Bill Text - HB1130 (2016)

Requiring school districts to permit placement of a memorial honoring those who have died during military service.


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HB 1130 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

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HOUSE BILL\t1130

 

AN ACT\trequiring school districts to permit placement of a memorial honoring those who have died during military service.

 

SPONSORS:\tRep. Bates, Rock. 7; Rep. Baldasaro, Rock. 5

 

COMMITTEE:\tState-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs

 

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ANALYSIS

 

\tThis bill requires each school district to permit the placement of a memorial honoring alumni who have died during military service.

 

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Explanation:\tMatter added to current law appears in bold italics.

\t\tMatter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

\t\tMatter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen

 

AN ACT\trequiring school districts to permit placement of a memorial honoring those who have died during military service.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

\t1  New Section; School Boards; Placement of Memorials.  Amend RSA 189 by inserting after section 18 the following new section:

\t189:18-a  Memorials on School Property.  Each school district shall permit the placement of a memorial plaque in a suitable location, or other memorial as agreeable to the school board, at a district high school in honor of an alumnus of a junior high school or high school in the district who died during military service, provided that the cost for design, manufacture, installation, or maintenance of the memorial shall not be a charge to the state or any municipality.  

\t2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.