Bill Text: IA HSB540 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act concerning the display of the POW/MIA flag on public buildings.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (N/A - Dead) 2018-01-17 - Subcommittee: Gustafson, Salmon and Kacena. H.J. 112. [HSB540 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2017-HSB540-Introduced.html
House
Study
Bill
540
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
VETERANS
AFFAIRS
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
HOLT)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
concerning
the
display
of
the
POW/MIA
flag
on
public
1
buildings.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
1B.3,
Code
2018,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
1B.3
Flags
on
public
buildings.
3
1.
It
shall
be
the
duty
of
any
board
of
public
officers
4
charged
with
providing
supplies
for
a
public
building
in
the
5
state
to
provide
a
suitable
state
flag
and
it
shall
be
the
duty
6
of
the
custodian
of
that
public
building
to
raise
the
flags
of
7
the
United
States
of
America
and
the
state
of
Iowa,
upon
each
8
secular
day
when
weather
conditions
are
favorable.
9
2.
The
custodian
of
a
public
building
shall
be
authorized
10
to
raise
the
national
league
of
POW/MIA
families’
flag
on
a
11
flag
pole
on
the
third
Saturday
in
May,
Memorial
Day,
June
12
14,
Independence
Day,
Veterans
Day,
and
the
day
designated
by
13
proclamation
of
the
president
of
the
United
States
as
national
14
POW/MIA
recognition
day.
If
the
custodian
of
a
public
building
15
raises
the
national
league
of
POW/MIA
families’
flag
on
a
flag
16
pole,
the
prisoner
of
war/missing
in
action
flag
shall
be
no
17
larger
than
the
flag
of
the
United
States
of
America
and
shall
18
be
flown
third
in
order
of
precedence
directly
underneath,
or
19
adjacent
to,
the
flag
of
the
state
of
Iowa.
20
EXPLANATION
21
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
22
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
23
This
bill
provides
that
a
custodian
of
a
public
building
may
24
raise
the
POW/MIA
flag
on
the
third
Saturday
in
May,
Memorial
25
Day,
June
14,
Independence
Day,
Veterans
Day,
and
the
day
26
designated
by
presidential
proclamation
as
national
POW/MIA
27
recognition
day.
28
The
bill
further
provides
that
if
the
POW/MIA
flag
is
flown
29
on
a
flag
pole
of
a
public
building,
it
shall
be
no
larger
than
30
and
flown,
second
in
order
of
precedence,
directly
underneath,
31
or
adjacent
to,
the
flag
of
the
state
of
Iowa.
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