SB12 Alabama 2015 1st Special Session

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

To create the Alabama Heritage Protection Act of 2015; to prohibit the relocation, removal, alteration, renaming, rededication, or other disturbance of any statue, monument, memorial, nameplate, or plaque located on public property that has been erected for, or named, or dedicated in honor of certain historical military, civil rights, and Native American events, figures, and organizations; to prohibit any person from preventing the governmental entity responsible for maintaining the items, structures, or areas from taking proper measures to protect, preserve, care for, repair, or restore the items, structures, or areas; to authorize the Alabama Historical Commission to grant waivers; and to exempt the Department of Transportation under certain limited circumstances.