SB 0429 | Profit from Native American remains a crime |
Sponsor: | GRAVES | ||
Committee: | JUDI | LR Number: | S1531.01I |
Last Action: | 03/15/95 - Hearing Conducted S Judiciary Committee-Consent Request | ||
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Effective Date: | August 28, 1995 | ||
SB 429 - This act makes it a crime to knowingly profit; use for profit, sell, purchase or transport for sale or profit any human remains of a Native American without the right of possession. A person who commits this crime is guilty of a Class C felony or a Class B felony for a second or subsequent violation. Native American is defined as an individual, tribe or people whose ancestors occupied this continent prior to European settlement.
This act also makes it a crime to knowingly profit, use for
profit, sell, purchase or transport for sale or profit any Native
American cultural items without the right to possession. A
person who commits this crime is guilty of a Class D felony or a
Class C felony for a second or subsequent violation. Cultural
items are defined as including associated and unassociated
funerary objects.
JAMES KLAHR