H.B. 250

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STATE EMBLEM OF SERVICE AND SACRIFICE
2 2011 GENERAL SESSION
3 STATE OF UTAH
4 Chief Sponsor: Merlynn T. Newbold
5 Senate Sponsor: D. Chris Buttars
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7 LONG TITLE
8 General Description:
9 This bill modifies the state symbols and designations to include the "Honor and
10 Remember" flag.
11 Highlighted Provisions:
12 This bill:
13 . designates the "Honor and Remember" flag as the state's emblem of service and
14 sacrifice as a visible reminder of the lives lost by members of the United States
15 Armed Forces in defense of our national freedoms.
16 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
17 None
18 Other Special Clauses:
19 None
20 Utah Code Sections Affected:
21 AMENDS:
22 63G-1-601, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapter 382
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24 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
25 Section 1. Section 63G-1-601 is amended to read:
26 63G-1-601. State symbols.
27 (1) Utah's state animal is the elk.

28 (2) Utah's state bird is the sea gull.
29 (3) Utah's state centennial astronomical symbol is the Beehive Cluster located in the
30 constellation of Cancer the Crab.
31 (4) Utah's state centennial star is Dubhe, one of the seven bright stars composing the
32 Big Dipper in the constellation Ursa Major.
33 (5) Utah's state centennial tartan, which honors the first Scots known to have been in
34 Utah and those Utahns of Scottish heritage, shall have a pattern or repeating-half-sett of
35 white-2, blue-6, red-6, blue-4, red-6, green-18, red-6, and white-4 to represent the tartan worn
36 anciently by the Logan and Skene clans, with the addition of a white stripe.
37 (6) Utah's state cooking pot is the dutch oven.
38 (7) Utah's state emblem is the beehive.
39 (8) Utah's state emblem of service and sacrifice of lives lost by members of the military
40 in defense of our freedom is the "Honor and Remember" flag, which consists of:
41 (a) a red field covering the top two-thirds of the flag;
42 (b) a white field covering the bottom one-third of the flag, which contains the words
43 "honor" and "remember";
44 (c) a blue star overlaid by a gold star with a thin white border in the center of the flag
45 spanning the red field and the white field; and
46 (d) a representation of a folded United States flag beneath the blue and gold stars with
47 three tongues of flame emanating from its top point into the center of the gold star.
48 [(8)] (9) Utah's state fish is the Bonneville cutthroat trout.
49 [(9)] (10) Utah's state flower is the sego lily.
50 [(10)] (11) Utah's state folk dance is the square dance, the folk dance that is called,
51 cued, or prompted to the dancers and includes squares, rounds, clogging, contra, line, and
52 heritage dances.
53 [(11)] (12) Utah's state fossil is the Allosaurus.
54 [(12)] (13) Utah's state fruit is the cherry.
55 [(13)] (14) Utah's state vegetable is the Spanish sweet onion.
56 [(14)] (15) Utah's historic state vegetable is the sugar beet.
57 [(15)] (16) Utah's state gem is topaz, as is prominently found in the Thomas Mountain
58 Range in Juab County, Utah.

59 [(16)] (17) Utah's state grass is Indian rice grass.
60 [(17)] (18) Utah's state hymn is "Utah We Love Thee" by Evan Stephens.
61 [(18)] (19) Utah's state insect is the honeybee.
62 [(19)] (20) Utah's state mineral is copper.
63 [(20)] (21) Utah's state motto is "Industry."
64 [(21)] (22) Utah's state railroad museum is Ogden Union Station.
65 [(22)] (23) Utah's state rock is coal.
66 [(23)] (24) Utah's state song is "Utah This is the Place" by Sam and Gary Francis.
67 [(24)] (25) Utah's state tree is the blue spruce.




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as of 1-26-11 10:55 AM

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