SLS 17RS-3184 ORIGINAL
2017 Regular Session
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 223
BY SENATORS MORRELL, MIZELL AND PETERSON
COMMITTEE STUDIES. Establishes a special committee to conduct a cooperative study
on the preservation of historical markers to determine the feasibility of proposing legislation.
1 A RESOLUTION
2 To establish a special committee to conduct a cooperative study on the preservation of
3 historical markers to determine the feasability of proposing legislation.
4 WHEREAS, the preservation of significant historical markers is important to foster
5 and promote, education, history, and culture; and
6 WHEREAS, it is important to protect aspects of the our state's history in honor of the
7 many efforts of our ancestors; and
8 WHEREAS, it is also important to preserve historic markers as an educational tool
9 so that we may learn from past achievements and glean lessons from past failures; and
10 WHEREAS, it is the intention of the Senate to respect the autonomy of cities,
11 municipalities, and parishes while establishing a process for the preservation or relocation
12 of historically significant markers; and
13 WHEREAS, once a cooperative study is conducted on the preservation of historical
14 markers, legislators will ascertain the feasability of proposing legislation that would provide
15 a comprehensive process for preservation and relocation of historical markers.
16 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
17 hereby establishes a special committee to conduct a cooperative study on the preservation
18 of historical markers to determine the feasability of proposing legislation.
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SLS 17RS-3184 ORIGINAL
1 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the chair of the Senate Committee on Senate and
2 Governmental Affairs shall serve as the chair of the special committee.
3 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the president of the Louisiana State Senate shall
4 appoint three additional members of the Senate to serve on the special committee.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Ashley Mitchell Carter.
DIGEST
SR 223 Original 2017 Regular Session Morrell
Establishes a special Senate committee to conduct a cooperative study on the preservation
of historical markers to determine the feasability of proposing legislation.
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