2018 -- H 7748 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2018 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- FLAGS AND EMBLEMS | |
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Introduced By: Representative Deborah A. Fellela | |
Date Introduced: February 28, 2018 | |
Referred To: House Judiciary | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Chapter 11-15 of the General Laws entitled "Flags and Emblems" is hereby |
2 | amended by adding thereto the following section: |
3 | 11-15-8. Flag desecration. |
4 | (a) As used in this section, the term "flag of the United States" means any flag of the |
5 | United States, or any part thereof, made of any substance, of any size, in a form that is commonly |
6 | displayed. |
7 | (b) Whoever knowingly mutilates, defaces, physically defiles, burns, maintains on the |
8 | floor or ground, or tramples upon the flag of the United States shall be fined five hundred dollars |
9 | ($500). |
10 | (c) Nothing contained within this section prohibits any conduct consisting of the disposal |
11 | of a flag when it has become worn or soiled. |
12 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
OF | |
A N A C T | |
RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- FLAGS AND EMBLEMS | |
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1 | This act would impose a fine of five hundred dollars for desecrating the American flag. |
2 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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