HOUSE BILL No. 5344


     October 29, 2001, Introduced by Reps. Richardville, Schermesser, Stewart, Julian, Ehardt, Pappageorge, Shackleton, Newell, Birkholz, Cassis,
Vander Veen, Jelinek, Sanborn, Kuipers, Vander Roest, DeRossett, Mortimer, Woronchak, DeWeese, Bishop, Mead, Voorhees, Jansen and Raczkowski
and referred to the Committee on Criminal Justice.


        A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled

   "The Michigan penal code,"

   by amending section 246 (MCL 750.246).

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           Sec. 246.   Mutilation of flag, etc.--Any  A person who

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      shall publicly mutilate, deface, defile, BURN, defy, trample

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      upon, or by word or act cast contempt upon  any such  A flag,

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      standard, color, ensign, coat-of-arms, or shield  ,  is guilty of

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      a misdemeanor.














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