SB54 Alabama 2022 Session

Under existing law, the Alabama Memorial Preservation Act of 2017 prohibits architecturally significant buildings, memorial buildings, memorial streets, and monuments that are located on public property, and have been so situated for 40 or more years, from being relocated, removed, altered, renamed, or otherwise disturbed and provides penalties for violations

This bill would require a controlling governmental entity that replaces a memorial building to maintain the original name or erect a marker memorializing the name

This bill would provide that a petition for waiver is deemed denied if the Committee on Alabama Monument Protection fails to act on an application for waiver within 90 days

This bill would revise the penalties for violations and would authorize the Attorney General to commence a civil action

This bill would also require the Alabama Historical Commission to oversee the design and construction of a statue of civil rights leader John Lewis at the entrance to the Edmund Pettus Bridge

To amend Sections 41-9-233 and 41-9-235, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Alabama Memorial Preservation Act of 2017; to require a controlling governmental entity that replaces a memorial building to maintain the original name or erect a marker memorializing the name; to provide that a petition for waiver is deemed denied if the Committee on Alabama Monument Protection fails to act on an application for waiver within 90 days; to revise penalties for violations; to authorize the Attorney General to commence a civil action; and to add Section 41-9-238 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to require the Alabama Historical Commission to oversee the design and installation of a statue of John Lewis at the entrance to the Edmund Pettus Bridge.