Alabama § 31-1-5 - Historical Museum Site in Baldwin County.

Full text of Alabama Code of Alabama § 31-1-5 — Historical Museum Site in Baldwin County., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 31-1-5. Historical Museum Site in Baldwin County.

(a)(1) The Legislature finds that the State Military Department has numerous items of U.S. military history including, but not limited to, equipment, uniforms, and weapons, which the department has in storage and which could be housed and made available for public display in a historical museum dedicated to the United States Armed Forces and United States Military history.

(2) The Legislature further finds that the Baldwin County Commission has expressed an interest in planning, developing, and supporting a historical museum in Baldwin County dedicated to the United States Armed Forces and United States Military history.

(b) The purpose of this section is to designate Baldwin County as the site of a future historical museum dedicated to the United States Armed Forces and military history in order for the Baldwin County Commission to take further actions for the planning, development, location, fund raising, and support of a museum.

(c) Baldwin County is designated as the site for a historical museum dedicated to the United States Armed Forces and United States Military history, and the Baldwin County Commission may take any actions it deems necessary, including, but not limited to, the planning, development, location, fund raising, and support of the museum.

(d) The State Military Department may take actions to support a museum as provided in this section, but this section shall not be interpreted as appropriating any state funds for the purpose of this section.

Source: official Alabama text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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