Bill Text: MO HB1241 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes the Missouri State Flag Commission to review proposals to standardize or modify the Missouri state flag
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-04 - Public Hearing Completed (H) [HB1241 Detail]
Download: Missouri-2014-HB1241-Introduced.html
SECOND REGULAR SESSION
97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES ROORDA (Sponsor) AND ENGLISH (Co-sponsor).
4828H.01I D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To amend chapter 10, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to the Missouri state flag commission.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 10, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 10.200, to read as follows:
10.200. 1. There is hereby established the “Missouri State Flag Commission”. The commission shall consist of nine members, eight of whom shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, drawn from each of the state’s eight congressional districts. The ninth member shall be the secretary of state or his or her designee, and shall serve as chairperson for the commission.
2. The duties of the commission shall be to hold public hearings to take both written and oral testimony on proposals to standardize or modify the Missouri state flag, and to prepare a report detailing its findings and recommendations for delivery to the governor, the secretary of state, and the general assembly.
3. The members of the commission shall serve without compensation or reimbursement of expenses incurred.
4. The office of the secretary of state shall provide funding, administrative support, and staff for the effective operation of the commission.
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