Florida Senate - 2014                                    SB 1334
       
       
        
       By Senator Bradley
       
       
       
       
       
       7-01204-14                                            20141334__
    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 by the state, a
    5         county, or a municipality for public use to be made in
    6         the United States; providing for applicability;
    7         amending s. 256.09, F.S.; providing a penalty;
    8         providing an effective date.
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   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. This act may be cited as the “All-American Flag
   13  Act.”
   14         Section 2. Section 256.041, Florida Statutes, is created to
   15  read:
   16         256.041 Purchase of United States flag or state flag for
   17  public use.—When the state, a county, or a municipality
   18  purchases a United States flag or a state flag for public use,
   19  the flag must be made in the United States from articles,
   20  materials, or supplies, all of which are grown, produced, and
   21  manufactured in the United States. A person who willfully
   22  violates this section is subject to the penalty provided in s.
   23  256.09. This section applies to the purchase of a flag made on
   24  or after January 1, 2015.
   25         Section 3. Section 256.09, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   26  read:
   27         256.09 Penalty.—Any person who violates violating the
   28  provisions of s. 256.05, or s. 256.06, or s. 256.041 commits
   29  shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree,
   30  punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
   31         Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.