LAW WITHOUT
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JULY 15, 2021 PUBLIC LAW
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE
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S.P. 386 - L.D. 1123
An Act To Authorize a Monument to the Victims of and First Responders to
COVID-19
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 3 MRSA §902, sub-§1-D is enacted to read:
1-D. Monument to victims of and first responders to COVID-19 pandemic.
Notwithstanding section 902‑A, subsection 2, paragraph B, the commission may arrange
for and oversee the development and installation of a monument on the exterior grounds of
the State House honoring the victims of and first responders to the pandemic related to
coronavirus disease 2019, known as COVID-19.
Sec. 2. Report. By January 31, 2022, the State House and Capitol Park Commission
shall report to the Joint Standing Committee on State and Local Government on the status
of the development and installation of a monument on the exterior grounds of the State
House honoring the victims of and first responders to the pandemic related to the
coronavirus disease 2019 pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 3, section 902,
subsection 1-D. The report must describe the commission's efforts in soliciting artistic
designs for the monument. The joint standing committee may report out a bill to the Second
Regular Session of the 130th Legislature on the subject matter of the report.
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