This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_921430951_boundary Content-ID: <[email protected]_out.mail.aol.com.1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII --part0_921430951_boundary Content-ID: <[email protected]_out.mail.worldnet.att.net.2> Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from rly-zd04.mx.aol.com (rly-zd04.mail.aol.com [172.31.33.228]) by air-zd02.mail.aol.com (v56.26) with SMTP; Sun, 14 Mar 1999 11:48:46 -0500 Received: from lists1.best.com (lists1.best.com [206.86.8.15]) by rly-zd04.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id LAA02021; Sun, 14 Mar 1999 11:48:39 -0500 (EST) Received: (from [email protected]) by lists1.best.com (8.9.3/8.9.2/best.ls) id IAA07844; Sun, 14 Mar 1999 08:44:45 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <[email protected]> From: "Lois Mauk" <[email protected]> Subject: GRAVE-L: Critical Hearings on Indiana HB 1522 on 3/17/99 Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 11:45:53 -0500 BestServHost: lists.best.com Sender: [email protected] Errors-To: [email protected] Reply-To: [email protected] To: [email protected] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Critical hearings will be held before the Indiana Senate Committee on Corrections, Criminal and Civil Procedures on WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1999 at 1:30 PM in Room 233 of the State Capitol in Indianapolis. I don't expect any members of this group to be able to be there as most of you are located in other states. However, this hearing is REALLY importan= t and we need people to express their support this Bill. Otherwise, it can easily just DIE right there. HB 1522 has passed the House of Representatives and now must survive passa= ge by the Senate. The full text of the Bill and information on its status is available at: http://www.state.in.us/cgi-bin/legislative/bills/completeBillInfo.perl?bil= ln um=3D1522 This bill will add a new Section to the Indiana Code prohibiting a person from recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally damaging personal property contained in a structure or located at a cemetery or a facility used for memorializing the dead. It will add an entirely new section to the India= na Code requiring any person lawfully removing a grave marker of any description to file with the County Recorder a detailed written report and photographs of the stones and the site. It will make it illegal to buy or sell any cemetery art or artifact removed from a cemetery. It will requir= e that all grave memorials installed after 1/1/2000 must contain the name of the cemetery where the memorial is to be installed by the same process tha= t the individual's name is added. It will REMOVE the current exemption whic= h allows anyone involved in ANY "agricultural purpose" from being allowed to disturb a burial site. It will add new language making it illegal to disturb, deface or damage any cemetery monument. We all know that HB 1522 is not the "answer" to the whole crisis we are facing -- but it is an IMPORTANT first step. We will go back next year an= d try to make it even stronger. It is our hope that HB 1522 can bring about an END to the legal destruction of pioneer cemeteries in Indiana. Can any of you find time between now and Tuesday afternoon to e-mail membe= rs of this Senate Committee to tell them how you feel about this issue? Sen. Robert Meeks <[email protected]> Sen. William Alexa <[email protected]> Sen. Cleo Washington <[email protected]> Sen. Frank Mrvan <[email protected]> Sen. Thomas Wyss <[email protected]> Sen. John Waterman <[email protected]> Sen. Luke Kenley <[email protected]> Sen. J. Murray Clark <[email protected]> Sen. Richard Bray <[email protected]> Sen. Glenn Howard <[email protected]> Sen. David Long <[email protected]> The address and phone numbers for Senate members is: Indiana State Senator 200 W. Washington Street Indianapolis, IN 46204 (317) 232-9400 (800) 382-9467 (tollfree from within Indiana only) I think that comments from people from within and outside the state of Indiana are important in persuading the Senate of the importance of this issue. Thank you. Lois Mauk Indiana Pioneer Cemeteries Restoration Project website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~inpcrp AGENDA FOR : Senate Committee on Corrections, Criminal and Civil Procedures CHAIRMAN : R. Meeks MEETING : March 17, 01:30 PM, ROOM 233 MEMBERS : Kenley R.M., Bray, Clark, Long, Waterman, Wyss, Alexa (R.M.M.), Howard, Mrvan, Washington HEARING : HB 1210 Neglect of a dependent. HB 1305 Trafficking with an inmate. HB 1419 Penalty enhancements for offenses near schools. HB 1522 Cemetery preservation. --part0_921430951_boundary--