Bill Text: PA HB179 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: An Act amending the act of June 13, 1907 (P.L.560, No.373), entitled "An act designating the official flag of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and describing the same; providing for the carrying of such flag by the regiments of the National Guard of Pennsylvania; authorizing the Secretary of the Commonwealth to provide, and have deposited in the office of Secretary of the Commonwealth, a model of said flag, and making an appropriation therefor," further providing for specifications for the official flag of the Commonwealth and for the duties of the Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-02-02 - Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS [HB179 Detail]

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PRINTER'S NO.  178

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

HOUSE BILL

 

No.

179

Session of

2009

  

  

INTRODUCED BY HALUSKA, ARGALL, BAKER, BELFANTI, BRENNAN, BUXTON, CURRY, FABRIZIO, FLECK, GEIST, GEORGE, HESS, KILLION, KORTZ, MAHONEY, MILLARD, MILLER, MUNDY, O'NEILL, PAYNE, PICKETT, PRESTON, READSHAW, ROHRER, SCAVELLO, SIPTROTH, SOLOBAY, STABACK, STEVENSON, STURLA, SWANGER AND VULAKOVICH, FEBRUARY 2, 2009

  

  

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, FEBRUARY 2, 2009  

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Amending the act of June 13, 1907 (P.L.560, No.373), entitled

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"An act designating the official flag of the Commonwealth of

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Pennsylvania, and describing the same; providing for the

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carrying of such flag by the regiments of the National Guard

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of Pennsylvania; authorizing the Secretary of the

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Commonwealth to provide, and have deposited in the office of

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Secretary of the Commonwealth, a model of said flag, and

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making an appropriation therefor," further providing for

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specifications for the official flag of the Commonwealth and

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for the duties of the Secretary of the Commonwealth.

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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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hereby enacts as follows:

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Section 1.  Sections 1 and 3 of the act of June 13, 1907

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(P.L.560, No.373), entitled "An act designating the official

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flag of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and describing the

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same; providing for the carrying of such flag by the regiments

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of the National Guard of Pennsylvania; authorizing the Secretary

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of the Commonwealth to provide, and have deposited in the office

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of Secretary of the Commonwealth, a model of said flag, and

 


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making an appropriation therefor," are amended to read:

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Section 1.  Be it enacted, &c., That the flag to be known as

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the official flag of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania shall be

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of blue, same color as the blue field in the flag of the United

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States, and of the following dimensions and design; to wit, The

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length, or heighth, of the staff to be nine feet, including

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brass spear-head and ferrule; the fly of the said flag to be six

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feet two inches, and to be four feet six inches on the staff; in

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the center of the flag there shall be embroidered in silk the

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same on both sides of the flag the coat of arms of the

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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in proportionate size; the edges

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to be trimmed with knotted fringe of yellow silk, two and one-

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half inches wide; a cord, with tassels, to be attached to the

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staff at the spear-head, to be eight feet six inches long, and

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composed of white and blue silk strands[.]; the word

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"Pennsylvania" to be embroidered upon the flag in yellow silk

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and to be centered within a symmetrical red festoon, similar to

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that containing the State motto; and the festoon to be centered

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above the bald eagle on the coat of arms.

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Section 3.  The [Secretary of the Commonwealth is hereby

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directed to provide a] Pennsylvania Historical and Museum

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Commission shall:

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(1)  redesign the flag, in accordance with the description

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given in the first section of this act[, and keep the same

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deposited in the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, as

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a model; the cost of said flag to be paid by warrant of the

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Auditor General upon the State Treasurer; and for this purpose

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the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars, or so much thereof as

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may be necessary, is hereby specifically appropriated, out of

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any moneys in the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated.];

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(2)  place the original redesigned flag and model thereof in

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the Pennsylvania State Archives, as the official repository of

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the redesigned flag; and

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(3)  publish the specifications for and a copy of the

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redesigned flag in the Pennsylvania Bulletin and on the

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commission's Internet website.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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