166 Relating to: flying of the United States flag at public buildings, structures, and facilities.  

  • Date of enactment: March 24, 2008
    2007 Assembly Bill 450 Date of publication*: April 7, 2008
    * Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes 2005-06 : Effective date of acts. "Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication as designated" by the secretary of state [the date of publication may not be more than 10 working days after the date of enactment].
    2007 WISCONSIN ACT 166
    An Act to create 1.14 of the statutes; relating to: display of the United States flag at public buildings, structures, and facilities.
    The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
    Section 1 . 1.14 of the statutes is created to read:
    1.14 Display of flag at public buildings, structures, and facilities. (1) In this section:
    (a) "Local governmental unit" has the meaning given in s. 16.97 (7).
    (b) "State agency" has the meaning given for "agency" under s. 16.70 (1e).
    (c) "State authority" has the meaning given for "authority" under s. 16.70 (2).
    (2) Each state agency, state authority, and local governmental unit shall ensure that each United States flag that is displayed at each building, structure, or facility that is owned or occupied entirely by the agency, authority, or unit is manufactured in the United States.

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