REFERENCE TITLE: memorial; buffalo soldiers

State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-third Legislature Second Regular Session 2018

HB 2419

Introduced by Representatives Andrade: Alston, Benally, Blanc, Bolding, Bowers, Butler, Campbell, Cardenas, Carter, Chávez, Clark, Clodfelter, Cobb, Coleman, Cook, Engel, Epstein, Espinoza, Fernandez, Finchem, Friese, Gabaldón, Gonzales, Grantham, Hernandez, John, Lawrence, Leach, Livingston, Martinez, Mitchell, Mosley, Navarrete, Nutt, Payne, Peten, Powers Hannley, Rios, Rivero, Saldate, Salman, Stringer, Thorpe, Toma, Udall, Ugenti-Rita, Weninger, Senators Borrelli, Otondo, Peshlakai, Worsley

 

AN ACT

 

providing for a buffalo soldiers memorial in wesley bolin Plaza.

 

 

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Buffalo Soldiers memorial; procedures; delayed repeal

A.  Pursuant to section 41‑1363, subsection A, Arizona Revised Statutes, this act authorizes the department of administration to provide for the placement in Wesley Bolin plaza of a memorial dedicated to the commemoration of Buffalo Soldiers.

B.  The procedures prescribed in section 41‑1363, Arizona Revised Statutes, apply to the establishment of the memorial.

C.  Public monies are not authorized for the costs of the memorial.  All fund‑raising and contracts for artistic design and construction of the memorial are the sole responsibility of the proponents.  This state may not facilitate fund‑raising or establish a state fund for the deposit of the monies.

D.  This section is repealed from and after September 30, 2021.