Bill Text: MS HB1362 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: State flag; change design to that of the "Magnolia Flag."
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2018-01-30 - Died In Committee [HB1362 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2018-HB1362-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2018 Regular Session
To: Rules
By: Representative Johnson (94th)
House Bill 1362
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 3-3-16, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CHANGE THE DESIGN OF THE OFFICIAL FLAG OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI TO THAT OF THE FIRST OFFICIAL FLAG OF MISSISSIPPI KNOWN AS THE "MAGNOLIA FLAG"; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 3-3-16, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
3-3-16. The official flag
of the State of Mississippi shall have the following design: with width two-thirds
(2/3) of its length; with the union (canton) to be square, in width two-thirds
(2/3) of the width of the flag; * * * the ground of the union
to be old glory blue, and emblazoned with one (1) large white five-pointed star
pointed upward; the field to be white, bordered with red on the fly side and
centered upon the field to be the design of a large green magnolia tree in full
bloom; this being the official flag of the State of Mississippi before the flag
adopted by the Mississippi Legislature in the 1894 Special Session, which is
known as the "Magnolia Flag."
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2018.
