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To enact section 5.061 of the Revised Code to adopt | 1 |
the Ohio Tartan as the official tartan of the | 2 |
state. | 3 |
Section 1. That section 5.061 of the Revised Code be enacted | 4 |
to read as follows: | 5 |
Sec. 5.061. The Ohio tartan is hereby adopted as the official | 6 |
tartan of the state. The tartan exhibits the following complete | 7 |
pattern: six red, sixteen green, two azure, six blue, two azure, | 8 |
eighteen gold, six blue, eighteen gold, two azure, six blue, two | 9 |
azure, sixteen red, six white. The colors represent the following: | 10 |
(A) Red is taken from the official flag of the state and | 11 |
represents the official bird of the state, the cardinal. | 12 |
(B) Green and gold are taken from the great seal of the state | 13 |
and represent the state's leadership in agriculture. | 14 |
(C) Azure is taken from the great seal of the state and | 15 |
represents the eight individuals from the state who served as | 16 |
president of the United States. | 17 |
(D) Blue is taken from the official flag of the state and | 18 |
represents the waters of the state, from the Ohio River to Lake | 19 |
Erie. | 20 |