Florida Senate - 2022                                     SB 250
       
       
        
       By Senator Book
       
       
       
       
       
       32-00483-22                                            2022250__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to removing memorializations of the
    3         Confederate States of America; amending s. 256.051,
    4         F.S.; deleting provisions prohibiting specified
    5         improper uses or mutilation of the flag or emblem of
    6         the Confederate States of America; making technical
    7         changes; repealing s. 256.10, F.S., relating to the
    8         mutilation of, or disrespect for, Confederate flags or
    9         replicas thereof; amending s. 683.01, F.S.; removing
   10         the designations of the birthdays of Robert E. Lee and
   11         Jefferson Davis and Confederate Memorial Day as legal
   12         holidays; providing an effective date.
   13          
   14  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   16         Section 1. Section 256.051, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   17  read:
   18         256.051 Improper use or mutilation of state or Confederate
   19  flag or emblem prohibited.—
   20         (1) It is shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or
   21  corporation to copy, print, publish, or otherwise use the flag
   22  or state emblem of Florida, or the flag or emblem of the
   23  Confederate States, or any flag or emblem used by the
   24  Confederate States or the military or naval forces of the
   25  Confederate States at any time within the years 1860 to 1865,
   26  both inclusive, for the purpose of advertising, selling, or
   27  promoting the sale of any article of merchandise whatever within
   28  this state.
   29         (2) It shall also is be unlawful for any person, firm, or
   30  corporation to mutilate, deface, defile, or contemptuously abuse
   31  the flag or emblem of Florida or the flag or emblem of the
   32  Confederate States by any act whatever.
   33         (3) This section may not Nothing in this section shall be
   34  construed to prevent the use of any flag, standard, color,
   35  shield, ensign, or other insignia of Florida or of the
   36  Confederate States for decorative or patriotic purposes.
   37         Section 2. Section 256.10, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
   38         Section 3. Subsection (1) of section 683.01, Florida
   39  Statutes, is amended to read:
   40         683.01 Legal holidays.—
   41         (1) The legal holidays, which are also public holidays, are
   42  the following:
   43         (a) Sunday, the first day of each week.
   44         (b) New Year’s Day, January 1.
   45         (c) Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., January 15.
   46         (d) Birthday of Robert E. Lee, January 19.
   47         (e) Lincoln’s Birthday, February 12.
   48         (e)(f) Susan B. Anthony’s Birthday, February 15.
   49         (f)(g) Washington’s Birthday, the third Monday in February.
   50         (g)(h) Good Friday.
   51         (h)(i) Pascua Florida Day, April 2.
   52         (j) Confederate Memorial Day, April 26.
   53         (i)(k) Memorial Day, the last Monday in May.
   54         (l) Birthday of Jefferson Davis, June 3.
   55         (j)(m) Flag Day, June 14.
   56         (k)(n) Independence Day, July 4.
   57         (l)(o) Labor Day, the first Monday in September.
   58         (m)(p) Columbus Day and Farmers’ Day, the second Monday in
   59  October.
   60         (n)(q) Veterans’ Day, November 11.
   61         (o)(r) General Election Day.
   62         (p)(s) Thanksgiving Day, the fourth Thursday in November.
   63         (q)(t) Christmas Day, December 25.
   64         (r)(u) Shrove Tuesday, sometimes also known as “Mardi
   65  Gras,” in counties where carnival associations are organized for
   66  the purpose of celebrating the same.
   67         Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.