Staff Analysis of the Legislation
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SB
77 amends Title 50 of the O.C.G.A to state that any person who damages,
destroys, loses, or permanently removes monument hall be liable for triple the
amount of the full cost of repair or replacement of such monument in addition to
attorney fees and court costs. Government agencies are allowed to move monuments
if necessary for construction, but monuments moved for such reasons must be
placed in places of similar prominence within the same county or municipality
in which it originally stood. Additionally, monuments cannot be relocated to a museum,
cemetery, or mausoleum if it was not originally located in such a place. |