Bill Text: GA SR1223 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

Georgia Senate Resolution 1223 (Prior Session Legislation)

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

A 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.