Commemorative Works on Public Space Amendment of 2000
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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.