>Resent-Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 14:28:17 -0700 (PDT) >Reply-To: "Lois Mauk" <LawOfficeInformationSystem@worldnet.att.net> >From: "Lois Mauk" <LawOfficeInformationSystem@worldnet.att.net> >Old-To: "INPCRP" <INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com>, <INDIANA-L@rootsweb.com>, > <CEMETERY-L@rootsweb.com> >Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 17:37:27 -0400 >X-MSMail-Priority: Normal >X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 >Subject: [INPCRP-L] House Concurrence on HB 1522; Next step -- execution by the Governor >Resent-Message-ID: <"xaiFYD.A.6FD.s9RD3"@bl-14.rootsweb.com> >To: INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-From: INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com >X-Mailing-List: <INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/721 >X-Loop: INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com >Precedence: list >Resent-Sender: INPCRP-L-request@rootsweb.com >X-UIDL: 8b97d34152cbf6f3aeca628daaf6c07e > >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 > > > >==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== >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." > > >