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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5737
January Session, 2021
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Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS
Introduced by:
(VA)
AN ACT CREATING A VETERANS AND MILITARY TOURISM TRAIL.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2021) The Department of Economic 1
and Community Development, in consultation with the Commissioner 2
of Veterans Affairs, or the commissioner's designee, shall establish a 3
Veterans and Military Tourism Trail linking museums, memorials, 4
battleground sites and other historic sites in the state relating to veterans 5
and the United States armed forces. The Department of Economic and 6
Community Development and the Commissioner of Veterans Affairs, 7
or the commissioner's designee, shall jointly determine which 8
museums, memorials, battleground sites and other historic sites to 9
include in the Veterans and Military Tourism Trail. The Department of 10
Economic and Community Development shall establish a program to 11
publicize the existence of the Veterans and Military Tourism Trail and 12
shall publish a brochure that indicates the location and history of each 13
site. The Commissioner of Veterans Affairs, or the commissioner's 14
designee, shall solicit funds covering the costs of implementing such 15
program and brochure. 16
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This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2021 New section
Statement of Purpose:
To create a Veterans and Military Tourism Trail linking museums,
memorials, battleground sites and historic sites in the state relating to
veterans and the United States armed forces.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: REP. BORER, 115th Dist.; REP. PALM, 36th Dist.
REP. TURCO, 27th Dist.; REP. DIGIOVANCARLO, 74th Dist.
REP. NAPOLI, 73rd Dist.
H.B. 5737