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Introduced
03/16/2017
03/16/2017
In Committee
05/17/2017
05/17/2017
Crossed Over
05/16/2017
05/16/2017
Passed
Dead
06/08/2017
06/08/2017
Introduced Session
2017 Regular Session
Bill Summary
AN ACT 2 To enact R.S. 25:915, relative to military memorials on public property; to prohibit state and 3 local governmental entities from taking actions that would be detrimental to such 4 memorials; to provide for conservation of such memorials; and to provide 5 exceptions; and to provide for related matters. 6
AI Summary
This bill enacts the Louisiana Military Memorial Conservation Act, which prohibits state and local governmental entities from altering, removing, relocating, or destroying any public military memorial, including structures, plaques, statues, or monuments that commemorate various wars and military events, as well as public memorials named for historical military figures, events, organizations, or units. The bill provides an exception that allows the responsible agency to take actions necessary for the protection, preservation, care, repair, or restoration of such memorials. It also allows a parish or municipal governing authority to take prohibited actions if approved by a majority of voters in an election.
Committee Categories
Government Affairs
Sponsors (12)
Thomas Carmody (R)*,
Beryl Amedée (R),
Conrad Appel (R),
Stuart Bishop (R),
Phillip DeVillier (R),
Valarie Hodges (R),
Dodie Horton (R),
Frank Howard (R),
Stephen Pugh (R),
Alan Seabaugh (R),
Robert Shadoin (R),
Polly Thomas (R),
Last Action
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs. (on 05/17/2017)
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