House File 2191 - Introduced



                                  HOUSE FILE       
                                  BY  ZIRKELBACH, BUKTA, D. TAYLOR,
                                      WISE, SHOMSHOR, REASONER,
                                      SCHUELLER, SMITH, QUIRK, DAVITT,
                                      D. OLSON, BAILEY, LENSING,
                                      WESSEL=KROESCHELL, HUNTER,
                                      WENDT, THOMAS, MURPHY, MERTZ,
                                      MASCHER, HEDDENS, GASKILL, KUHN,
                                      H. MILLER, BELL, BERRY, FREVERT,
                                      WHITEAD, LYKAM, WHITAKER, GAYMAN,
                                      WINCKLER, KELLEY, FOEGE, and
                                      REICHERT


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act prohibiting the sale at retail of designated flags
  2    manufactured outside of the United States and establishing a
  3    penalty.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 5255YH 82
  6 rn/nh/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  554E.1  SALE OF FLAGS ==
  1  2 RESTRICTION.
  1  3    1.  a.  A person shall not sell or offer for sale at retail
  1  4 in this state on or after January 1, 2009, any of the
  1  5 following flags, unless the flag was manufactured in the
  1  6 United States:
  1  7    (1)  The United States flag.
  1  8    (2)  The state flag of Iowa.
  1  9    (3)  A flag representing or commemorating United States
  1 10 soldiers characterized as missing in action or prisoners of
  1 11 war.
  1 12    b.  For purposes of this section, "person" includes an
  1 13 individual, an owner or operator of a retail mercantile
  1 14 establishment, or an agent, employee, officer, director,
  1 15 franchisee, or independent contractor of such owner or
  1 16 operator.
  1 17    2.  A person violating this section shall be guilty of a
  1 18 simple misdemeanor.  Each sale made in violation of this
  1 19 section constitutes a separate offense.
  1 20                           EXPLANATION
  1 21    This bill prohibits a person from selling or offering for
  1 22 sale at retail, on or after January 1, 2009, designated forms
  1 23 of flags unless the flags are manufactured in the United
  1 24 States.  Flags encompassed by the prohibition include the
  1 25 United States flag, the state flag of Iowa, and flags
  1 26 representing or commemorating United States soldiers
  1 27 characterized as missing in action or prisoners of war.  The
  1 28 bill provides a "person" includes an individual, an owner or
  1 29 operator of a retail mercantile establishment, or an agent,
  1 30 employee, officer, director, franchisee, or independent
  1 31 contractor of such an owner or operator.
  1 32    The bill establishes a penalty of a simple misdemeanor for
  1 33 violations of the prohibition.  A simple misdemeanor is
  1 34 punishable by confinement for no more than 30 days or a fine
  1 35 of at least $65 but not more than $625 or by both.  The bill
  2  1 specifies that each sale made in violation of the prohibition
  2  2 shall be considered a separate offense.
  2  3 LSB 5255YH 82
  2  4 rn/nh/5