Bill Text: MI HB5440 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Local government; other; ordinances, resolutions, rules, or regulations banning the display of the American flag and the state of Michigan flag on private property; prohibit by local units of government and certain associations. Creates new act.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-25 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 01/24/2018 [HB5440 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-HB5440-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 5440

 

 

January 24, 2018, Introduced by Reps. Zemke, Brann, Greimel, Elder, Durhal, Kelly, Liberati, Dianda, Phelps, Sabo, Cambensy, Yanez, Hertel, Pagan, Brinks, Faris, Lasinski, Gay-Dagnogo, Chirkun, Camilleri, Geiss, Sheppard, Glenn, Howrylak, Peterson, Jones, Hammoud, Green and Robinson and referred to the Committee on Local Government.

 

     A bill to prohibit certain entities from banning the display

 

of a flag of the United States or a state flag of Michigan on

 

private property.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1. A local unit of government shall not adopt or enforce

 

an ordinance, resolution, rule, or regulation that prohibits the

 

display of a flag of the United States or a state flag of Michigan

 

on private property. As used in this section, "local unit of

 

government" means a county, city, village, or township.

 

     Sec. 2. A homeowners association or neighborhood association

 

shall not adopt a resolution, rule, or regulation that prohibits

 

the display of a flag of the United States or a state flag of

 

Michigan on private property.

 

     Enacting section 1. This act takes effect 90 days after the

 

date it is enacted into law.