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| 2 | 2 | | Senate Resolution 359 |
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| 3 | 3 | | By: Senators James of the 28th, Rhett of the 33rd, Jackson of the 41st, Mangham of the 55th, |
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| 4 | 4 | | Jones of the 10th and others |
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| 5 | 5 | | A RESOLUTION |
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| 6 | 6 | | Recognizing Mr. Tyler Perry and dedicating a road in his honor; and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | WHEREAS, Mr. Tyler Perry was born on September 13, 1969, in New Orleans, Louisiana;2 |
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| 10 | 10 | | WHEREAS, in 1998, his first musical, I Know I've Been Changed, premiered at the famous4 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Fox Theatre in Atlanta; in 2005, his first feature film, Diary Of A Mad Black Woman,5 |
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| 12 | 12 | | debuted at number one; and in 2006, he released his first book, Don't Make A Black Woman6 |
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| 13 | 13 | | Take Off Her Earrings: Madea's Uninhibited Commentaries On Life And Love, which7 |
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| 14 | 14 | | remained on the New York Times bestseller list for eight weeks; and8 |
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| 15 | 15 | | WHEREAS, in 2007, Mr. Perry's comedic talents delighted audiences worldwide with the9 |
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| 16 | 16 | | TBS series House of Payne and later with the series Meet the Browns, which were the highest10 |
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| 17 | 17 | | and second highest rated first-run syndicated cable shows of all time, respectively, and he11 |
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| 18 | 18 | | currently has four television series on Oprah Winfrey's network, OWN; and12 |
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| 19 | 19 | | WHEREAS, in 2008, he revitalized Delta Airlines' former headquarters and opened a13 |
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| 20 | 20 | | 200,000 square foot studio in Atlanta that employs hundreds of Georgians, and in 2015, Mr.14 |
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| 21 | 21 | | Perry bought 330 acres of the former military base, Fort McPherson, on which he will restore15 |
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| 22 | 22 | | S. R. 359 |
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| 24 | 24 | | and construct state-of-the-art facilities that will open the door for local business opportunities |
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| 26 | 26 | | and job creation in the motion picture and television industry; and17 |
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| 27 | 27 | | WHEREAS, Mr. Perry strongly supports our state and national communities through18 |
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| 28 | 28 | | charities such as Feeding America, Covenant House, Hosea Feed the Hungry, Project19 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Adventure, Perry Place, and his own foundation, the Tyler Perry Foundation, which20 |
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| 30 | 30 | | transforms tragedy into triumph by empowering economically disadvantaged youths, seniors,21 |
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| 31 | 31 | | and families to overcome adversity by achieving a better quality of life; and22 |
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| 32 | 32 | | WHEREAS, it is abundantly fitting and proper that this remarkable and distinguished23 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Georgian be recognized appropriately by dedicating a road in his honor.24 |
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| 34 | 34 | | NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AND ENACTED BY THE GENERAL25 |
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| 35 | 35 | | ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA that the portion of State Route 92 from Interstate 20 to26 |
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| 36 | 36 | | Riverside Parkway in Douglas County is dedicated as the Perry Parkway.27 |
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| 37 | 37 | | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Transportation is authorized and28 |
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| 38 | 38 | | directed to erect and maintain appropriate signs dedicating the Perry Parkway.29 |
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| 39 | 39 | | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed30 |
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| 40 | 40 | | to make appropriate copies of this resolution available for distribution to Mr. Tyler Perry and31 |
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| 41 | 41 | | to the Department of Transportation.32 |
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| 42 | 42 | | S. R. 359 |
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