Space + Rocket Center getting new guidelines from Gov. Ivey
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Gov. Kay Ivey came to Huntsville Monday for a ceremonial signing of a bill recently passed by the state legislature. The bill addresses the statute governing the U.S. Space & Rocket Center.
Here’s what we know:
Kay Ivey to sign new bill governing Space + Rocket Center
The Space & Rocket Center’s original statute was passed in 1965, and the new statute is intended to update that legislation. Here are some new aspects of the statute:
- Changing the name of Center’s board of directors from Alabama Space Science Exhibit Commission to the U.S. Space & Rocket Center Commission
- Adding the governor as an ex-officio commission member
- Adjusting the length of terms commissioners can serve and imposing term limits for members
- Modernizing the center’s operating rules and procedures.
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