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2003 SESSION
039839776Patrons-- Hull, Black, Lingamfelter, Marshall, R.G. and Stump; Senator: O'Brien
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding sections numbered 2.2-3310.2, 22.1-202.1 and 23-9.2:7 as follows:
§ 2.2-3310.2. Display of the flag of the Republic of Vietnam.
It is the sense of the General Assembly that the people of the former Republic of Vietnam were valiant in their resistance to the aggression of communist North Vietnam and that refugees from the Republic of Vietnam who emigrated to the United States of America and settled in the Commonwealth of Virginia should be honored and remembered for their sacrifices such that the only flag depicting the country of Vietnam that may be displayed in any public function shall be the flag of the former Republic of Vietnam.
§ 22.1-202.1. Display of the flag of the Republic of Vietnam.
Each school board shall require that the only flag depicting the country of Vietnam that may be displayed in any school of the school division shall be the flag of the former Republic of Vietnam.
§ 23-9.2:7 Display of the flag of the Republic of Vietnam.
The boards of visitors of public institutions of higher education shall require that the only flag depicting the country of Vietnam that may be displayed in any public institution of higher education shall be the flag of the former Republic of Vietnam.