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2004 SESSION
SB 631 Historical monuments and memorials; removal, renaming, etc., prohibited, exception.
Introduced by: Frederick M. Quayle | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Preservation of monuments and memorials. Provides that no monument or memorial erected on public property of the Commonwealth or any locality shall be relocated, removed, or altered and no street, bridge, structure, park, preserve or reserve or other public area of the Commonwealth or any locality that has been dedicated to the memory of or named for any historic figure or event may be renamed or rededicated unless a public hearing has been held by either the appropriate state agency or the locality, depending on where the monument or dedicated public area is located. The bill provides that the requirement for a hearing shall not apply if the action is (i) consistent with an agreement between the agency or locality owning the property, area, monument, or memorial and the entity initiating its establishment, (ii) to perform necessary construction or maintenance on streets, highways or utilities or (iii) deemed necessary by the Commonwealth or locality to address an imminent public safety concern.
FULL TEXT
- 01/22/04 Senate: Presented & ordered printed 048401800 pdf
- 01/29/04 Senate: Committee substitute printed 042817800-S1 pdf | impact statement
HISTORY
- 01/22/04 Senate: Presented & ordered printed 048401800
- 01/22/04 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/28/04 Senate: Reported from General Laws with sub (14-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/04 Senate: Committee substitute printed 042817800-S1
- 01/30/04 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/04 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/04 Senate: Read second time
- 02/02/04 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/02/04 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 042817800-S1
- 02/02/04 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB631S1
- 02/03/04 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/04 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/04 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/05/04 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/05/04 House: Read first time
- 02/05/04 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 02/17/04 House: Assigned to General Laws sub-committee: 3
- 03/02/04 House: Stricken from docket by General Laws (22-Y 0-N)