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| 12 | 10 | | For An Act To Be Entitled 8 |
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| 13 | 11 | | AN ACT TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING THE PLACEMENT 9 |
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| 14 | 12 | | OF A MONUMENT ON THE STATE CAPITOL GROUNDS IN 10 |
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| 15 | 13 | | RECOGNITION AND APPRECIATION OF THE INTEGRATION OF 11 |
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| 16 | 14 | | HOXIE PUBLIC SCHOOLS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 12 |
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| 17 | 15 | | 13 |
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| 18 | 16 | | 14 |
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| 19 | 17 | | Subtitle 15 |
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| 20 | 18 | | TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING THE 16 |
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| 21 | 19 | | PLACEMENT OF A MONUMENT ON THE STATE 17 |
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| 22 | 20 | | CAPITOL GROUNDS IN RECOGNITION AND 18 |
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| 23 | 21 | | APPRECIATION OF THE INTEGRATION OF HOXIE 19 |
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| 24 | 22 | | PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 20 |
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| 25 | 23 | | 21 |
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| 26 | 24 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 22 |
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| 27 | 25 | | 23 |
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| 28 | 26 | | SECTION 1. DO NOT CODIFY. FINDINGS AND LEGISLATIVE INTENT. (a) The 24 |
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| 29 | 27 | | General Assembly finds that: 25 |
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| 30 | 28 | | (1) The first court battle to implement the decision in Brown v. 26 |
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| 31 | 29 | | Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483 (1954), was fought in the town of Hoxie, 27 |
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| 32 | 30 | | Arkansas, which sparked the first federal support of integration after the 28 |
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| 33 | 31 | | decision in Brown, supra, and the first court order overturning state 29 |
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| 34 | 32 | | segregation laws; 30 |
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| 35 | 33 | | (2) In the summer of 1955, the Hoxie School Board voluntarily 31 |
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| 36 | 34 | | desegregated its schools and fully integrated all school facilities; 32 |
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| 37 | 35 | | (3) The newly formed White Citizens’ Council saw the integration 33 |
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| 38 | 36 | | as a test for southern resistance to the decision in Brown, supra, and 34 |
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| 39 | 37 | | descended on Hoxie with efforts to force the Hoxie School Board to rescind 35 |
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| 45 | 41 | | (4) Despite these efforts, the Hoxie superintendent and the 1 |
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| 46 | 42 | | Hoxie School Board stood their ground; 2 |
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| 47 | 43 | | (5) With the help of the National Association for the 3 |
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| 48 | 44 | | Advancement of Colored People, the Hoxie School Board sought an injunction 4 |
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| 49 | 45 | | against segregationist groups, eventually drawing the United States 5 |
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| 50 | 46 | | Government’s support in a case that nullified state segregation laws; 6 |
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| 51 | 47 | | (6) Segregationist leaders were so furious over their loss in 7 |
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| 52 | 48 | | the case that they turned on Governor Orval Faubus in the next primary, 8 |
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| 53 | 49 | | forcing him out of his previously moderate stance and setting up the 1957 9 |
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| 54 | 50 | | confrontation at Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas; 10 |
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| 55 | 51 | | (7) Life Magazine chronicled the Hoxie integration, which was 11 |
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| 56 | 52 | | viewed as a success despite students, the families of students, and school 12 |
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| 57 | 53 | | administrators experiencing dynamic challenges during this historic and 13 |
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| 58 | 54 | | transformative time; and 14 |
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| 59 | 55 | | (8) The first court battle for school desegregation in Hoxie 15 |
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| 60 | 56 | | changed the face of Arkansas public schools. 16 |
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| 61 | 57 | | (b) It is the intent of this act to place a monument on the State 17 |
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| 62 | 58 | | Capitol grounds in recognition and appreciation of the historic integration 18 |
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| 63 | 59 | | of Hoxie public schools in 1955. 19 |
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| 64 | 60 | | 20 |
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| 65 | 61 | | SECTION 2. Arkansas Code § 19 -5-1125(e)(2), concerning the Arkansas 21 |
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| 66 | 62 | | Capitol Grounds Monument and Memorial Preservation Fund, is amended to read 22 |
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| 67 | 63 | | as follows: 23 |
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| 68 | 64 | | (2) Before the expenditure of any moneys from the Arkansas 24 |
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| 69 | 65 | | Capitol Grounds Monument and Memorial Preservation Fund for the maintenance, 25 |
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| 70 | 66 | | repair, alteration, addition, reconstruction, or upkeep of any kind for a 26 |
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| 71 | 67 | | specific monument or memorial areas on State Capitol grounds, if there is a 27 |
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| 72 | 68 | | fund dedicated to that specific monument or memorial, the Secretary of State 28 |
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| 73 | 69 | | shall utilize the gifts, grants, and donations made to the following funds 29 |
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| 74 | 70 | | for the maintenance, repair, alteration, addition, reconstruction, or upkeep 30 |
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| 75 | 71 | | of that specific monument or memorial: 31 |
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| 76 | 72 | | (A) Vietnam Veterans' Veterans Monument Fund; 32 |
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| 77 | 73 | | (B) Arkansas Military War Veterans Monument Fund; 33 |
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| 78 | 74 | | (C) Ten Commandments Monument Display Act under § 22 -3-34 |
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| 79 | 75 | | 221; 35 |
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| 85 | 79 | | (E) Arkansas Fallen Firefighters Memorial Board under § 1 |
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| 86 | 80 | | 22-3-1704; and 2 |
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| 87 | 81 | | (F) Hoxie: The First Stand Memorial Monument Fund . 3 |
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| 88 | 82 | | 4 |
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| 89 | 83 | | SECTION 3. Arkansas Code Title 19, Chapter 5, Subchapter 11, is 5 |
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| 90 | 84 | | amended to add an additional section to read as follows: 6 |
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| 91 | 85 | | 19-5-1160. Hoxie: The First Stand Memorial Monument Fund. 7 |
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| 92 | 86 | | (a) There is established on the books of the Treasurer of State, the 8 |
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| 93 | 87 | | Auditor of State, and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State a trust fund to 9 |
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| 94 | 88 | | be known as the “Hoxie: The First Stand Memorial Monument Fund”. 10 |
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| 95 | 89 | | (b) The fund shall consist of gifts, grants, and donations from 11 |
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| 96 | 90 | | individuals and organizations as provided under the Hoxie: The First Stand 12 |
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| 97 | 91 | | Memorial Monument Act, § 22 -3-224, and other funds as may be provided by law. 13 |
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| 98 | 92 | | (c) The fund shall be used exclusively for the purpose of erecting and 14 |
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| 99 | 93 | | maintaining a suitable monument on the State Capitol grounds in recognition 15 |
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| 100 | 94 | | and appreciation of the integration of Hoxie public schools in 1955, as 16 |
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| 101 | 95 | | provided in the Hoxie: The First Stand Memorial Monument Act, § 22 -3-224. 17 |
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| 103 | 97 | | SECTION 4. Arkansas Code Title 22, Chapter 3, Subchapter 2, is amended 19 |
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| 104 | 98 | | to add an additional section to read as follows: 20 |
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| 105 | 99 | | 22-3-224. Hoxie: The First Stand Memorial Monument Act. 21 |
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| 106 | 100 | | (a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the “Hoxie: The 22 |
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| 107 | 101 | | First Stand Memorial Monument Act”. 23 |
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| 108 | 102 | | (b)(1) The Secretary of State shall permit and arrange for the 24 |
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| 109 | 103 | | placement on the State Capitol grounds of a monument commemorating the 25 |
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| 110 | 104 | | integration of Hoxie public schools in 1955. 26 |
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| 111 | 105 | | (2) The monument shall be placed on the State Capitol grounds 27 |
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| 112 | 106 | | where there are other monuments. 28 |
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| 113 | 107 | | (3)(A) The monument shall be designed and constructed in the 29 |
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| 114 | 108 | | manner recommended by Hoxie the First Stand Inc., or in a manner similar to 30 |
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| 115 | 109 | | the design recommended by Hoxie the First Stand Inc. 31 |
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| 116 | 110 | | (B) The Secretary of State shall approve the design and 32 |
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| 117 | 111 | | site selection for the monument through consultation with the Capitol Arts 33 |
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| 118 | 112 | | and Grounds Commission. 34 |
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| 119 | 113 | | (c) The Secretary of State may accept gifts, grants, and donations 35 |
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