BILL NUMBER: AB 614	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  100
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 24, 2001
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 23, 2001
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JULY 12, 2001
	PASSED THE SENATE  JULY 9, 2001
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 19, 2001
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 8, 2001

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Thomson and Bill Campbell
   (Principal coauthor:  Assembly Member Negrete McLeod)
   (Principal coauthor:  Senator McPherson)
   (Coauthors:  Assembly Members Alquist, Ashburn, Briggs, John
Campbell, Cardoza, Cohn, Corbett, Cox, Dickerson, Hertzberg,
Hollingsworth, Kehoe, Leonard, Maddox, Matthews, Nation, Salinas,
Shelley, Strom-Martin, and Wayne)

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2001

   An act to add Section 424.3 to the Government Code, relating to
the State of California.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 614, Thomson.  State of California:  official State Tartan.
   Existing law designates the state's flag, motto, nickname, flower,
dance, song, tree, reptile, bird, colors, insect, animal, mineral,
rock, gemstone, marine mammal, marine fish, soil, fossil, and
prehistoric artifact.
   This bill would designate the official State Tartan, as described.


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


  SECTION 1.  The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
   (a) The Scottish people and their descendants have traditionally
utilized woven fabrics, called tartan, as emblematic of their family
and cultural heritage.
   (b) The oppression of Scots included the Dress Act of 1747, which
was suppressive legislation that forbade wearing the kilt, playing
the bagpipe, or even displaying a swatch of tartan.  The penalty for
breaking this law was six months in jail on the first offense, and on
the second offense deportation to the colonies in America or
Australia for seven years of indentured labor.
   (c) The tartan is a symbol of Scottish courage in the face of
adversity, of loyalty to family and friend, and of the human
qualities of perseverance in a just cause and strength in the resolve
that freedom is for the many, not the few, which may serve as a
continuing inspiration for all people today.
   (d) California is the most culturally diverse state in the nation.
  Californians of Scottish, Scots-Irish, and other Celtic descent
have made major contributions to the history and development of the
state.
   (e) The state's natural splendor and history have been symbolized
in the pattern and colors of the California Tartan sett based on the
family tartan of the revered John Muir, but with sufficient
originality as to be independently recordable with the Scottish
Tartans Society and the Scottish Tartans Authority as a unique
tartan.  The tartan's blue reflects the sky, the ocean, and the state'
s rivers and lakes, while the green stands for the state's mountains,
fields, and parks.  The red, gold, and blue seams signify the arts,
sciences, agriculture, and industry of California.
  SEC. 2.  Section 424.3 is added to the Government Code, to read:
   424.3.  (a) The tartan defined in subdivision (b) is the official
State Tartan, and may be claimed by any resident of the state.
   (b) The official State Tartan is generally described as a pattern
or sett consisting of alternate squares of meadow green and pacific
blue that are separated and surrounded by narrow charcoal bands.  The
squares of meadow green are divided by a gold seam that is supported
by charcoal lines on each side.  There are three redwood stripes,
the middle of which is broader, that are added to each side of the
gold seam.  The pacific blue square is divided by a sky blue stripe,
which is supported on each side by charcoal lines.
   The tartan is specifically defined by the following weave code:
   Y..B..G..S..G...S..G..S..G..B..A..B..K...  Ancient Colors
   8...2..20..4..20..8..20..4..20..32..56..2...8...  Full Pivots
   This weave code means that the threads begin with 8 threads of
yellow, followed by 2 threads of black, 20 threads of green, 4
threads of scarlet, 20 threads of green, 8 threads of scarlet, 20
threads of green, 4 threads of scarlet, 20 threads of green, 32
threads of black, 56 threads of azure, 2 threads of black, and 8
threads of sky blue.  At that point the weave pivots and returns,
beginning with 2 threads of black, and continuing the sequence in
reverse order through 8 threads of yellow, at which point it pivots
back again.