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FISCAL NOTE
Senate Bill 237
Committee: State Governmental AffairsSponsor: Senator Tom Butler
Analyst: Jennifer Farish Date: 04/26/2023
Senate Bill 237 as introduced amends the Alabama Memorial Preservation Act of 2017 to
revise the penalty on entities that fail to get a waiver to rename, relocate, remove, alter or
otherwise disturb public property until the property has been restored to its original condition
from $25,000 per violation to $5,000 per day until the entity has taken full restorative action to
comply with the provision of the Alabama Memorial Preservation Act. However, this bill
provides that the Attorney General may stay the fines upon submission of supporting
documentation that the restoration has begun. This bill could also increase the obligations of
governmental entities that maintain architecturally significant buildings or memorial buildings
by an undetermined amount to name any replacement building or erect a marker naming any
resulting park or green space after the individual for whom the memorial building was named
when one of those buildings is demolished.
Also, this bill could increase the obligations of the Alabama State Council on the Arts by an
undetermined amount to commission the design, construction and placement of a replica of the
Saturn 1B Rocket at the northern most rest stop off of Interstate 65 in the state. However, any
increased obligations of the Council could be offset by an undetermined amount provided that
public or private gifts, grants, and donations, including in-kind services, and funds are made
available to the Council and by the Legislature if necessary.