Senate Bill sb0150e1

    CS for CS for SB 150                     First Engrossed (ntc)



  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the United States flag;

  3         creating s. 256.15, F.S.; providing that it is

  4         unlawful to prohibit the display of the flag of

  5         the United States; providing an exception;

  6         providing penalties; providing an effective

  7         date.

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  9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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11         Section 1.  Section 256.15, Florida Statutes, is

12  created to read:

13         256.15  Display of U.S. flag; prohibition unlawful;

14  penalty.--

15         (1)  It is unlawful for any person to prohibit the

16  display of the flag of the United States unless the display

17  would constitute a threat to the health or safety of any

18  person.

19         (2)  A violation of this section constitutes a

20  noncriminal violation. The first violation shall be punished

21  by fine in an amount not to exceed $500. A second or

22  subsequent violation shall be punished by fine in an amount

23  not to exceed $10,000.

24         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

25  law.

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