Title: Public Monuments

Summary: Requires DMS to remove & relocate certain monuments located on property owned/leased by state.

Full Text:
An act relating to public monuments; requiring the Department of Management Services to remove and relocate certain monuments located on property owned or leased by the state; defining the term "monument"; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Removal and relocation of public monuments.-(1) By January 1, 2020, the Department of Management Services shall remove and relocate to the Museum of Florida History each monument located on property owned or leased by the state which is erected, named, or dedicated in commemoration of an officer or member of: (a) The Military of the Confederate States of A merica. (b) A white nationalist organization or other organization that promotes a white separatist or white supremacist ideology. (2) For purposes of this section, the term "monument" means a memorial, statue, art installation, or other remembrance but does not include a facility designation or cemetery marker. Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.