As Introduced

127th General Assembly
Regular Session
2007-2008
H. B. No. 199


Representative Boyd 

Cosponsors: Representatives Mallory, Skindell, Williams, S., Miller, Healy, Williams, B., Letson, Luckie 



A BILL
To enact section 105.411 of the Revised Code to 1
direct the Capitol Square Review and Advisory 2
Board to promote erection on the capitol grounds 3
of a monument honoring the Ohio Tuskegee Airmen.4


BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

       Section 1. That section 105.411 of the Revised Code be 5
enacted to read as follows:6

       Sec. 105.411. The capitol square review and advisory board, 7
as one of its functions, shall promote the erection on the capitol 8
grounds of a monument honoring the Ohio tuskegee airmen. The 9
general assembly may appropriate money to the board, and the board 10
may accept donations of money, for that purpose. The board shall 11
not commence erection of the monument until, in the board's 12
opinion, sufficient funds are available in the Ohio tuskegee 13
airmen monument custodial fund to pay the cost of erecting the 14
monument.15

       There is hereby created an Ohio tuskegee airmen monument 16
custodial fund, which shall be in the custody of the treasurer of 17
state but shall not be part of the state treasury. The board may 18
draw money from the fund to erect the monument.19