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TexasTowelie

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Sun Feb 26, 2017, 07:42 AM Feb 2017

Bill seeks Clintons' name off Little Rock airport

A Conway state senator has filed a bill that is aimed at requiring Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport/Adams Field to change its name.

Under S̶e̶n̶a̶t̶e̶ ̶B̶i̶l̶l̶ ̶2̶2̶1̶1 Senate Bill 430* by Sen. Jason Rapert, R-Bigelow, no municipal airport in Arkansas that is paid for "in whole or in part with public funds" can be named for a living person who was elected to federal, state, county or municipal office and received a salary for his service in the office.

Also under the bill, any affected airport would have until Jan. 1 for its commission to rename it.

The Little Rock Municipal Airport Commission changed the airport's name in 2012 to honor the Clintons' years of public service and their impact on the state. The airport's new name was formally dedicated in 2013. It is the state's largest airport.

Read more: http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2017/feb/24/bill-seeks-clintons-name-off-airport-20/?f=news-politics

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