ENGROSSED SENATE
BILL NO. 395	By:	Brown and Shortey of the Senate

			and

		Faught of the House

An Act relating to displaying flags; amending Section 1, Chapter 185, O.S.L. 2003 (73 O.S. Supp. 2010, Section 24); which relates to displaying flags at the south plaza entrance to the State Capitol Building; requiring the Honor and Remember flag to be displayed under the flag of the United States of America upon the death of an Oklahoma resident soldier; requiring the Honor and Remember Flag to remain under the flag of the United States for a certain period; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     Section 1, Chapter 185, O.S.L. 2003 (73 O.S. Supp. 2010, Section 24), is amended to read as follows:
Section 24.  A.  The Department of Central Services shall display the current flag of the United States of America, an Oklahoma state flag adopted by the Oklahoma Legislature, the American Ex-Prisoner of War flag, a flag to commemorate the centennial of the State of Oklahoma or a combination thereof at the discretion of the Governor on the fourteen flag poles located at the south plaza entrance to the State Capitol Building in the area bounded by the south Capitol Building steps on the north and by Northeast 22nd Street on the south.  The flags shall be displayed in a dignified manner every day except when the weather is inclement.
B.  The Honor and Remember flag shall be displayed under the flag of the United States of America upon notification to the Governor by the Adjutant General of the death of any member of the United States Armed Forces, including the National Guard or Armed Forces Reserve, who is either killed in the line of duty in a combat zone or dies of wounds inflicted in a combat zone and who, at the time of death, was a resident of this state.  The Honor and Remember Flag shall remain under the flag of the United States of America during such time that the flag of the United States of America remains at half-mast.
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2011.
Passed the Senate the 1st day of March, 2011.

	
Presiding Officer 	of the Senate

Passed the House of Representatives the ____ day of __________, 2011.

	
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