Florida Senate - 2023                                     SB 668
       
       
        
       By Senator Collins
       
       
       
       
       
       14-01913-23                                            2023668__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to flags; creating s. 256.045, F.S.;
    3         prohibiting certain governmental agencies and units of
    4         local government from displaying flags that do not
    5         follow a certain protocol or comply with specified
    6         requirements; providing an effective date.
    7          
    8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   10         Section 1. Section 256.045, Florida Statutes, is created to
   11  read:
   12         256.045 Improper display of flag; governmental agencies,
   13  local governments, or other units of local government.—A
   14  governmental agency, local government, or other unit of local
   15  government may not, in any manner, for exhibition or display,
   16  expose to public view any flag that does not follow the protocol
   17  adopted by the Governor pursuant to s. 256.015 or comply with
   18  ss. 256.032, 256.11-256.14, 256.16, and 1000.06.
   19         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.