MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2017 Regular Session
To: Rules
By: Representatives Banks, Dortch, Paden, Clarke, Ellis, Straughter, Williams-Barnes
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 3-3-16, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CHANGE THE DESIGN OF THE OFFICIAL FLAG OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 3-3-16, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
3-3-16. The official flag
of the State of Mississippi shall have the following design: * * * the width is two-thirds
(2/3) of its length; the canton corner, located in the upper left hand corner,
is square, having a width two-thirds (2/3) of the width of the flag; the canton
corner is dark blue with a five-pointed white star in the center; the field is
white with a Magnolia grandiflora tree with white flowers located in the
center of the fly; and a red border and a red fringe at the edge of the fly.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2017.