HR303: HR303 Honorable Johnny Floyd Interchange; Crisp County; dedicate

This resolution honors Johnny Floyd, a former member of the Georgia House of Representatives who represented Crisp, Dooly, and Pulaski counties and parts of Houston County for 19 years, and who later spent 15 years on the State Transportation Board. It recounts his career in forestry, his family timber business in Cordele, and his committee service in the General Assembly and on the Transportation Board. The resolution's operative effect is to dedicate the interchange of Interstate 75 and US 280 in Crisp County as the Honorable Johnny Floyd Interchange. It directs the Georgia Department of Transportation to put up and maintain signs marking the dedication, and directs the Clerk of the House to distribute copies of the resolution to Floyd and to the Department of Transportation.

• Dedicates the interchange of Interstate 75 and US 280 in Crisp County as the Honorable Johnny Floyd Interchange.
• Directs the Georgia Department of Transportation to erect and maintain signs marking the interchange's new name.
• Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to distribute copies of the resolution to Johnny Floyd and the Department of Transportation.

This resolution primarily affects the Georgia Department of Transportation, which must install and maintain signage, and honors Johnny Floyd, a former state legislator and State Transportation Board member from the Crisp County area.

The practical effect is limited to signage: drivers on Interstate 75 at US 280 in Crisp County will see new signs naming the interchange after Johnny Floyd, a symbolic recognition of his decades of service in the legislature and on the State Transportation Board.

• The resolution recites Johnny Floyd's biography, including his forestry career, family timber business, and 19 years representing Crisp, Dooly, Pulaski, and part of Houston counties in the Georgia House.
• It notes his 15 years on the State Transportation Board representing Congressional District 2, and his roles including chairman, vice chairman, and secretary of that board.
• The operative clause dedicates the I-75/US 280 interchange in Crisp County as the Honorable Johnny Floyd Interchange.
• A further clause directs the Department of Transportation to erect and maintain appropriate signs for the dedication.
• A final clause directs the Clerk of the House to make copies available for distribution to Floyd and the Department of Transportation.

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• Noel Williams (R, HD-148)Primary sponsor

• highway dedication
• Crisp County
• Georgia Department of Transportation
• legislative honors