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ID H0451
Bill
Status
2/1/2012
Primary Sponsor
State Affairs Committee
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AI Summary
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Designates "We Were Miners Then," authored by former Governor Philip E. Batt in 1972, as the official state poem of Idaho under new Section 67-4513 of Idaho Code.
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Requires that credit be given to former Governor Batt as the poem's author whenever the state poem is used.
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Establishes legislative findings that mining has been vital to Idaho's history and establishment since the territorial period, and that mining along with other natural resource and agricultural industries serve as pillars of commerce in the state.
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Designates the poem as a memorial to victims of the Sunshine Mine disaster in Shoshone County and as a tribute to all miners in Idaho, commemorating the fortieth anniversary of the disaster.
Legislative Description
Adds to existing law to provide findings and a declaration regarding natural resource industries in Idaho and to provide for the designation of a state poem.
STATE POEM
Last Action
to St Aff
2/2/2012