06 LC 37
0059
House
Bill 1283
By:
Representatives Epps of the
128th,
Smyre of the
132nd,
Buckner of the
130th,
Crawford of the
127th,
Smith of the
70th,
and others
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Chapter 4 of Title 1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to holidays and observations, so as to declare Franklin Delano Roosevelt Day in
Georgia; to make certain legislative observations; to repeal conflicting laws;
and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Chapter
4 of Title 1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to holidays and
observations, is amended by inserting at the end thereof the
following:
∀1-4-16.
(a)
The General Assembly recognizes that:
(1)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt became the thirty-second President of the United
States of America in March, 1933, in the depths of the Great Depression and was
reelected for an unprecedented three more terms;
(2)
FDR, as he was affectionately known, died in office in April, 1945, less than
one month before the surrender of Germany in World War II, at his beloved Warm
Springs, Georgia, Little White House;
(3)
Despite an attack of polio, which paralyzed his legs in 1921 at age 39,
President Roosevelt persisted with strength and courage to lead the American
people during the strains of economic crisis and world war;
(4)
President Roosevelt visited Warm Springs, Georgia, in 1924 to partake of the
towńs
naturally heated mineral springs to treat his polio related paralysis and found
considerable relief from his illness;
(5)
President Roosevelt was enchanted with Warm Springs; he built the only home he
ever owned there, and from that time forward, his modest six room cottage became
known as the Little White House;
(6)
It was from Warm Springs that President Roosevelt is believed to have developed
New Deal politics that affected the entire nation;
(7)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was one of our
natiońs
greatest presidents; and his legacies continue beyond enumeration, including the
continuation of the hospital he founded for the treatment of polio patents to an
internationally recognized comprehensive medical and vocation rehabilitation
facility known as the Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation in
Warm Springs, Georgia; and
(8)
January 30, 2006, was the 124th anniversary of Franklin Delano
Roosevelt́s
birth.
(b)
January 30 of each year is designated 'Franklin Delano Roosevelt Day' in
Georgia.∀
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.