SB-0640, As Passed Senate, November 10, 2011

SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL NO. 640

     A bill to amend 1911 PA 209, entitled

"An act to adopt and prescribe the design of a state coat-of-arms

and state flag, and their use, and to prohibit the use of the same

for advertising purposes, and to provide a punishment for such

forbidden use,"

(MCL 2.21 to 2.27) by amending the title and by adding section 2a.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

TITLE

     An act to adopt and prescribe the design of a state coat-of-

arms and state flag, and their use; , and to prohibit the use of

the same for advertising purposes; , and to provide a punishment

for such forbidden use.to prescribe standards for the manufacture,

sale, and display of certain flags of the United States and the

state flag; and to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state

and local agencies and officials.

     Sec. 2a. (1) This state or an agency of this state or a local

unit of government shall not purchase a flag of the United States

or a state flag of Michigan for display upon a building or property

owned, or entirely leased, or operated by this state or a local

unit of government unless the flag was manufactured in the United

States.

     (2) This state or an agency of this state or a local unit of

government shall not purchase a flag of the United States or state

flag of Michigan for resale by an agency of this state or a local

unit of government unless the flag was manufactured in the United

States.

     (3) As used in this section, "local unit of government" means

a county, township, city, or village or a school district,

intermediate school district, or public school academy, as defined

in the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1 to 380.1852.