Florida Governor, Florida State House, Florida State Senate: Pass legislation to create "The Florida Heritage Protection Act" (LINK)
Pass legislation to create "The Florida Heritage Protection Act"
We, the people of the State of Florida, petition the Florida Governor, all members of the Florida House of Representatives and Florida Senate to create and pass legislation to protect monuments, memorials, and other public and private displays honoring our state's past and future soldiers who fought in war, regardless of present and future sentiments about the conflict in which our soldiers fought in.
We ask that the proposed legislation read as:
(1) No statue, monument, memorial, nameplate, or plaque which has
been erected for, or named or dedicated in honor of, the French and Indian War, American Revolution, War of 1812, U.S.-Mexican War, the War Between the States, Spanish American War, the Mexican border period, World War I, World War II, the Korean conflict, the Vietnam War, Operation Urgent Fury (Grenada), Operation El Dorado Canyon (Libya), Operation Just Cause (Panama), Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm (Persian Gulf War I), Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan), and Operation Iraqi Freedom (Persian Gulf War II), and is located on public property, may be relocated, removed, altered, renamed, rededicated, or otherwise disturbed.
(2) No statue, monument, memorial, nameplate, plaque, historic flag
display, school, street, bridge, building, park, preserve, or reserve which has been erected for, or named or dedicated in honor of, any historical military figure, historical military event, military organization, or military unit, and is located on public property, may be renamed or rededicated.
(b) No person may prevent the governmental entity having responsibility for
maintaining any of the items, structures, or areas described in subsection (a) from taking proper and appropriate measures, and exercising proper and appropriate means, for the protection, preservation, care, repair, or restoration of such items, structures, or areas.
(c) For the purposes of this section, "public property" means all property owned or leased by the state of Florida, any county, municipality, metropolitan government, or any other entity that is created by act of the general assembly to perform any public function.
(d) This section shall not apply to items, structures, or areas described in
subsection (a) which are located on public property under the control of, or acquired by, the department of transportation which may interfere with the construction, maintenance, or operation of the public transportation system. The department shall strive to ensure that any such items, structures, or areas are preserved to the greatest extent possible.
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
Our heritage needs to be protected now! By passing this proposed legislation soldiers will be honored for generations to come, regardless of how future generations may feel about the past conflicts in which the men, woman, and children of Florida served, fought, and died in.
Pass legislation to create "The Florida Heritage Protection Act"
We, the people of the State of Florida, petition the Florida Governor, all members of the Florida House of Representatives and Florida Senate to create and pass legislation to protect monuments, memorials, and other public and private displays honoring our state's past and future soldiers who fought in war, regardless of present and future sentiments about the conflict in which our soldiers fought in.
We ask that the proposed legislation read as:
(1) No statue, monument, memorial, nameplate, or plaque which has
been erected for, or named or dedicated in honor of, the French and Indian War, American Revolution, War of 1812, U.S.-Mexican War, the War Between the States, Spanish American War, the Mexican border period, World War I, World War II, the Korean conflict, the Vietnam War, Operation Urgent Fury (Grenada), Operation El Dorado Canyon (Libya), Operation Just Cause (Panama), Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm (Persian Gulf War I), Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan), and Operation Iraqi Freedom (Persian Gulf War II), and is located on public property, may be relocated, removed, altered, renamed, rededicated, or otherwise disturbed.
(2) No statue, monument, memorial, nameplate, plaque, historic flag
display, school, street, bridge, building, park, preserve, or reserve which has been erected for, or named or dedicated in honor of, any historical military figure, historical military event, military organization, or military unit, and is located on public property, may be renamed or rededicated.
(b) No person may prevent the governmental entity having responsibility for
maintaining any of the items, structures, or areas described in subsection (a) from taking proper and appropriate measures, and exercising proper and appropriate means, for the protection, preservation, care, repair, or restoration of such items, structures, or areas.
(c) For the purposes of this section, "public property" means all property owned or leased by the state of Florida, any county, municipality, metropolitan government, or any other entity that is created by act of the general assembly to perform any public function.
(d) This section shall not apply to items, structures, or areas described in
subsection (a) which are located on public property under the control of, or acquired by, the department of transportation which may interfere with the construction, maintenance, or operation of the public transportation system. The department shall strive to ensure that any such items, structures, or areas are preserved to the greatest extent possible.
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
Our heritage needs to be protected now! By passing this proposed legislation soldiers will be honored for generations to come, regardless of how future generations may feel about the past conflicts in which the men, woman, and children of Florida served, fought, and died in.
