CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1544Introduced by Assembly Member NazarianFebruary 19, 2021 An act relating to cultural heritage. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1544, as introduced, Nazarian. Cultural heritage: protection of items and places of cultural and historical interest. Existing law, such as the California Cultural and Historical Endowment Act and other statutes, has the goal of encouraging the preservation and protection of items and places of cultural and historical interest.This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to later enact legislation to protect precious and irreplaceable items and places of cultural and historical interest by prohibiting public entities from, and urging private entities to refrain from, engaging with individuals and entities who have destroyed, vandalized, scavenged, stolen from, or otherwise despoiled, artifacts, items, or structures in any place of cultural and historical interest anywhere in the world.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to later enact legislation to protect precious and irreplaceable items and places of cultural and historical interest by prohibiting public entities from, and urging private entities to refrain from, engaging with individuals and entities who have destroyed, vandalized, scavenged, stolen from, or otherwise despoiled, artifacts, items, or structures in any place of cultural and historical interest anywhere in the world.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1544Introduced by Assembly Member NazarianFebruary 19, 2021 An act relating to cultural heritage. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1544, as introduced, Nazarian. Cultural heritage: protection of items and places of cultural and historical interest. Existing law, such as the California Cultural and Historical Endowment Act and other statutes, has the goal of encouraging the preservation and protection of items and places of cultural and historical interest.This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to later enact legislation to protect precious and irreplaceable items and places of cultural and historical interest by prohibiting public entities from, and urging private entities to refrain from, engaging with individuals and entities who have destroyed, vandalized, scavenged, stolen from, or otherwise despoiled, artifacts, items, or structures in any place of cultural and historical interest anywhere in the world.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 1544
Introduced by Assembly Member NazarianFebruary 19, 2021
Introduced by Assembly Member Nazarian
February 19, 2021
An act relating to cultural heritage.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1544, as introduced, Nazarian. Cultural heritage: protection of items and places of cultural and historical interest.
Existing law, such as the California Cultural and Historical Endowment Act and other statutes, has the goal of encouraging the preservation and protection of items and places of cultural and historical interest.This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to later enact legislation to protect precious and irreplaceable items and places of cultural and historical interest by prohibiting public entities from, and urging private entities to refrain from, engaging with individuals and entities who have destroyed, vandalized, scavenged, stolen from, or otherwise despoiled, artifacts, items, or structures in any place of cultural and historical interest anywhere in the world.
Existing law, such as the California Cultural and Historical Endowment Act and other statutes, has the goal of encouraging the preservation and protection of items and places of cultural and historical interest.
This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to later enact legislation to protect precious and irreplaceable items and places of cultural and historical interest by prohibiting public entities from, and urging private entities to refrain from, engaging with individuals and entities who have destroyed, vandalized, scavenged, stolen from, or otherwise despoiled, artifacts, items, or structures in any place of cultural and historical interest anywhere in the world.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to later enact legislation to protect precious and irreplaceable items and places of cultural and historical interest by prohibiting public entities from, and urging private entities to refrain from, engaging with individuals and entities who have destroyed, vandalized, scavenged, stolen from, or otherwise despoiled, artifacts, items, or structures in any place of cultural and historical interest anywhere in the world.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to later enact legislation to protect precious and irreplaceable items and places of cultural and historical interest by prohibiting public entities from, and urging private entities to refrain from, engaging with individuals and entities who have destroyed, vandalized, scavenged, stolen from, or otherwise despoiled, artifacts, items, or structures in any place of cultural and historical interest anywhere in the world.
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to later enact legislation to protect precious and irreplaceable items and places of cultural and historical interest by prohibiting public entities from, and urging private entities to refrain from, engaging with individuals and entities who have destroyed, vandalized, scavenged, stolen from, or otherwise despoiled, artifacts, items, or structures in any place of cultural and historical interest anywhere in the world.
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to later enact legislation to protect precious and irreplaceable items and places of cultural and historical interest by prohibiting public entities from, and urging private entities to refrain from, engaging with individuals and entities who have destroyed, vandalized, scavenged, stolen from, or otherwise despoiled, artifacts, items, or structures in any place of cultural and historical interest anywhere in the world.
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