Legislative History
ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Forty-seventh Legislature, First Regular Session
FINAL AMENDED: FACT SHEET FOR S.B. 1065/H.B. 2164
historical advisory commission; centennial 2012
Purpose
Requires the Arizona Historical Advisory Commission to develop and coordinate a statewide plan regarding Arizona’s centennial in 2012.
Background
Arizona will celebrate its 100th anniversary of statehood on February 14, 2012. In May 2004, the Coordinating Committee for the History of Arizona held a workshop with over 90 representatives from every county of the state. During the workshop, the Committee recommended that the Arizona Historical Advisory Commission (AHAC) serve as the coordinating entity for the state’s centennial plan.
The AHAC is a statutory commission consisting of members appointed by the Director of the Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records who are experts in the disciplines of history, architecture and archaeology, professional librarians and archivists and other individuals who are associated with the interpretation, research, writing, preservation or teaching of the state’s heritage. The AHAC also includes the Director of the Arizona Historical Society, the Director of the State Museum, the Director of the Arizona State Parks Board and the State Historic Preservation Officer. The AHAC advises and makes recommendations to the Legislature and state agencies on matters related to historic preservation and encourages training and education in the field of historic preservation.
There is no fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this legislation.
Provisions
- Requires the AHAC to develop and coordinate a statewide plan regarding the state’s centennial in 2012 to include:
- advising the Legislature and state agencies on centennial history and heritage, arts and culture and related activities.
- assisting the Governor’s countdown to the centennial to support school children learning about the state’s history.
- recommending activities and projects that will ensure lasting legacy accomplishments to commemorate the centennial.
- Allows the Director of the Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records to accept and spend public and private appropriations, grants, gifts, contributions and devises to assist in carrying out this legislation.
- Requires the State Historic Preservation Officer rather than the AHAC to include the performance of state agencies in initiating and satisfying the programmatic management of historic properties in the AHAC’s annual report.
- Adds experts in the field of arts, culture and the Indian nations’ history and heritage to the list of eligible members of the AHAC.
- Requires the AHAC to:
- advise the Legislature and state agencies on matters related to the state’s history.
- recommend measures to the Legislature and state agencies to coordinate or improve the effectiveness of activities of state agencies and agencies of the political subdivisions of this state relating to the interpretation, research, writing and teaching of the state’s history and heritage, including the Indian nations’ history, heritage and preservation.
- encourage training and education in the field of the interpretation, research, writing and teaching of the state’s history and heritage.
- Requires the State Historic Preservation Officer to submit a report of the Historic Sites Review Committee’s activities to the Governor and Legislature by September 1 of each year.
- Makes technical and conforming changes.
- Repeals provisions relating to the Arizona centennial on September 1, 2014.
- Becomes effective on the general effective date.
Amendments Adopted by Committee of the Whole
Adds the Indian nations’ history and heritage to the list of areas that the AHAC must interpret, research and teach in regards to Arizona’s history.
Senate Action
GOV 1/20/05 DP 6-0-1
3rd Read 1/31/05 28-0-2
House Action
3rd Read 2/8/05 55-0-5
(H.B. 2164 substituted for S.B. 1065 on 3rd Read)
Signed by the Governor 2/14/05
Chapter 1
Prepared by Senate Research
February 21, 2005
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