Bill Text: OH HB501 | 2011-2012 | 129th General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: To adopt the Adena Pipe as the official artifact of the state.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-12-04 - To State & Local Government & Veterans Affairs [HB501 Detail]

Download: Ohio-2011-HB501-Engrossed.html

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As Passed by the House

129th General Assembly Regular Session 2011-2012

H. B. No. 501

Representatives Carney, Duffey 

Cosponsors: Representatives Celeste, Letson, Adams, R., Antonio, Barnes, Boyce, Bubp, Buchy, Celebrezze, Combs, Driehaus, Fedor, Foley, Garland, Hagan, R., Hall, Hottinger, Johnson, Mallory, McClain, Milkovich, Pillich, Ramos, Reece, Ruhl, Scherer, Slesnick, Sprague, Stinziano, Wachtmann, Yuko Speaker Batchelder 

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A BILL

To enact section 5.075 of the Revised Code to adopt

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the Adena Pipe as the official artifact of the

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state.

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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

Section 1. That section 5.075 of the Revised Code be enacted	4
to read as follows:	5

Sec. 5.075. The artifact known as the Adena pipe, which is a	6
prehistoric effigy pipe that was discovered in 1901 by William C.	7
Mills within a burial mound near Chillicothe and that was created	8
by the ancient Adena culture from native Ohio pipestone, is	9
adopted as the official state artifact.	10