Florida Senate - 2021 SB 646



By Senator Taddeo





40-00100A-21 2021646__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to naming highways; requiring counties
3 and municipalities to rename their respective portions
4 of Dixie Highway, Old Dixie Highway, North Dixie
5 Highway, or South Dixie Highway as “Harriet Tubman
6 Highway” by a specified date; providing exceptions;
7 requiring the Department of Transportation to rename
8 portions of such highways as “Harriet Tubman Highway”
9 upon approval of the appropriate board of county
10 commissioners or governing body of a municipality;
11 requiring the department to coordinate with applicable
12 boards of county commissioners or governing bodies of
13 municipalities to rename portions of such highways
14 under certain circumstances; providing an effective
15 date.
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17 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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19 Section 1. Dixie Highway, Old Dixie Highway, North Dixie
20 Highway, and South Dixie Highway renaming.—
21 (1) Notwithstanding any other law or local ordinance or
22 resolution, by July 1, 2022, each county shall, if applicable,
23 rename any portion of Dixie Highway, Old Dixie Highway, North
24 Dixie Highway, or South Dixie Highway which runs through the
25 county, pursuant to chapter 336, Florida Statutes, as “Harriet
26 Tubman Highway,” unless the county renames any such portion to
27 another name of the county’s choosing.
28 (2) Notwithstanding any other law or local ordinance or
29 resolution, by July 1, 2022, each municipality shall, if
30 applicable, rename any portion of Dixie Highway, Old Dixie
31 Highway, North Dixie Highway, or South Dixie Highway which runs
32 through the municipality and which is classified as being part
33 of the city street system, as defined in s. 334.03(3), Florida
34 Statutes, as “Harriet Tubman Highway,” unless the municipality
35 renames any such portion to another name of the municipality’s
36 choosing.
37 (3) Notwithstanding any other law, by July 1, 2022, the
38 Department of Transportation shall rename any portion of Dixie
39 Highway, Old Dixie Highway, North Dixie Highway, or South Dixie
40 Highway classified as part of the State Highway System, as
41 “Harriet Tubman Highway” upon approval by the appropriate board
42 of county commissioners or governing body of a municipality with
43 jurisdiction over the geographical area in which the portion of
44 the state road is located. If the board or governing body does
45 not provide such approval to the department, the department must
46 coordinate with the board or governing body to rename any
47 portion of Dixie Highway, Old Dixie Highway, North Dixie
48 Highway, or South Dixie Highway to a name of the board’s or
49 governing body’s choosing.
50 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021.