REFERENCE TITLE: memorial; veterans; suicide

State of Arizona Senate Fifty-third Legislature Second Regular Session 2018

SB 1431

Introduced by Senator Barto

 

AN ACT

 

providing for a veterans who have committed suicide memorial in the governmental mall.

 

 

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Veterans who have committed suicide memorial; procedures; delayed repeal

A.  Pursuant to section 41‑1363, subsection A, Arizona Revised Statutes, this act authorizes the department of administration to provide for the placement in the governmental mall of a memorial dedicated to the commemoration of veterans who have committed suicide due to unresolved post‑traumatic stress and traumatic brain injury.

B.  The procedures prescribed in section 41‑1363, Arizona Revised Statutes, apply to the establishment of the memorial.

C.  Public monies are not authorized for the costs of the memorial.  All fund‑raising and contracts for artistic design and construction of the memorial are the sole responsibility of the proponents.  This state may not facilitate fund‑raising or establish a state fund for the deposit of the monies.

D.  This section is repealed from and after September 30, 2021.