Revision: May 26, 2021, 6:33 p.m.
Sen. Carson, Dist 14
May 24, 2021
2021-1678s
10/11
Floor Amendment to HB 509
Amend the bill by replacing section 1 with the following:
1 Portraits and Other Memorials; State House, Legislative Office Building, Upham Walker House. Amend RSA 4:9 to read as follows:
4:9 Portraits or Other Memorials. No portraits, busts, statues, or other memorial objects shall be placed in or on the state house with the exception of those areas under the use and control of the general court as defined by RSA 14:14-b, III, state house annex, state library, Hannah Dustin monument, Franklin Pierce homestead, Daniel Webster birthplace, or grounds connected with each without the consent of the governor and council. Any portraits, flags, busts, statues, or other memorial objects to be placed in or on legislative facilities as defined by RSA 14:14-b shall be at the direction of the joint legislative historical committee in consultation with the director of the division of historical resources, department of natural and cultural resources. The director, division of historical resources, shall be responsible for the [location and] care of such memorial objects at any of these sites.
Amend the bill by replacing section 3 with the following:
3 New Paragraph; Joint Legislative Historical Committee; Responsibilities. Amend RSA 17-I:2 by inserting after paragraph VIII the following new paragraph:
IX. To be responsible for the placement of portraits, flags, busts, statues, or other memorial objects within or on legislative facilities as defined by RSA 14:14-b in consultation with the division of historical resources, department of natural and cultural resources.