracy
49 Vickers Memorial Expressway.”
50 (8) That portion of S.R. 438 between Winters Landing Drive
51 and Clarke Road in Orange County is designated as “Julius ‘July’
52 Perry Memorial Highway.”
53 (9) That portion of I-95 between the Florida state line in
54 Nassau County and S.W. 32nd Road in Miami-Dade County is
55 designated as “Purple Heart Memorial Highway.”
56 (10) That portion of U.S. 98 between C.R. 386 and Pine
57 Street in Gulf County is designated as “Willis V. Rowan Memorial
58 Highway.”
59 (11) That portion of U.S. 98 between Pine Street and C.R.
60 382/Industrial Road in Gulf County is designated as the “John C.
61 Gainous Memorial Highway.”
62 (12) That portion of I-10 between U.S. 29/S.R. 95 and S.R.
63 291 in Escambia County is designated as the “Deputy Donald Ray
64 Cook Memorial Highway.”
65 (13) That portion of I-95 between mile markers 105 and 110
66 in Martin County is designated as the “Trooper Joseph Bullock
67 Memorial Highway.”
68 (14) That portion of S.R. 281 between U.S. 90 and U.S. 98
69 in Santa Rosa County is designated as the “Bart D. and John R.
70 Broxson Parkway.”
71 (15) That portion of U.S. 90/Beaver Street between Chaffee
72 Road and U.S. 301 in Duval County is designated as the “John B.
73 Coxwell Memorial Highway.”
74 (16) That portion of U.S. 41/S.W. 8th Street between S.W.
75 82nd Avenue and S.R. 973/87th Avenue in Miami-Dade County is
76 designated as the “Manuel H. ‘Manny’ Piedra Memorial Highway.”
77 (17) That portion of U.S. 441 between Deep Creek Bridge and
78 C.R. 6 in Columbia County is designated as “Austin D. Gay
79 Memorial Highway.”
80 (18) That portion of I-10 between the Madison County line
81 and mile marker 275 in Suwannee County is designated as “Wesley
82 L. Silas Memorial Highway.”
83 (19) That portion of U.S. 19 between Luther Wilson Road and
84 the Econfina River Bridge in Taylor County is designated as
85 “Joshua S. Montaad Memorial Highway.”
86 (20) That portion of the S.R. 90/S.W. 8th Street between
87 S.W. 12th Avenue and S.W. 14th Avenue in Miami-Dade County is
88 designated as “Rosa Maria Plasencia Way.”
89 (21) That portion of U.S. 129/S.R. 49 (31030000) between
90 the Levy County line and the Suwannee County line in Gilchrist
91 County is designated as the “Slaughter, Read, Ramirez, Lindsey
92 Memorial Highway.”
93 (22) Bridge numbers 280070 and 280071 on S.R. 223 in
94 Bradford County are designated as the “Archibald Johns Thomas
95 Bridge.”
96 (23) That portion of S.R. 285 between S.R. 20 and College
97 Boulevard in Okaloosa County is designated as “Mayor Randall
98 Wise Memorial Highway.”
99 (24) Upon completion of construction, the roundabout at
100 S.R. 64 and Pope Road/Greyhawk Boulevard in Manatee County is
101 designated as “Chase Coyner and Matthew Powers Memorial
102 Roundabout.”
103 (25) Bridge numbers 150213 and 150214 on I-275/U.S. 19/S.R.
104 93 in Pinellas County are designated as “Phoebe Jonchuck
105 Memorial Bridge.”
106 (26) The Department of Transportation is directed to erect
107 suitable markers designating the transportation facilities as
108 described in this section.
109 Section 2. Section 7 of chapter 2014-228, Laws of Florida,
110 is amended to read:
111 Section 7. Brigadier General Colonel Bud Day Overpass
112 designated; Department of Transportation to erect suitable
113 markers.—
114 (1) The Hurlburt Field Air Force Base overpass on U.S. 98
115 in Okaloosa County is designated as “Brigadier General Colonel
116 Bud Day Overpass.”
117 (2) The Department of Transportation is directed to erect
118 suitable markers designating Brigadier General Colonel Bud Day
119 Overpass as described in subsection (1).
120 Section 3. Transportation facility designations; Harriet
121 Tubman Highway designated; Department of Transportation to
122 conduct feasibility and impact study.—
123 (1) That portion of South Dixie Highway/U.S. 1/S.R. 5
124 between the Monroe County line and S.R. 9A/I-95 Northbound in
125 Miami-Dade County is designated as “Harriet Tubman Highway/U.S.
126 1/S.R. 5.”
127 (2) That portion of W. Dixie Highway/S.R. 909 between N.E.
128 119th Street and N.E. 163rd Street in Miami-Dade County is
129 designated as “Harriet Tubman Highway/State Road 909.”
130 (3) The Department of Transportation is directed to erect
131 suitable markers designating such roads as “Harriet Tubman
132 Highway.”
133 (4) The Department of Transportation is directed to examine
134 the feasibility and impact to rename such roads as “Harriet
135 Tubman Highway,” including the impact and method to change and
136 update the E911 system, meet any United States Postal Service
137 requirements, and the financial impact to businesses and
138 residents. The department must provide a report of its findings
139 to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of
140 Representatives by October 1, 2020.
141 Section 4. Trooper Joseph Bullock Building designated;
142 Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to erect
143 suitable markers.—
144 (1) The Florida Highway Patrol station located at 2929 N.
145 25th Street in the City of Fort Pierce in St. Lucie County is
146 designated as the “Trooper Joseph Bullock Building.”
147 (2) The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles is
148 directed to erect suitable markers designating the Trooper
149 Joseph Bullock Building as described in subsection (1).
150 Section 5. Subsection (40) of section 21 of chapter 2019
151 169, Laws of Florida, is amended to read:
152 Section 21. Transportation facility designations;
153 Department of Transportation to erect suitable markers.—
154 (40) That portion of C.R. 435/Apopka Vineland Road between
155 S.R. 91/Florida’s Turnpike and S.R. 535 between S.R. 526 in
156 Orange County, and that portion of S.R. 535 between Apopka
157 Vineland Road and the Orange Osceola County line, are is
158 designated as “Robert L. ‘Bob’ Billingslea Highway.”
159 Section 6. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.