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8 General Description:
9 This bill modifies provisions relating to state symbols and designations.
10 Highlighted Provisions:
11 This bill:
12 ▸ designates Utah's state Cold War Medal as the "Utah Cold War Victory Medal."
13 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
14 None
15 Other Special Clauses:
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17 Utah Code Sections Affected:
18 AMENDS:
19 63G-1-601, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2014, Chapter 46
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21 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
22 Section 1. Section 63G-1-601 is amended to read:
23 63G-1-601. State symbols.
24 (1) Utah's state animal is the elk.
25 (2) Utah's state bird is the sea gull.
26 (3) Utah's state centennial astronomical symbol is the Beehive Cluster located in the
27 constellation of Cancer the Crab.
28 (4) Utah's state centennial star is Dubhe, one of the seven bright stars composing the
29 Big Dipper in the constellation Ursa Major.
30 (5) Utah's state centennial tartan, which honors the first Scots known to have been in
31 Utah and those Utahns of Scottish heritage, shall have a pattern or repeating-half-sett of
32 white-2, blue-6, red-6, blue-4, red-6, green-18, red-6, and white-4 to represent the tartan worn
33 anciently by the Logan and Skene clans, with the addition of a white stripe.
34 (6) Utah's state cooking pot is the dutch oven.
35 (7) Utah's state emblem is the beehive.
36 (8) Utah's state emblem of service and sacrifice of lives lost by members of the military
37 in defense of our freedom is the "Honor and Remember" flag, which consists of:
38 (a) a red field covering the top two-thirds of the flag;
39 (b) a white field covering the bottom one-third of the flag, which contains the words
40 "honor" and "remember";
41 (c) a blue star overlaid by a gold star with a thin white border in the center of the flag
42 spanning the red field and the white field; and
43 (d) a representation of a folded United States flag beneath the blue and gold stars with
44 three tongues of flame emanating from its top point into the center of the gold star.
45 (9) Utah's state firearm is the John M. Browning designed M1911 automatic pistol.
46 (10) Utah's state fish is the Bonneville cutthroat trout.
47 (11) Utah's state flower is the sego lily.
48 (12) Utah's state folk dance is the square dance, the folk dance that is called, cued, or
49 prompted to the dancers and includes squares, rounds, clogging, contra, line, and heritage
50 dances.
51 (13) Utah's state fossil is the Allosaurus.
52 (14) Utah's state fruit is the cherry.
53 (15) Utah's state vegetable is the Spanish sweet onion.
54 (16) Utah's historic state vegetable is the sugar beet.
55 (17) Utah's state gem is topaz, as is prominently found in the Thomas Mountain Range
56 in Juab County, Utah.
57 (18) Utah's state grass is Indian rice grass.
58 (19) Utah's state hymn is "Utah We Love Thee" by Evan Stephens.
59 (20) Utah's state insect is the honeybee.
60 (21) Utah's state mineral is copper.
61 (22) Utah's state motto is "Industry."
62 (23) Utah's state railroad museum is Ogden Union Station.
63 (24) Utah's state rock is coal.
64 (25) Utah's state song is "Utah This is the Place" by Sam and Gary Francis.
65 (26) Utah's state tree is the quaking aspen.
66 (27) Utah's state winter sports are skiing and snowboarding.
67 (28) Utah's state Cold War Medal is the "Utah Cold War Victory Medal", which
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69 (a) a ribbon with two red stripes along the outer edge and two white stripes inside of
70 the red stripes;
71 (b) a single navy blue stripe in the middle of the ribbon overlaid, vertically, with three
72 white stars representing the Department of the Navy, the Department of the Air Force, and the
73 Department of the Army;
74 (c) a single metal ring connecting the ribbon and the medal;
75 (d) a raised, six-pointed star in the middle of the medal;
76 (e) the following, as engraved in the midpoint of the star:
77 (i) the outline of the state of Utah;
78 (ii) the words "Utah Cold War" in a half circle above the state of Utah;
79 (iii) the words "Victory Medal" in a half circle below the state of Utah;
80 (iv) "1945" to the left of the state of Utah; and
81 (v) "1991" to the right of the state of Utah; and
82 (f) the following images, one etched between each set of two points in the star:
83 (i) the outline of the nations of Germany, Vietnam, and Korea, the three main
84 battlefronts of the Cold War; and
85 (ii) a B-52 bomber, an intercontinental ballistic missile, and a submarine, representing
86 the nuclear triad that defended the United States during the Cold War.
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