Session Laws

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law, rule or regulation to the contrary, or a moratorium affecting construction of monuments, so-called, on Castle Island, in the South Boston section of the city of Boston, the deputy commissioner of capital planning and operations, after consultation with the metropolitan district commission and the South Boston Korean War Memorial Committee, Inc., hereinafter referred to as the committee, is hereby authorized and directed, forthwith, to set aside an area on said Castle Island sufficient for the erection of a monument commemorating the bravery and heroism of those who served their country in the armed services during the Korean conflict. Said area shall be located in the southeast corner of said Castle Island in accordance with a plan to be provided by the committee.

The committee shall cause said monument to be erected by December first, nineteen hundred and ninety-one.

The committee shall be solely responsible for the maintenance of said monument and, for such purposes, shall have access to said monument at all reasonable times.