Bill Text: GA SR1223 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Judge Kenneth O. Nix Highway; Cobb County; dedicate
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-21 - Senate Read and Referred [SR1223 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-SR1223-Introduced.html
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Senate
Resolution 1223
By:
Senator Thompson of the 33rd
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RESOLUTION
Recognizing
Judge Kenneth O. Nix and dedicating a road in his honor; and for other
purposes.
WHEREAS,
Superior Court Judge Kenneth O. Nix was raised in the Grove Park Commons of
Grove Park; and
WHEREAS,
he graduated from West Fulton High School, and he has been known as a great
athlete over the years; and
WHEREAS,
he has resided in Cobb County all of his adult life and served in the Georgia
House of Representatives and was later appointed and re-elected to the Cobb
County State Court; and
WHEREAS,
several years later, Judge Nix was appointed to the Cobb County Superior Court
and was re-elected on several occasions until he retired this past year to spend
more time with his loving wife and family in Smyrna, Georgia; and
WHEREAS,
Judge Nix has served with honor and distinction with the State of Georgia, and
his vision and unyielding commitment is appreciated by the citizens of his
community and state; and
WHEREAS,
it is abundantly fitting and proper that the outstanding accomplishments of this
remarkable and distinguished Georgian be appropriately recognized.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AND ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA that
the portion of South Cobb Drive beginning at the intersection of South Cobb
Drive and Concord Road to the intersection of South Cobb Drive and Cooper Lake
Road is dedicated as the Judge Kenneth O. Nix Highway.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Transportation is authorized and
directed to erect and maintain appropriate signs dedicating the Judge Kenneth O.
Nix Highway.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed
to transmit appropriate copies of this resolution to Judge Kenneth O. Nix and to
the Department of Transportation.