Bill Text: FL S0590 | 2015 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Flags

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-28 - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 225 (Ch. 2015-138) [S0590 Detail]

Download: Florida-2015-S0590-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2015                                     SB 590
       
       
        
       By Senator Altman
       
       
       
       
       
       16-00863-15                                            2015590__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to flags; providing a short title;
    3         creating s. 256.041, F.S.; requiring a United States
    4         flag or a state flag that is purchased on or after a
    5         specified date by the state, a county, or a
    6         municipality for public use to be made in the United
    7         States; providing an effective date.
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    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. This act may be cited as the “All-American Flag
   12  Act.”
   13         Section 2. Section 256.041, Florida Statutes, is created to
   14  read:
   15         256.041 Purchase of United States flag or state flag for
   16  public use.—When the state, a county, or a municipality
   17  purchases a United States flag or a state flag for public use,
   18  the flag must be made in the United States from articles,
   19  materials, or supplies, all of which are grown, produced, and
   20  manufactured in the United States. This section applies to the
   21  purchase of a flag on or after January 1, 2016.
   22         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2015.