House Amendment 8304


PAG LIN




     1  1    Amend House File 2559 as follows:
     1  2 #1.  By striking everything after the enacting
     1  3 clause and inserting the following:
     1  4    <Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  554E.1  PURCHASING OF
     1  5 FLAGS == RESTRICTION.
     1  6    1.  The state, a state agency, political
     1  7 subdivision of the state, school district, area
     1  8 education agency, community college, an institution
     1  9 under the control of the state board of regents, other
     1 10 public entity, or a state, county, or municipal
     1 11 cemetery shall not purchase, on or after July 1, 2008,
     1 12 any of the following flags, unless the flag was
     1 13 manufactured in the United States:
     1 14    a.  The United States flag.
     1 15    b.  The state flag of Iowa.
     1 16    c.  A flag representing or commemorating United
     1 17 States soldiers classified as missing in action or
     1 18 prisoners of war.
     1 19    2.  For purposes of this section, "flag" means a
     1 20 piece of woven cloth or other material designed to be
     1 21 flown for purposes of public display.
     1 22    3.  This section does not apply to representations
     1 23 or depictions of a flag not meeting the definition in
     1 24 subsection 2 which are affixed or attached to physical
     1 25 objects, works of art, or memorabilia.>
     1 26 #2.  Title page, by striking lines 1 through 3 and
     1 27 inserting the following:  <An Act prohibiting the
     1 28 purchase of designated flags manufactured outside the
     1 29 United States.>
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     1 33 ZIRKELBACH of Jones
     1 34 HF 2559.701 82
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