Florida Senate - 2012                                     SB 346
       
       
       
       By Senator Ring
       
       
       
       
       32-00110-12                                            2012346__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to flag etiquette; creating s.
    3         256.015, F.S.; requiring the Governor to order flags
    4         to be flown at half-staff to honor fallen law
    5         enforcement officers and firefighters; providing an
    6         effective date.
    7  
    8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   10         Section 1. Section 256.015, Florida Statutes, is created to
   11  read:
   12         256.015 Display of flag to honor fallen law enforcement
   13  officers and firefighters.—The Governor shall order the flags at
   14  all state buildings, facilities, and property to be flown at
   15  half-staff from sunrise to sunset on the day of the funeral of
   16  any law enforcement officer or firefighter who dies in the line
   17  of duty.
   18         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.