Bill Text: FL S1140 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Governor Bob Martinez/25th Anniversary

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-23 - Adopted, companion bill(s) passed, see HR 9011 (Adopted) -SJ 553 [S1140 Detail]

Download: Florida-2012-S1140-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2012                            (NP)    SR 1140
       
       
       
       By Senator Latvala
       
       
       
       
       16-00963-12                                           20121140__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution commemorating the 25th Anniversary of the
    3         inauguration of Bob Martinez as Florida’s 40th
    4         Governor.
    5  
    6         WHEREAS, Bob Martinez was born on December 25, 1934, and
    7  was raised in Tampa by his parents Serafin and Ida Carreno
    8  Martinez, and
    9         WHEREAS, Bob Martinez attended Tampa Bay Boulevard
   10  Elementary School, MacFarland Junior High, and Thomas Jefferson
   11  High School in Tampa, and
   12         WHEREAS, in 1957, Bob Martinez earned an undergraduate
   13  degree in Social Science from the University of Tampa and, in
   14  1964, received a postgraduate degree in Labor and Industrial
   15  Relations from the University of Illinois, and
   16         WHEREAS, in 1979, Bob Martinez was elected Mayor of Tampa
   17  and, in 1983, was reelected to a second term, and
   18         WHEREAS, on September 6, 1986, Bob Martinez received the
   19  majority of votes in a crowded Republican primary, and on
   20  November 4, 1986, he became the first Hispanic Governor of
   21  Florida and only the second Republican Governor of this state
   22  since Reconstruction, and
   23         WHEREAS, on January 6, 1987, Bob Martinez was inaugurated
   24  as Florida’s 40th Governor, serving this state honorably
   25  throughout his 4 years in office, and
   26         WHEREAS, the accomplishments of Governor Bob Martinez are
   27  numerous and include the creation of Preservation 2000, the
   28  largest land acquisition program in the nation, now known as
   29  Florida Forever; the creation of the Governor’s Commission on
   30  Space, the Florida Turnpike Authority, and the Florida Prepaid
   31  College Program; implementation of Florida’s first comprehensive
   32  growth management law and the Florida Lottery; and advocacy on
   33  behalf of Florida’s 10th public university, Florida Gulf Coast
   34  University, and
   35         WHEREAS, Governor Bob Martinez has left an indelible impact
   36  on the State of Florida, NOW, THEREFORE,
   37  
   38  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
   39  
   40         That the members of the Senate recognize January 6, 2012,
   41  as the 25th Anniversary of the inauguration of Governor Bob
   42  Martinez and pay tribute to this dedicated public servant.