SENATE BILL No. 640

 

 

September 13, 2011, Introduced by Senators KAHN, ROCCA, JONES, COLBECK, GREEN, SCHUITMAKER, WALKER, BRANDENBURG and HANSEN and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.

 

 

 

     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

 

agencies and officials.


 

     Sec. 2a. (1) Every flag of the United States and every state

 

flag of Michigan that is displayed upon a building owned, or

 

entirely leased, or operated by this state shall be manufactured in

 

the United States.

 

     (2) Every flag of the United States and every state flag of

 

Michigan that is sold by an agency of this state shall be

 

manufactured in the United States.