| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to firefighters; providing for the |
| 3 | creation of an official state Firefighter Memorial |
| 4 | Flag; providing for the use of the flag; providing for |
| 5 | the Division of State Fire Marshal of the Department |
| 6 | of Financial Services to provide for the creation and |
| 7 | distribution of the flag; 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. The Division of State Fire Marshal of the |
| 12 | Department of Financial Services shall design, produce, and |
| 13 | implement the creation and distribution of an official state |
| 14 | Firefighter Memorial Flag to honor firefighters who have died in |
| 15 | the line of duty. |
| 16 | (1) The flag may be displayed at memorial or funeral |
| 17 | services of firefighters who have died in the line of duty, at |
| 18 | firefighter memorials, at fire stations, at the Fallen |
| 19 | Firefighter Memorial located at the Florida State Fire College |
| 20 | in Ocala, by the families of fallen firefighters, and at any |
| 21 | other location designated by the State Fire Marshal. |
| 22 | (2) The flag shall have a blue background, with a black |
| 23 | horizontal stripe across the middle of the flag and a horizontal |
| 24 | purple stripe above and below the black stripe. It shall also |
| 25 | contain a red Maltese Cross or Cross of St. Florians in the |
| 26 | center of the flag surrounding the Great Seal of the State of |
| 27 | Florida, and the phrase "Florida Fallen Firefighters" in gold |
| 28 | capital letters shall be placed at the top of the flag and the |
| 29 | phrase "Memorial Flag" shall be placed at the bottom of the |
| 30 | flag. Each arm of the cross shall contain one of the words |
| 31 | "Courage," "Honor," "Sacrifice," and "Valor." |
| 32 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009. |