Bill Text: MA S1440 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Provide that no other flag or pennant be flown hi gher than the American flag
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-20 - Public Hearing date 9/24 at 11:00 AM in Hearing Room A2 [S1440 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-S1440-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Morrissey, Michael (SEN) (BY REQUEST)
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To the
Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act providing that no other flag or pennant be flown higher than the American flag.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Francis Derwin |
80 Clay St. |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS
SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. S02267 OF 2007-2008.]
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act providing that no other flag or pennant be flown higher than
the American flag.
Be
it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, except the provisions of sections five to eight, inclusive, of chapter two hundred and sixty-four of the General Laws, no person or organization shall display a flag, burgee or pennant, national or international, above or in a position of superior prominence or honor to, or in place of, the flag of the United States.
It shall be deemed a violation of the section if a burgee, pennant, streamer or other similar flag device is displayed on a truck, mast, staff, pole, arm or gaff in a position higher in elevation to the flag of the United States, whether on land or vessel in the territorial waters of the Commonwealth.
A violation of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars.
