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House
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2517
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2517
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
LOCAL
GOVERNMENT
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
634)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
display
of
flags
at
half-staff
on
public
1
buildings.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
1B.3,
Code
2026,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
1B.3
Flags
on
public
buildings.
3
1.
As
used
in
this
section,
“public
building”
means
a
4
vertical
improvement,
as
defined
in
section
15J.2,
used
for
a
5
public
purpose
by
the
state
or
a
political
subdivision
of
the
6
state.
7
2.
It
shall
be
the
duty
of
any
A
board
of
public
officers
8
charged
with
providing
supplies
for
a
public
building
in
the
9
state
to
shall
provide
a
suitable
state
flag
,
and
it
shall
be
10
the
duty
of
the
custodian
of
that
public
building
to
shall
11
raise
the
flags
of
the
United
States
of
America
and
the
state
12
of
Iowa
,
upon
each
secular
day
when
weather
conditions
are
13
favorable.
14
3.
The
custodian
and
the
board
of
public
officers
of
a
15
public
building
in
the
state
shall
have
the
flags
of
the
United
16
States
of
America
and
the
state
of
Iowa
flown
at
half-staff
17
when
so
directed
by
a
proclamation
issued
by
the
governor.
18
4.
A
person
may
report
an
alleged
violation
of
subsection
19
3
to
the
attorney
general.
The
attorney
general
may
initiate
20
an
action
in
the
name
of
the
state,
including
but
not
limited
21
to
an
action
for
injunctive
relief,
to
obtain
compliance
with
22
subsection
3.
23
EXPLANATION
24
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
25
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
26
This
bill
requires
the
custodian
and
the
board
of
public
27
officers
of
a
public
building
to
comply
with
a
proclamation
28
issued
by
the
governor
for
the
flags
of
the
United
States
and
29
the
state
of
Iowa
to
be
flown
at
half-staff.
The
bill
allows
a
30
person
to
report
alleged
violations
to
the
attorney
general,
31
who
may
initiate
a
legal
action
to
obtain
compliance
with
the
32
bill’s
provisions.
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