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                                                     SENATE BILL 5755

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State of Washington                              53rd Legislature                             1993 Regular Session

 

By Senators Snyder, Prince, Haugen and M. Rasmussen; by request of Secretary of State

 

Read first time 02/11/93.  Referred to Committee on Government Operations.

 

Providing state flags and mementos for certain official purposes.


          AN ACT Relating to state remembrances; and amending RCW 1.20.010.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

 

        Sec. 1.  RCW 1.20.010 and 1967 ex.s. c 65 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:

          The official flag of the state of Washington shall be of dark green silk or bunting and shall bear in its center ((a)) an embroidered, printed, painted, or stamped reproduction of the seal of the state of Washington ((embroidered, printed, painted or stamped thereon)).  The edges of the flag may((, or may not,)) be fringed.  If a fringe is used ((the same)), it shall be ((of)) a gold or yellow color of the same shade as the seal.  The dimensions of the flag may vary.

          The secretary of state is authorized, in his or her discretion, to provide the state flag without charge:

          (1) To units of the armed forces((, without charge therefor, as in his discretion he deems entitled thereto));

          (2) In memory of a state employee killed in the performance of his or her duties for the state;

          (3) In memory of a current or former elected or appointed state official upon the death of that person; or

          (4) To a citizen who has performed outstanding service for the benefit of the state.

          The secretary of state is also authorized to seek private funds to pay for state flags given under this section and for other appropriate gifts, tokens of appreciation, mementos of Washington state, and related costs for visiting state, national, and international guests.

          The secretary of state is further authorized to sell the state flag to any citizen at a price to be determined by the secretary of state.

 


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