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House File 2517 - 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 buildings.
House File 2517 H-8018 Amend House File 2517 as follows:
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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2517 Section 1.
Section 1B.3, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:
1B.3 Flags on public buildings.
As used in this section, “public building” means a vertical improvement, as defined in section 15J.2, used for a public purpose by the state or a political subdivision of the state.
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> by inserting <A public school shall lower the flags of the United States of America and the state of Iowa within twelve hours of being directed to do so by a proclamation issued by the governor.
It shall be the duty of any A board of public officers charged with providing supplies for a public building in the state to shall provide a suitable state flag, and it shall be the duty of the custodian of that public building to shall raise the flags of the United States of America and the state of Iowa, upon each secular day when weather conditions are favorable.
If a public school cures a violation of this subsection upon receiving notice of the violation from the attorney general, the public school shall not be subject to legal action under this section.
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The custodian and the board of public officers of a public building in the state shall have the flags of the United States of America and the state of Iowa flown at half-staff when so directed by a proclamation issued by the governor.
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A person may report an alleged violation of subsection 3 to the attorney general.
The attorney general may initiate an action in the name of the state, including but not limited to an action for injunctive relief, to obtain compliance with subsection 3.
EXPLANATION The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
This bill requires the custodian and the board of public officers of a public building to comply with a proclamation issued by the governor for the flags of the United States and the state of Iowa to be flown at half-staff.
The bill allows a person to report alleged violations to the attorney general, who may initiate a legal action to obtain compliance with the bill’s provisions.
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