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Rep. Joshua Bryant seeks statutory authority for Capitol monuments upkeep
Summary
Rep. Joshua Bryant introduced a bill to let the secretary of state's office accept private donations and, with appropriation by the General Assembly, maintain, repair and rebuild monuments on the state Capitol grounds; committee members clarified the measure does not give the office authority over monuments off Capitol grounds.
Representative Joshua Bryant (District 32) told the Senate State Agencies Committee he introduced legislation to create a statutory path for maintaining state monuments on the Capitol grounds, using a combination of private donations and state funds.
Bryant said the current pattern — where a commission raises seed money, builds a monument and then dissolves — leaves no statutory…
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