Subject: [INPCRP-L] House Concurrence on HB 1522; Next step -- execution by
the
Governor
>Resent-Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 14:28:17 -0700 (PDT)
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>Subject: [INPCRP-L] House Concurrence on HB 1522; Next step -- execution
by the
Governor
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>As you know, the single "cemetery protection" bill (out of 10 proposed) to
>survive the 1999 Indiana General Assembly session was House Bill 1522.
>
>HB 1522 passed the House several weeks ago and, earlier this week, it passed
>the Senate. The vote was 49-0 (there are 50 State Senators), so the vote
>was practically unanimous.
>
>I just received word that Rep. Markt Lytle (author of House Bill 1522) was
>aware of the Senate's amendments to HB 1522 and supported them being added
>in the Senate. Today, he will be filing a "concurrence" on the bill.
(This
>is done when the bill's author is in agreement with the legislation in its
>current form.) As such, the next step is Governor O'Bannon signing it.
>
>This Bill will soon be signed into law. Further action will being studied
>this summer in the Natural Resources' summer study committee, details on
>which are forthcoming.
>
>I am SOON pleased and proud that we've been successful in persuading the
>Legislature to pass this Bill. Though it falls short of accomplishing all
>of our goals, it remains an important and historic first step in the right
>direction.
>
>When HB 1522 is enacted, it will make it "illegal" to damage, deface or
>destroy any gravestone or cemetery marker, whether it is on public or
>private property and it will REMOVE the exemption previously granted to
>anyone involved in "any form of agriculture" to obliterate all visible
signs
>of a cemetery. There are other provisions as well; further details at
>http://www.rootsweb.com/~inpcrp , which I will try to update tonight to
>reflect today's good news.
>
>Thanks to all of you for all your efforts and good wishes. I am so proud of
>all of you for everything you've done here in Indiana and elsewhere and
>genuinely appreciate the support you've given to this effort.
>
>Regards,
>
>Lois
>
>
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>and Victorian contemporary of Benjamin Disraeli:
> "Show me the manner in which a nation or community
> cares for its dead and I will measure with mathematical
> exactness the tender mercies of its people, their
> respect for the laws of the land, and their loyalty
> to high ideals."
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