Chairman Linda W. Cropp
A BILL IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
To require approval by the Mayor and the
Council of any proposed commemorative work on public space in the District of Columbia.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this act may be cited as the "Commemorative Works on
Public Space Amendment Act of 2000".
Sec. 2. Title IV of the Street and Alley
Acquisition Procedures Act of 1982, effective March 10, 1983 (D.C. Law 4-201; D.C. Code
§7-451 et seq.), is amended as follows:
(a) Title IV shall be redesignated
"Public Space Names and Commemorative Works.".
(b) Section 401 is amended to read as
follows:
"Sec. 401. Approvals required.
"(a) Definitions.
"(1) "Commemorative work"
means any statue, monument, sculpture, memorial, plaque, inscription, or other structure
or landscape feature, including a garden or memorial grove, which is located on public
space under the jurisdiction of the District of Columbia, and which is designed to
perpetuate in a permanent manner the memory of an individual, group, event, or other
significant element of culture or history. The term does not include any such item which
is located within the interior of a structure or a structure which is primarily used for
other purposes."(2) "Public space" means
any public street, alley, circle, bridge, building, park, or other public place or
property under the jurisdiction of the District of Columbia."(b) Any proposed designation or
change of the name of any public space in the District of Columbia shall require approval
by the Mayor and the Council of the District of Columbia."(c) Any proposed commemorative work
on public space in the District of Columbia shall require approval by the Mayor and the
Council of the District of Columbia.".
Sec. 3. Fiscal impact statement.
The Council adopts the fiscal impact
statement in the committee report as the fiscal impact statement required by section
602(c)(3) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat.
813; D.C. Code § 1-233 (c)(3)).
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect
following the approval by the Mayor (or in the event of a veto by the Mayor, action by the
Council to override the veto), approval by the Financial Responsibility and Management
Assistance Authority as provided in section 203 (a) of the District of Columbia Financial
Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of 1995, approved April 17, 1995 (109 Stat.
116; D.C. Code § 47-392.3(a)), a 30-day period of Congressional review as provided in
section 602(c)(1) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973
(87 Stat. 813; D.C. Code § 1-233(c)(1)), and publication in the District of Columbia
Register.