SB 1606 Summary

• Repeals the 2021 amendment to Section 41-1365 and restores the version amended in 2018, pertaining to the state monument and memorial repair fund.

• Authorizes the Department of Administration to use fund monies to alter, modify, maintain, repair, recondition, or relocate monuments or memorials, and to support mechanical equipment in the governmental mall.

• Requires the Department of Administration to separately account for monies dedicated to specific monuments or memorials, including donations, fundraising activities, and collected monies.

• Mandates the Department of Administration submit an annual report to the joint legislative budget committee by November 1 detailing all monies deposited, sources by category, and purposes for expenditures during the preceding fiscal year.

• Protects fund monies from lapsing under standard appropriations provisions and restricts their use exclusively to authorized monument or memorial purposes.