SB11 Alabama 2018 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Dick Brewbaker

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2018

Title

Memorial Preservation Act, prohibition against renaming of certain schools and exempts all schools located on public property from act, Act 2017-354, 2017 Reg. Sess., am'd; Secs. 41-9-231, 41-9-232, 41-9-233, 41-9-235, 41-9-236 am'd.

Summary

SB 11 would exempt all public K-12, college, and university institutions and facilities from the Alabama Memorial Preservation Act of 2017, allowing renaming and other changes that the act previously restricted.

What This Bill Does

If passed, the act would stop applying to educational institutions on public property. These institutions would be free to rename memorial schools, buildings, streets, and monuments without needing a waiver or facing the act's renaming restrictions. The provisions that require waivers, protections, or penalties for those changes would not apply to those institutions. Other memorials on public property not affiliated with education would continue to be governed by the Memorial Preservation Act.

Who It Affects

• Public K-12 schools and higher education institutions and facilities located on public property would be exempt from the act and could rename memorial-related assets without waivers.
• Other memorials on public property and the public entities that manage them (not part of those exempted educational institutions) would remain subject to the Memorial Preservation Act and its processes, including any waiver requirements.

Key Provisions

• Exempts all public preK-12, postsecondary, and higher education institutions and facilities from the Alabama Memorial Preservation Act of 2017, removing the prohibition on renaming memorial schools and related memorials for these institutions.
• Amends Sections 41-9-231, 41-9-232, 41-9-233, 41-9-235, and 41-9-236 to implement the educational-exemption, clarifying that educational institutions are not subject to the act.

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Subjects

Memorial Preservation