Bill Text: CA AB2444 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Confederate flag: sales: government property.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-1)

Status: (Passed) 2014-09-25 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 538, Statutes of 2014. [AB2444 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB2444-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 2444	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  538
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 25, 2014
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 25, 2014
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 18, 2014
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 21, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 1, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 23, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 10, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hall
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Bloom, Bradford, Brown, Fox, Holden,
Jones-Sawyer, Nestande, Ting, and Weber)
   (Coauthors: Senators Mitchell and Yee)

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act to add Chapter 2.9 (commencing with Section 8195) to
Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code, relating to the
Confederate flag.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2444, Hall. Confederate flag: sales: government property.
   Existing law regulates the sale of certain merchandise, including
political items and sports memorabilia.
   This bill would prohibit the State of California from selling or
displaying the Battle Flag of the Confederacy, or a similar image, or
tangible personal property inscribed with those images, unless the
image appears in a book, digital medium, or state museum that serves
an educational or historical purpose.



THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Chapter 2.9 (commencing with Section 8195) is added to
Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code, to read:
      CHAPTER 2.9.  CONFEDERATE FLAG


   8195.  (a) The State of California may not sell or display the
Battle Flag of the Confederacy, also referred to as the Stars and
Bars, or any similar image, or tangible personal property, inscribed
with such an image unless the image appears in a book, digital
medium, or state museum that serves an educational or historical
purpose.
   (b) For purposes of this section, "sell" means to transfer title
or possession, exchange, or barter, conditional or otherwise, in any
manner or by any means whatsoever, for consideration. "Transfer
possession" includes only transactions that would be found by the
State Board of Equalization, for purposes of the Sales and Use Tax
Law, to be in lieu of a transfer of title, exchange, or barter.