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| 2 | 2 | | House Resolution 71 |
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| 3 | 3 | | By: Representative Griffin of the 149 |
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| 6 | 6 | | A RESOLUTION |
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| 7 | 7 | | Honoring the life and memory of Ms. Latasha R. Butts and dedicating a road in her memory; |
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| 9 | 9 | | and for other purposes.2 |
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| 10 | 10 | | WHEREAS, the State of Georgia lost one of its finest citizens with the passing of Ms.3 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Latasha R. Butts on October 21, 2024; and4 |
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| 12 | 12 | | WHEREAS, a native of Milledgeville, Georgia, Ms. Butts was a basketball star at the5 |
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| 13 | 13 | | University of Tennessee with four regular season Southeastern Conference Championship6 |
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| 14 | 14 | | wins before being drafted to the WNBA in 2004 by the Minnesota Lynx; and7 |
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| 15 | 15 | | WHEREAS, during her season in the WNBA, Ms. Butts played in 30 games and helped the8 |
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| 16 | 16 | | franchise achieve a record 18 victories and a playoff appearance; and 9 |
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| 17 | 17 | | WHEREAS, after a year with the WNBA, Ms. Butts returned to the University of Tennessee10 |
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| 18 | 18 | | as a graduate assistant and later played basketball overseas in Portugal and Israel, as well as11 |
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| 19 | 19 | | with the WNBA's Charlotte Sting and Houston Comets; and 12 |
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| 20 | 20 | | WHEREAS, she coached for three seasons at UCLA, eight seasons at LSU, and four seasons13 |
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| 21 | 21 | | at Georgia Tech; and14 |
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| 22 | 22 | | H. R. 71 |
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| 24 | 24 | | WHEREAS, Ms. Butts was serving as the head coach of the Georgetown University |
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| 26 | 26 | | basketball team at the time of her passing; and16 |
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| 27 | 27 | | WHEREAS, she was highly regarded in the basketball community and was known as a coach17 |
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| 28 | 28 | | who expected excellence and cared deeply for her players; and 18 |
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| 29 | 29 | | WHEREAS, it is abundantly fitting and proper that this remarkable and distinguished19 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Georgian be appropriately recognized by dedicating a road in her memory.20 |
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| 31 | 31 | | NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AND ENACTED BY THE GENERAL21 |
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| 32 | 32 | | ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA that the portion of State Route 49 from the Milledgeville22 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Bypass SR 29/US 441 to the Macon Bibb County line in Baldwin County is dedicated as the23 |
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| 34 | 34 | | Latasha R. Butts Memorial Highway.24 |
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| 35 | 35 | | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Transportation is authorized and25 |
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| 36 | 36 | | directed to erect and maintain appropriate signs dedicating the Latasha R. Butts Memorial26 |
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| 37 | 37 | | Highway.27 |
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| 38 | 38 | | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized28 |
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| 39 | 39 | | and directed to make appropriate copies of this resolution available for distribution to the29 |
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| 40 | 40 | | family of Ms. Latasha R. Butts and to the Department of Transportation.30 |
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| 41 | 41 | | H. R. 71 |
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