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Commemorative state flag -- Display.

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Affected by 63I-2-263 on 7/1/2022

Effective 5/5/2021
63G-1-502. Commemorative state flag -- Display.

(1) As used in this section:
- (a) "CMYK" means the color model of four-color printing using cyan, magenta, yellow, and black ink.
- (b) "Commemorative state flag" means the flag described in Subsection (3).
- (c) "Governmental entity" means the same as that term is defined in Section 63G-2-103.
- (d) "Legacy gold" means a color with:
  - (i) an RGB value of 251, 178, 23;
  - (ii) a CMYK value of 1, 33, 100, 0;
  - (iii) a web color value of #fbb217; and
  - (iv) a Pantone value of 2010 C.
- (e) "Liberty blue" means a color with:
  - (i) an RGB value of 11, 36, 68;
  - (ii) a CMYK value of 100, 86, 44, 47;
  - (iii) a web color value of #0b2444; and
  - (iv) a Pantone value of 282 C.
- (f) "Mountain white" means a color with:
  - (i) an RGB value of 255, 255, 255;
  - (ii) a CMYK value of 0, 0, 0, 0;
  - (iii) a web color value of #ffffff; and
  - (iv) a Pantone value of Safe.
- (g) "Pantone" means the color model of printing using ink mixes to create a color match.
- (h) "Public grounds" means the same as that term is defined in Section 11-61-102.
- (i) "RGB" means the color model of three-color video and computer displays using red, green, and blue light.
- (j) "State flag of Utah" means the flag described in Section 63G-1-501.
- (k) "Utah red" means a color with:
  - (i) an RGB value of 175, 31, 36;
  - (ii) a CMYK value of 22, 100, 99, 13;
  - (iii) a web color value of #af1f24; and
  - (iv) a Pantone value of 2350 C.
- (l) "Web color" means the color model of web page displays using a hexadecimal color code.

(2) The state may commemorate the 125th anniversary of Utah's statehood in 2021 with the display of a commemorative state flag.

(3) The commemorative state flag shall be a rectangle that has a width to length ratio of three to five and contain the following:
- (a) one diagonal cross pattern that creates four triangles meeting at the center of the flag:
  - (i) with the two triangles in the horizontal plane that are:
    - (A) equal in width and length, spreading the full width and length of the flag; and
    - (B) colored mountain white;
  - (ii) with the upper and lower triangle shaped quadrants:
    - (A) each having a length equal to the full length of the flag; and
    - (B) the upper triangle shaped quadrant being colored liberty blue and the lower triangle shaped quadrant being colored Utah red;
  - (iii) with the cross pattern to represent:
    - (A) Utah's moniker as "the Crossroads of the West"; and
    - (B) the history of Promontory Point;
  - (iv) with the two triangles in the horizontal plane colored mountain white to represent the Rocky Mountains of Utah;
  - (v) with the upper triangle shaped quadrant colored liberty blue to represent:
    - (A) the Great Salt Lake; and
    - (B) the tradition of Utah; and
  - (vi) with the lower triangle shaped quadrant colored Utah red to represent the red rocks and national parks of Southern Utah;
- (b) one circle that:
  - (i) is shaded legacy gold and filled with a background that is shaded liberty blue;
  - (ii) contains a slightly thinner gold circle that is:
    - (A) shaded legacy gold; and
    - (B) filled with a background that is shaded liberty blue;
  - (iii) is placed over the meeting point of the four triangle shaped quadrants described in Subsection (3)(a) in the center of the flag; and
  - (iv) represents, in combination with the four triangle shaped quadrants, the following Native American Tribes of Utah:
    - (A) the Ute;
    - (B) the Paiute;
    - (C) the Navajo;
    - (D) the Shoshone; and
    - (E) the Goshute;
- (c) one beehive that is shaded legacy gold that:
  - (i) contains six hive sections with a small semicircle removed from the center of the base of the lowest section;
  - (ii) is placed within the circles described in Subsection (3)(b); and
  - (iii) represents:
    - (A) Utah's identity as "the Beehive State"; and
    - (B) industry; and
- (d) one regular, five-pointed star that:
  - (i) is shaded mountain white;
  - (ii) is located below the center of the beehive described in Subsection (3)(c);
  - (iii) is spaced so that the upper point of the star is located near the removed semicircle described in Subsection (3)(c)(ii) but not on an even plane with the bottom of the beehive;
  - (iv) is oriented so that one point faces upward; and
  - (v) represents:
    - (A) Utah's statehood in the United States of America, dating to Utah's joining the union in 1896; and
    - (B) Utah's star on the flag of the United States of America.

(4)
- (a) In any place where the state flag of Utah is displayed out of doors on public grounds, the governmental entity responsible for the display of the state flag of Utah may display the commemorative state flag in the manner described in Subsection (4)(b) during the 2021 calendar year.
- (b) When displaying the commemorative state flag under Subsection (4)(a), the governmental entity displaying the flag shall place the commemorative state flag directly under the state flag of Utah.

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