SECOND REGULAR SESSION

SENATE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL NO. 918

91ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

 Reported from the Committee on Financial and Governmental Organization, Veterans' Affairs and Elections, February 12, 2002, with recommendation that the Senate Committee Substitute do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar.

TERRY L. SPIELER, Secretary.

3550S.02C

AN ACT

To amend chapter 71, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to the display of the United States flag.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:

Section A. Chapter 71, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 71.286, to read as follows:

71.286. Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contrary, no state law, city, town or village ordinance shall regulate the exhibition of a properly displayed United States flag. For the purposes of this section, the term "properly displayed" shall mean that the flag contains no additional design or embellishment and is displayed consistent with the provisions of Title 4 U.S.C. Sections 1-10, pursuant to the normally accepted guidelines for the display of the United States flag.



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