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FL S1764

Resolution

Status

Passed

3/3/2016

Primary Sponsor

Bill Montford

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Origin

Senate

2016 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Recognizes the 160th anniversary of Taylor County's creation as an independent county from Madison County in 1856
  • Taylor County comprises 1,043 square miles in the Big Bend region and is named after United States President Zachary Taylor
  • County produced prominent Floridians including former Governor Cary Hardee, first state librarian W.T. Cash, first State University System chancellor J. Broward Culpepper, and first state auditor Ollie Williams
  • Home to Florida's first full-time county health unit and the annual Florida Forest Festival for over 60 years; designated "Tree Capital of the South" by Governor Haydon Burns in 1965
  • Perry serves as the only incorporated city and county seat in Taylor County

Legislative Description

160th Anniversary of Taylor County

Last Action

Adopted

3/3/2016

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