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    CHAPTER 1BSTATE FLAG
    1B.1Specifications of state flag.
    1B.2Use of state flag.
    1B.3Flags on public buildings.
    1B.1Specifications of state flag.The banner designed by the Iowa society of the Daughters of the American Revolution and presented to the state is hereby adopted as the state flag for use on all occasions where a state flag may be fittingly displayed. The design consists of three vertical stripes of blue, white, and red, the blue stripe being nearest the staff and the white stripe* being in the center. On the central white stripe is depicted a spreading eagle bearing in its beak blue streamers on which is inscribed the state motto, “Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain” in white letters, with the word “Iowa” in red letters below the streamers.[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §468; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §31.1]C93, §1B.11995 Acts, ch 1, §1
    *Editor’s Note: On the original design, the white stripe was about equal to the sum of the others
    1B.2Use of state flag.The design shall be used as the state flag and may be displayed on all proper occasions where the state is officially represented, either at home or abroad, or wherever it may be proper to distinguish the citizens of Iowa from the citizens of other states. When displayed with the national emblem, the state flag shall in all cases be subservient to and placed beneath the stars and stripes.[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §469; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §31.2]C93, §1B.21995 Acts, ch 1, §21B.3Flags 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, upon each secular day when weather conditions are favorable.[S13, §2804-c; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §470; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §31.3]C93, §1B.31995 Acts, ch 1, §3
    Display of flags on school sites, see §280.5