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Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 17:37:27 -0400
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Subject: [INPCRP-L] House Concurrence on HB 1522; Next step -- execution by
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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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Quote from William Gladstone (1809-1897), three-time Prime Minister of England
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."