Senate
Study
Bill
3017
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
STATE
GOVERNMENT
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
SMITH)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
concerning
the
display
of
flags
on
public
school
sites
1
and
public
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
1.
It
shall
be
the
duty
of
any
board
of
public
officers
4
charged
with
providing
supplies
for
a
public
building
in
the
5
state
to
provide
a
suitable
state
flag
and
it
shall
be
the
duty
6
of
the
custodian
of
that
public
building
to
raise
the
flags
of
7
the
United
States
of
America
and
the
state
of
Iowa,
upon
each
8
secular
day
when
weather
conditions
are
favorable.
9
2.
A
custodian
of
a
public
building
in
the
state
shall
10
only
be
authorized
to
raise
the
flags
of
the
United
States
of
11
America,
the
state
of
Iowa,
the
national
league
of
prisoner
of
12
war/missing
in
action
families,
and
an
official
flag
adopted
13
by
the
political
subdivision
that
owns
or
operates
the
public
14
building.
15
Sec.
2.
Section
280.5,
Code
2020,
is
amended
to
read
as
16
follows:
17
280.5
Display
of
United
States
flag
and
Iowa
state
flag
flags
18
on
school
sites
.
19
1.
The
board
of
directors
of
each
public
school
district
20
and
the
authorities
in
charge
of
each
nonpublic
school
shall
21
provide
and
maintain
a
suitable
flagstaff
on
each
school
site
22
under
its
control,
and
the
United
States
flag
and
the
Iowa
23
state
flag
shall
be
raised
on
all
school
days
when
weather
24
conditions
are
suitable.
25
2.
The
board
of
directors
of
a
public
school
district
shall
26
only
be
authorized
to
raise
the
flags
of
the
United
States
of
27
America,
the
state
of
Iowa,
the
national
league
of
prisoner
of
28
war/missing
in
action
families,
and
an
official
flag
adopted
29
by
the
applicable
board
of
directors
of
the
school
on
the
30
flagstaff
on
each
school
site
under
its
control.
31
EXPLANATION
32
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
33
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
34
This
bill
concerns
the
raising
of
flags
on
flagstaffs
on
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public
school
sites
and
on
public
buildings.
1
The
bill
provides
that
a
custodian
of
a
public
building
shall
2
only
be
authorized
to
raise
the
flags
of
the
United
States
of
3
America,
the
state
of
Iowa,
the
national
league
of
prisoner
of
4
war/missing
in
action
families,
and
an
official
flag
adopted
5
by
the
political
subdivision
that
owns
or
operates
the
public
6
building.
7
The
bill
further
provides
that
the
board
of
directors
of
8
a
public
school
district
shall
only
be
authorized
to
raise
9
the
flags
of
the
United
States
of
America,
the
state
of
Iowa,
10
the
national
league
of
prisoner
of
war/missing
in
action
11
families,
and
an
official
flag
adopted
by
the
applicable
board
12
of
directors
of
the
school
on
the
flagstaff
on
each
school
site
13
under
its
control.
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