Bill Text: NH HB1387 | 2012 | Regular Session | Chaptered


Bill Title: Requiring flags purchased with state funds or displayed in state facilities to be manufactured in the United States.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 11-2)

Status: (Passed) 2012-05-31 - House Signed By Governor 05/29/2012; Effective 07/28/2012; Chapter 0089 [HB1387 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2012-HB1387-Chaptered.html

CHAPTER 89

HB 1387 – FINAL VERSION

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2012 SESSION

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05/10

HOUSE BILL 1387

AN ACT requiring flags purchased with state funds or displayed in state facilities to be manufactured in the United States.

SPONSORS: Rep. Pepino, Hills 11; Rep. Welch, Rock 8; Rep. Baldasaro, Rock 3; Rep. O'Brien, Hills 4; Rep. Norelli, Rock 16; Rep. Chandler, Carr 1; Rep. Shurtleff, Merr 10; Rep. Weyler, Rock 8; Rep. Theberge, Coos 4; Sen. Barnes, Jr., Dist 17; Sen. Boutin, Dist 16; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Gallus, Dist 1

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill requires United States flags, state flags, and POW-MIA flags purchased with state funds or displayed in state facilities to be manufactured in the United States.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

15Feb2012… 0548h

12-2491

05/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve

AN ACT requiring flags purchased with state funds or displayed in state facilities to be manufactured in the United States.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

89:1 New Section; State Flag, United States Flag, and POW-MIA Flag; Place of Manufacture. Amend RSA 3 by inserting after section 4 the following new section:

3:4-a State Flag, United States Flag, POW-MIA Flag; Place of Manufacture. Any state flag, United States flag, or POW-MIA flag purchased with state funds or displayed in a state facility shall be manufactured in the United States. This paragraph shall only apply to flags acquired after the effective date of this section.

89:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: May 29, 2012

Effective Date: July 28, 2012

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