Sponsored by:
Assemblyman JEFF VAN DREW
District 1 (Cape May, Atlantic and Cumberland)
Assemblywoman LINDA STENDER
District 22 (Middlesex, Somerset and Union)
Assemblyman PETER J. BARNES, JR.
District 18 (Middlesex)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblymen Whelan, Albano, Moriarty, Mayer, Prieto, Johnson, Manzo, Gordon, Wisniewski, Assemblywoman Quigley, Assemblymen Scalera, Stanley, Assemblywoman Vainieri Huttle, Assemblyman Fisher, Assemblywoman Truitt, Assemblymen Steele, Conaway, Conners, Blee, Rumpf, Connors, Assemblywomen Vandervalk, Karrow, Assemblymen Doherty, Panter, Stack, Cryan, Giblin, Burzichelli, Diegnan, Assemblywomen McHose, Lampitt and Pou
SYNOPSIS
Requires that any United States or State of New Jersey flag purchased with State funds be manufactured in the United States.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning State purchase of American-made flags and supplementing Title 52 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Any flag of the United States or flag of the State of New Jersey purchased with State funds shall be manufactured in the United States.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill would require that any flag of the United States or flag of the State of New Jersey purchased with State funds be manufactured in the United States. It is only fitting that the State of New Jersey should purchase these most-honored symbols of our nation and our State from American businesses.