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2000 SESSION

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SENATE BILL NO. 194
Offered January 12, 2000
A BILL to amend and reenact § 7.1-41 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Senate armorial bearings.
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Patron-- Trumbo
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Referred to Committee on Rules
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 7.1-41 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 7.1-41. Use of Senate armorial bearings.

The utilization of any armorial bearings adopted by the Senate of Virginia as their official armorial bearings shall carry the following protections:

1. Only current and former members of the Senate of Virginia and the Clerk of the Senate shall have the authority to utilize such armorial bearings or any facsimile or representations thereof.

2. Representations of such armorial bearings used by current members of the Senate shall be colored gold.

3. Representations of such armorial bearings used by former members of the Senate shall be colored blue.

4 3. Such use shall not be for any commercial purpose.

5 4. Any person violating the provisions of subdivision 1 herein shall be punished as for a Class 3 misdemeanor. Any person violating the provisions of subdivisions 2, and 3, or 4 herein shall be punished as for a Class 4 misdemeanor.