STATE OF MICHIGAN

96TH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2012

Introduced by Senators Kahn, Rocca, Jones, Colbeck, Green, Schuitmaker, Walker, Brandenburg and Hansen

ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 640

AN ACT 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; to prohibit the use of the same for advertising purposes; 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) This state, including all branches, departments, offices, boards, commissions, authorities, or other agencies of this state, 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, including all branches, departments, offices, boards, commissions, authorities, or other agencies of this state, unless the flag was manufactured in the United States or a territory of the United States.

(2) This state, including all branches, departments, offices, boards, commissions, authorities, or other agencies of this state, shall not purchase a flag of the United States or state flag of Michigan for resale unless the flag was manufactured in the United States or a territory of the United States.

(3) This section does not apply to local units of government.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Secretary of the Senate

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Approved

Governor