H.B. 297

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DESIGNATING MAGNESIUM AS THE STATE
2 METAL
3 2008 GENERAL SESSION
4 STATE OF UTAH
5 Chief Sponsor: Ronda Rudd Menlove
6 Senate Sponsor: ____________
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8 LONG TITLE
9 General Description:
10 This bill modifies the State Affairs in General Code by amending certain state symbols.
11 Highlighted Provisions:
12 This bill:
13 . provides that Utah's state metal is magnesium.
14 Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
15 None
16 Other Special Clauses:
17 None
18 Utah Code Sections Affected:
19 AMENDS:
20 63-13-5.5, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2003, Chapter 152
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22 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
23 Section 1. Section 63-13-5.5 is amended to read:
24 63-13-5.5. State symbols.
25 (1) Utah's state animal is the elk.
26 (2) Utah's state bird is the sea gull.
27 (3) Utah's state centennial astronomical symbol is the Beehive Cluster located in the

28 constellation of Cancer the Crab.
29 (4) Utah's state centennial star is Dubhe, one of the seven bright stars composing the
30 Big Dipper in the constellation Ursa Major.
31 (5) Utah's state centennial tartan, which honors the first Scots known to have been in
32 Utah and those Utahns of Scottish heritage, shall have a pattern or repeating-half-sett of
33 white-2, blue-6, red-6, blue-4, red-6, green-18, red-6, and white-4 to represent the tartan worn
34 anciently by the Logan and Skene clans, with the addition of a white stripe.
35 (6) Utah's state cooking pot is the dutch oven.
36 (7) Utah's state emblem is the beehive.
37 (8) Utah's state fish is the Bonneville cutthroat trout.
38 (9) Utah's state flower is the sego lily.
39 (10) Utah's state folk dance is the square dance, the folk dance that is called, cued, or
40 prompted to the dancers and includes squares, rounds, clogging, contra, line, and heritage
41 dances.
42 (11) Utah's state fossil is the Allosaurus.
43 (12) Utah's state fruit is the cherry.
44 (13) Utah's state vegetable is the Spanish sweet onion.
45 (14) Utah's historic state vegetable is the sugar beet.
46 (15) Utah's state gem is topaz, as is prominently found in the Thomas Mountain Range
47 in Juab County, Utah.
48 (16) Utah's state grass is Indian rice grass.
49 (17) Utah's state hymn is "Utah We Love Thee" by Evan Stephens.
50 (18) Utah's state insect is the honeybee.
51 (19) Utah's state metal is magnesium.
52 [(19)] (20) Utah's state mineral is copper.
53 [(20)] (21) Utah's state motto is "Industry."
54 [(21)] (22) Utah's state railroad museum is Ogden Union Station.
55 [(22)] (23) Utah's state rock is coal.
56 [(23)] (24) Utah's state song is "Utah This is the Place" by Sam and Gary Francis.
57 [(24)] (25) Utah's state tree is the blue spruce.

Legislative Review Note
as of 1-3-08 10:06 AM

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