Text of FL S 668 (2023)
Flags
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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:
9
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.