Bill Text: IA HSB701 | 2019-2020 | 88th 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) 2020-02-20 - Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage. [HSB701 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HSB701-Introduced.html
House
Study
Bill
701
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
VETERANS
AFFAIRS
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
SALMON)
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
2020,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
1B.3
Flags
on
public
buildings.
3
It
shall
be
the
duty
of
any
board
of
public
officers
charged
4
with
providing
supplies
for
a
public
building
in
the
state
5
to
provide
a
suitable
state
flag
and
it
shall
be
the
duty
of
6
the
custodian
of
that
public
building
to
raise
the
flags
of
7
the
United
States
of
America
,
and
the
state
of
Iowa,
and
the
8
national
league
of
POW/MIA
families’
flag,
upon
each
secular
9
day
when
weather
conditions
are
favorable.
The
national
league
10
of
POW/MIA
families’
flag
shall
be
flown
underneath
the
flag
of
11
the
United
States
of
America
and
the
flag
of
the
state
of
Iowa.
12
EXPLANATION
13
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
14
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
15
This
bill
provides
that
the
custodian
of
a
public
building
16
shall
raise
the
national
league
of
POW/MIA
families’
flag
upon
17
each
secular
day
when
weather
conditions
are
favorable.
The
18
bill
provides
that
the
national
league
of
POW/MIA
families’
19
flag
shall
be
flown
underneath
the
flag
of
the
United
States
of
20
America
and
the
flag
of
the
state
of
Iowa.
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