Bill Text: MI SB0110 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: State; other; flags flown in cities, townships, villages, and county buildings; require to be made in the United States. Amends title & sec. 2a of 1911 PA 209 (MCL 2.22a).

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 9-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-30 - Referred To Committee On Local Government And Elections [SB0110 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2013-SB0110-Introduced.html

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SENATE BILL No. 110

 

 

January 30, 2013, Introduced by Senators KAHN, COLBECK, GREEN, SCHUITMAKER, MARLEAU, JONES, WALKER, BOOHER, BRANDENBURG and HOPGOOD and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Elections.

 

 

 

     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, and all local units of government 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,

 

or any local unit of government 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,

 

and all local units of government 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.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.