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Bills
HB 0493 Relating to State Parks (Baxley)
05/02/14 HOUSE Died in Government Operations Subcommittee
SB 0672 Relating to Sites of Historic Interest and Value Within the State Park System (Bean)
05/02/14 SENATE Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
Legislators
Rep Elizabeth W. Porter
Rep Elizabeth W. Porter
(R Lake City)
Rep Dennis Baxley
Rep Dennis Baxley
(R Ocala)
Sen Aaron Bean
Sen Aaron Bean
(R Fernandina Beach)
Committees
Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee
218 House Office Building
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Bill prompted by outcry against Union monument on Civil War battlefield narrowly passes
Bruce Ritchie, 03/24/2014 - 05:08 PM

Rep. Dennis Baxley, R-Ocala, explains his HB 493 allowing appeals of park officials' decisions on monuments. Photo by Bruce Ritchie.

A dispute over a monument for Union soldiers proposed at the Olustee Battlefield state park spilled over into the Capitol on Monday with legislation that barely passed its first committee stop. 

Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War in 2013 asked for permission to erect an obelisk in the state park in Baker County. On Feb. 20, 1864, 203 Union soldiers were killed there as they were advancing west while 93 Confederates were killed.

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Filed in: Environment and Natural Resources, State and Local Administration
Tags: FL Dept. of Environmental Protection, Florida Cabinet, Public Lands, State lands
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