Senate Bill sb0612c1

    Florida Senate - 2004                            CS for SB 612

    By the Committee on Military and Veterans' Affairs, Base
    Protection, and Spaceports; and Senators Fasano, Webster and
    Cowin



    301-1957-04

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to display of flags in the

  3         public school system; amending s. 1000.06,

  4         F.S.; requiring that the flag of the United

  5         States be displayed in each classroom;

  6         providing for the purchase or donation of such

  7         flags; providing an effective 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 1000.06, Florida Statutes, is

12  amended to read:

13         1000.06  Display of flags.--

14         (1)  Every public K-20 educational institution that is

15  provided or authorized by the Constitution and laws of Florida

16  shall display daily the flag of the United States and the

17  official flag of Florida when the weather permits upon one

18  building or on a suitable flagstaff upon the grounds of each

19  public postsecondary educational institution and upon every

20  district school board building or grounds except when the

21  institution or school is closed for vacation, provided that,

22  if two or more buildings are located on the same or on

23  adjacent sites, one flag may be displayed for the entire group

24  of buildings.

25         (2)  Every public K-20 educational institution and

26  every educational institution providing postgraduate or

27  professional programs which is provided or authorized by the

28  Constitution and laws of this state shall display daily in

29  each classroom the flag of the United States. The flag must be

30  made of cloth, be at least 2 feet by 3 feet, and be properly

31  displayed in a suitable location in the classroom. Every

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    Florida Senate - 2004                            CS for SB 612
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 1  community college, state university, and educational

 2  institution that provides postgraduate or professional

 3  programs shall purchase, using student activity and service

 4  fees, a sufficient number of flags and necessary display

 5  hardware to carry out the purpose of this subsection. Labor to

 6  install such flags shall be the responsibility of each

 7  educational institution and shall be paid for using funds,

 8  other than student activity and service fees, from that

 9  institution. All other educational institutions shall

10  purchase, using funds from that institution, the necessary

11  number of flags to carry out the purpose of this subsection,

12  after seeking donations of such flags from local veterans'

13  associations. Each institution shall comply with the

14  requirements for this subsection prior to July 1, 2005.

15         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2004.

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17          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
18                         Senate Bill 612

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20  The committee substitute clarifies that the flag must be made
    of cloth rather than a display of a picture of a flag or some
21  other rendition.  Student activity and service fees are to be
    used for the purchase of the flags and the necessary display
22  hardware.  The actual installation of the flags would be the
    responsibility of the educational institution.  A time period
23  is added to the bill to mandate that the provisions of the
    bill be satisfied prior to July 1, 2005.
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