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01 LC 19 4839
Senate Bill
20
By: Senators Walker of the 22nd, Scott of
the 36th, Stokes of the 43rd, Harrison of the
15th, Thomas of the 2nd and others
A BILL TO BE
ENTITLED
AN ACT
To amend Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 50 of the Official
Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the state flag and other flags, so as to
change the design and description of the state flag; to designate the "Georgia
Memorial Flag"; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and
for other purposes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
GEORGIA:
SECTION 1.
Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 50 of the Official Code of
Georgia Annotated, relating to the state flag and other flags, is amended by
striking Code Section 50-3-1, relating to the description of the state flag, and
inserting in lieu thereof a new Code Section 50-3-1 to read as follows:
"50-3-1
(a)
The flag of the State of Georgia shall be a vertical band of blue occupying
one-third of the entire flag nearest to the flagstaff. The remainder of the
space shall be a square, two-thirds the length of the flag, having a red
background with a broad saltire of blue bordered with white on which 13 white
mullets or five-pointed stars, corresponding in number to that of the
Confederate States of America as recognized by the Confederate States Congress,
are emblazoned; so that such remainder shall be the same as the union of the
flag of the Confederate States as approved and cited in Statutes at Large of the
Confederate States Congress, 1st and 2nd Sessions, 1862-63, 1863-64, and
approved May 1, 1863, such remainder being popularly known as the Battle Flag of
the Confederacy be equally divided into three horizontal bands, the
upper and lower of which shall be scarlet in color and the middle of which shall
be white in color. On the blue field shall be stamped, painted, or
embroidered the coat of arms of the state. Every force of the organized militia
shall carry this flag when on parade or review.
(b) The flag of the State of Georgia, adopted in 1956
and in continuous use thereafter, shall be designated the 'Georgia Memorial
Flag' and shall, upon its retirement as the official flag of the state in a
ceremony to be held for that purpose in the capitol on Confederate Memorial Day,
2001, be preserved with honor and respect in the state archives and in state
museums."
SECTION 2.
This Act shall become effective upon its approval by the
Governor or upon its becoming law without such approval.
SECTION 3.
All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
repealed.