HSB 701 (LSB 6361YC (1) 88)

HOUSE FILE _____ 

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 buildings.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 1B.3, Code 2020, is amended to read as follows:
   1B.3  Flags on public buildings.
   It shall be the duty of any board of public officers charged with providing supplies for a public building in the state to provide a suitable state flag and it shall be the duty of the custodian of that public building to raise the flags of the United States of America, and the state of Iowa, and the national league of POW/MIA families’ flag, upon each secular day when weather conditions are favorable.  The national league of POW/MIA families’ flag shall be flown underneath the flag of the United States of America and the flag of the state of Iowa.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill provides that the custodian of a public building shall raise the national league of POW/MIA families’ flag upon each secular day when weather conditions are favorable. The bill provides that the national league of POW/MIA families’ flag shall be flown underneath the flag of the United States of America and the flag of the state of Iowa.