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S1376......................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
AMERICAN HERITAGE MONUMENT - Adds to existing law to set forth legislative
findings; to provide for the display of the American Heritage Monument in
the State Capitol Building; and to provide for a design committee.
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02/18 Rpt prt - to St Aff
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-seventh Legislature Second Regular Session - 2004
IN THE SENATE
SENATE BILL NO. 1376
BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO THE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONUMENT; AMENDING CHAPTER 16, TITLE 67,
3 IDAHO CODE, BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION 67-1613, IDAHO CODE, TO SET
4 FORTH LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS, TO PROVIDE FOR THE DISPLAY OF THE AMERICAN
5 HERITAGE MONUMENT IN THE CAPITOL BUILDING AND TO PROVIDE FOR A DESIGN COM-
6 MITTEE; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
8 SECTION 1. That Chapter 16, Title 67, Idaho Code, be, and the same is
9 hereby amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and des-
10 ignated as Section 67-1613, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
11 67-1613. AMERICAN HERITAGE MONUMENT. (1) Legislative findings. The Idaho
12 legislature finds:
13 (a) The principles upon which this state and this nation were founded and
14 which are embodied in our constitutions, laws and jurisprudence were a
15 product of the documents, writings and events referenced in these find-
16 ings; and
17 (b) The seeds of our individual rights and freedoms and recognition that
18 earls, barons and even the king himself must come under the law, were
19 first set out in written legislation on June 15, 1215, in the magna carta;
20 and
21 (c) On November 11, 1620, at Cape Cod in New England, the first written
22 constitution of the American continent was set out in the mayflower com-
23 pact; and
24 (d) Sir Edward Coke and Sir William Blackstone transmitted to us the
25 essential principles of the English constitution, the common law, and the
26 rule of law, which created the framework for the American legal system and
27 inspired our constitutional freedoms; and
28 (e) The fundamental orders of Connecticut, established in 1638 to 1639,
29 affirmed the consent of the governed and the principles of representative
30 government and are generally held to be the predecessor to the United
31 States constitution; and
32 (f) The signers of the declaration of independence recognized and pro-
33 claimed the foundational beliefs and principles of our American heritage;
34 and
35 (g) The ten commandments occupy a significant role in the foundation of
36 the American legal system, as repeatedly recognized by the United States
37 supreme court and other courts in the United States; and
38 (h) The preamble to the constitution of the state of Idaho and the decla-
39 ration of rights as contained in article I of the constitution of the
40 state of Idaho recognize the fundamental principles of our American heri-
41 tage as set forth in the documents, writings and events referred to
42 herein; and
43 (i) It is important and fitting for the Idaho legislature to take appro-
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1 priate measures to recognize, reconfirm, educate and remind our citizenry
2 and others of the importance of our American heritage, and the importance
3 of the documents set out in the above findings and their impact on the
4 historical, cultural, and legal foundations of our nation and our state.
5 (2) Display of monument. To recognize, reconfirm, educate and remind our
6 citizens and visitors of the importance of our American heritage, and to rec-
7 ognize and remind our citizenry and visitors of the unique, distinct and sig-
8 nificant impact of the documents set forth in these findings on our American
9 constitutions, law and jurisprudence, there shall be created and placed in the
10 Idaho state capitol building a permanent free-standing monument which displays
11 language containing the essence set forth in these findings. The monument
12 shall be of such dimensions as shall impart to the citizenry of Idaho and
13 other visitors to the capitol building the historical, cultural, and legal
14 significance of the matters displayed therein.
15 (3) Design committee. Legislative council is hereby directed to appoint
16 an American heritage monument design committee comprised of three (3) senators
17 and three (3) representatives to study privately-funded proposals for the cre-
18 ation of the monument required by and having the features established in sub-
19 section (2) of this section. The committee shall select the appropriate design
20 of such monument and shall, upon its completion, with an appropriate ceremony
21 for its dedication, have it placed in the state capitol building at a perma-
22 nent location.
23 SECTION 2. An emergency existing therefor, which emergency is hereby
24 declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect ten days after
25 its passage and approval.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 14053
The American Heritage Monument is designed to recognize, reconfirm,
educate and remind our citizens and visitors of the importance of our
American heritage, and to recognize and remind our citizenry and
visitors of the unique, distinct and significant impact of the
documents set forth in these findings on our American constitution,
law and jurisprudence.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact.
Contact
Name: Senator Gerry Sweet
Phone: 332-1355
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE S 1376