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Buffalo Soldiers Arizona territory monument

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-sixth Legislature

Second Regular Session

2024

HOUSE BILL 2304

An Act

amending Laws 2018, chapter 146, section 1, as amended by Laws 2021, chapter 360, section 1; relating to the buffalo soldiers memorial.

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Laws 2018, chapter 146, section 1, as amended by Laws 2021, chapter 360, section 1, is amended to read:

Section 1. Buffalo Soldiers Arizona territory monument; procedures; delayed repeal

A. Pursuant to section 41-1363, subsection A, Arizona Revised Statutes, this act authorizes the department of administration to provide for the placement in Wesley Bolin plaza of a memorial dedicated to the commemoration of Buffalo Soldiers.

B. The memorial shall be known as the Buffalo SOLDIERS arizona territory monument.

B. C. The procedures prescribed in section 41-1363, Arizona Revised Statutes, apply to the establishment of the memorial.

C. D. Public monies are not authorized for the costs of the memorial. All fund-raising fundraising and contracts for artistic design and construction of the memorial are the sole responsibility of the proponents. This state may not facilitate fund-raising fundraising or establish a state fund for the deposit of the monies.

D. E. This section is repealed from and after September 30, 2025.