Senate Bill sb0260c1

    Florida Senate - 2003                            CS for SB 260

    By the Committee on Military and Veterans' Affairs, Base
    Protection, and Spaceports; and Senator Fasano




    301-1881-03

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to condominiums; amending s.

  3         718.113, F.S.; allowing unit owners to fly

  4         armed services flags on designated days and

  5         patriotic holidays; providing an effective

  6         date.

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

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10         Section 1.  Subsection (4) of section 718.113, Florida

11  Statutes, is amended to read:

12         718.113  Maintenance; limitation upon improvement;

13  display of flag; hurricane shutters.--

14         (4)  Any unit owner may display one portable, removable

15  United States flag in a respectful way and, on Armed Forces

16  Day, Memorial Day, Flag Day, Independence Day, and Veterans

17  Day, may display official flags that represent the United

18  States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard,

19  regardless of any declaration rules or requirements dealing

20  with flags or decorations.

21         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.

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23          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
24                         Senate Bill 260

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26   The committee substitute specifies the branches of the armed
    services and on which holidays the flags may be displayed.
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