By Representative Haddad of Somerset and Senator Menard, joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4273) of Patricia A. Haddad  and others for legislation to regulate the purchase of flags by public agenciesin the Commonwealth. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PETITION OF:

Patricia A. Haddad

Joan M. Menard

Michael J. Rodrigues

Stephen R. Canessa

Robert Correia

Steven J. D'Amico

Robert M. Koczera

Elizabeth A. Poirier

Lida E. Harkins

Pam Richardson

William G. Greene, Jr.

Robert P. Spellane

Gale D. Candaras

Thomas M. Stanley

Stephen L. DiNatale

Denise Provost

Alice K. Wolf

James J. O'Day

Denis E. Guyer

Scott P. Brown

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

Karyn E. Polito

Lewis G. Evangelidis

Todd M. Smola

Susan C. Tucker

Donald F. Humason, Jr.

Stephen M. Brewer

John W. Scibak

Kay Khan

Richard T. Moore

Geraldo Alicea

Robert S. Hargraves

Paul K. Frost

Thomas P. Kennedy

Mary S. Rogeness

Garrett J. Bradley

Cleon H. Turner

Timothy J. Toomey, Jr.

Mary E. Grant

Louis L. Kafka

Christine E. Canavan

Geraldine Creedon

Bruce E. Tarr

Susan Williams Gifford

Kathi-Anne Reinstein

Joyce A. Spiliotis

David L. Flynn

Karen E. Spilka

Walter F. Timilty

Kevin J. Murphy

Anthony J. Verga

Richard J. Ross

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In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.

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An Act relative to the purchase of flags

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

Whereas the deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to forthwith regulate the purchase of flags by the commonwealth, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public convenience.

Section 6 of chapter 2 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:-

All government agencies shall procure only flags that are manufactured in the United States.  A flag is manufactured in the United States if a substantial majority of the principal components are assembled into the final product in an assembly plant in the United States.  Contract documents for the procurement of flags procured by the government agency shall be manufactured in the United States.