BILL NUMBER: AB 2444	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 10, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hall
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Bloom, Bradford, Brown, Fox, Holden,
Jones-Sawyer, Nestande, Ting, and Weber)
   (Coauthors: Senators Mitchell and Yee)

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act to add Section 53.5 to the Civil Code, relating to the
Confederate flag.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2444, as amended, Hall. Confederate flag: sales: government
property.
   Existing law regulates the sale of certain merchandise, including
political items and sports memorabilia.
   This bill would prohibit the  sale of a Confederate flag
  State of California from selling or displaying the
Battle Flag of the Confederacy, or a similar image,  or tangible
personal property inscribed with  the image of a Confederate
flag on property owned or operated by the state   those
images, unless the image appears in a book that serves an
educational or historical purpose  .
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 53.5 is added to the Civil Code, to read:
   53.5.  (a)  A person   The State of Califor
  nia    may not sell  a Confederate
flag   or display the Battle Flag of the Confederacy,
also referred to as the Stars and Bars, or any similar image, 
or tangible personal property inscribed with  the 
 such an  image  of a Confederate flag on property
owned or operated by the state   unless the image
appears in a book that serves an educational or historical purpose
 .
   (b) For purposes of this  section, all of the following
apply:  
   (1) "Person" means any individual, partnership, firm, joint stock
company, corporation, limited liability company, association, trust,
estate, or other legal entity. 
    (2)     "Sell"
  section, "sell   "  means to transfer
title or possession, exchange, or barter, conditional or otherwise,
in any manner or by any means whatsoever, for consideration.
"Transfer possession" includes only transactions that would be found
by the State Board of Equalization, for purposes of the Sales and Use
Tax Law, to be in lieu of a transfer of title, exchange, or barter.