SSB 3017 (LSB 5471XC (5) 88)

SENATE FILE _____ 

BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT BILL BY CHAIRPERSON SMITH)

A BILL FOR

An Act concerning the display of flags on public school sites and 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.
   1.  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, upon each secular day when weather conditions are favorable.
   2.  A custodian of a public building in the state shall only be authorized to raise the flags of the United States of America, the state of Iowa, the national league of prisoner of war/missing in action families, and an official flag adopted by the political subdivision that owns or operates the public building.
    Sec. 2.  Section 280.5, Code 2020, is amended to read as follows:
   280.5  Display of United States flag and Iowa state flag flags on school sites.
   1.  The board of directors of each public school district and the authorities in charge of each nonpublic school shall provide and maintain a suitable flagstaff on each school site under its control, and the United States flag and the Iowa state flag shall be raised on all school days when weather conditions are suitable.
   2.  The board of directors of a public school district shall only be authorized to raise the flags of the United States of America, the state of Iowa, the national league of prisoner of war/missing in action families, and an official flag adopted by the applicable board of directors of the school on the flagstaff on each school site under its control.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill concerns the raising of flags on flagstaffs on public school sites and on public buildings. 
   The bill provides that a custodian of a public building shall only be authorized to raise the flags of the United States of America, the state of Iowa, the national league of prisoner of war/missing in action families, and an official flag adopted by the political subdivision that owns or operates the public building.
   The bill further provides that the board of directors of a public school district shall only be authorized to raise the flags of the United States of America, the state of Iowa, the national league of prisoner of war/missing in action families, and an official flag adopted by the applicable board of directors of the school on the flagstaff on each school site under its control.