SB12 Alabama 2015 1st Special Session

Updated Jul 24, 2021

Senate Bill

Expired

Current Status

First Special Session 2015

Session

1

Sponsor

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Gerald H. Allen Senator
Republican
Session: First Special Session 2015
Title: Monuments, Alabama Heritage Protection Act, prohibit removal, alteration, or other disturbance of any statue or monument located on public property, exempt Transportation Department
Description: This bill would create the Alabama Heritage Protection Act of 2015.
This bill would prohibit the relocation, removal, alteration, renaming, rededication, or other disturbance of any statue, monument, memorial, nameplate, or plaque which is located on public property and has been erected for, or named, or dedicated in honor of certain historical military, civil rights, and Native American events, figures, and organizations.
This bill would prohibit any person from preventing the governmental entity having responsibility for maintaining the items, structures, or areas from taking proper measures to protect, preserve, care for, repair, or restore the items, structures, or areas.
This bill would authorize the Alabama Historical Commission to grant waivers under certain circumstances.
This bill would also exempt the Department of Transportation under certain limited circumstances.
Subjects: Monuments

Pending third reading on day 3 Favorable from Finance and Taxation General Fund with 1 substitute

Finance and Taxation General Fund first Substitute Offered

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and

Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund