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GA SB608
Bill
Status
Introduced
3/4/2022
Primary Sponsor
Jeff Mullis
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AI Summary
- Expands the definition of "monument" to include associated flagpoles, banners, structure names, displays, and memorials, and adds prohibited actions including relocating, removing, concealing, or obscuring monuments on public property
- Grants any interested person, group, or legal entity standing to sue over monument violations without requiring ownership of the monument or proof of specialized injury, and allows claims for injunctive relief, attorney's fees, and general and exemplary damages
- Imposes criminal misdemeanor liability on any person, firm, corporation, or agency that mutilates, defaces, damages, destroys, relocates, removes, conceals, or obscures a publicly or privately owned monument on government property
- Requires violators to pay treble the full cost of repair or replacement of the monument, plus possible exemplary damages, attorney's fees, and court costs
- Authorizes the Attorney General or local district attorneys to represent monument owners and other interested parties as parens patriae in enforcement actions, and expressly waives state sovereign immunity for such claims
Legislative Description
State Flag, Seal, and Other Symbols; monuments on public property; expand the protections
Last Action
Senate Read and Referred
3/8/2022
Committee Referrals
Government Oversight3/8/2022
Full Bill Text
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