California Government Code

§ 14638

GOV § 14638 Effective Jan 1, 2025Div. 3 · Title 2 · Part 5.5 · Ch. 1

Statute text

(a)(1) A recognized nonprofit organization that is tax exempt pursuant to Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and that represents Mexican Americans or Mexican immigrants, may enter into negotiations with the Department of General Services and, where applicable, the state agency with jurisdiction over the proposed state-owned property, as determined by paragraph (2), to plan, construct, and maintain, in accordance with this section, a memorial to Mexican Americans and Mexican immigrants who were forcibly deported from the United States during the Great Depression.

(2)The memorial shall be located at an appropriate public place in the City or County of Los Angeles. If the nonprofit organization representing Mexican Americans or Mexican immigrants proposes to locate the memorial on state property, and if the Department of General Services determines that the property is available and suitable for the proposed memorial, the nonprofit organization may enter into negotiations with the Department of General Services and, where applicable, the state agency with jurisdiction over the state property where the memorial is proposed, to utilize the state-owned property.

(3)Only one memorial may be constructed pursuant to this section.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 859, Sec. 2. (SB 537) Effective January 1, 2025.