Bill Text: MI HB4834 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Local government; other; United States or state flags purchased in cities, villages, townships, and counties; require public disclosure of country manufactured in. Amends title & sec. 2a of 1911 PA 209 (MCL 2.22a).

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-06-18 - Printed Bill Filed 06/14/2013 [HB4834 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2013-HB4834-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 4834

 

June 13, 2013, Introduced by Reps. MacMaster, Franz and Knezek and referred to the Committee on Local Government.

 

     A bill to amend 1911 PA 209, entitled

 

"An act to adopt and prescribe the design of a state coat-of-arms

and state flag, and their use; to prohibit the use of the same for

advertising purposes; to prescribe standards for the manufacture,

sale, and display of certain flags of the United States and the

state flag; and to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state

agencies and officials,"

 

by amending the title and section 2a (MCL 2.22a), the title as

 

amended and section 2a as added by 2012 PA 167.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

TITLE

 

     An act to adopt and prescribe the design of a state coat-of-

 

arms and state flag, and their use; to prohibit the use of the same

 

for advertising purposes; to prescribe standards for the purchase,

 

manufacture, sale, and display of certain flags of the United

 

States and the state flag; and to prescribe the powers and duties

 

of certain state agencies, local units of government, and certain

 

state and local officials.

 

     Sec. 2a. (1) This state, including all branches, departments,

 

offices, boards, commissions, authorities, or other agencies of

 

this state, shall not purchase a flag of the United States or a

 

state flag of Michigan for display upon a building or property

 

owned, or entirely leased, or operated by this state, including all

 

branches, departments, offices, boards, commissions, authorities,

 

or other agencies of this state, unless the flag was manufactured

 

in the United States or a territory of the United States.

 

     (2) This state, including all branches, departments, offices,

 

boards, commissions, authorities, or other agencies of this state,

 

shall not purchase a flag of the United States or state flag of

 

Michigan for resale unless the flag was manufactured in the United

 

States or a territory of the United States.

 

     (3) This section does not apply to local units of government.

 

     (3) Beginning January 1, 2014, if a local unit of government

 

purchases a flag of the United States or a state flag of Michigan,

 

the local unit of government shall disclose on its internet website

 

the country in which each flag of the United States or state flag

 

of Michigan was manufactured. If a local unit of government does

 

not have an internet website, that local unit of government may

 

meet the disclosure requirements of this subsection by posting on

 

the website of the county in which that local unit of government is

 

located. A local unit of government that discloses information on

 

its internet website or a website operated by another local unit of

 

government, as required under this subsection, shall update the

 

internet website at least once a year.

 

     (4) As used in this section, "local unit of government" means

 

a county, city, village, township, school district, intermediate

 

school district, community college district, public library, or

 

local authority created under state law.