CHAPTER 658
H.P. 1340 - L.D. 1899
An Act To Require the Display of POW-MIA Flags at Courthouses
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 1 MRSA §206-A, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 302, §2, is amended to read:
§206-A. Prisoner of war - missing in action flag
1. Required. The prisoner of war - missing in action flag must be flown in the following places until all those individuals designated as prisoners of war or missing in action are released or accounted for:
A. Above the State House; and
B. At each National Guard facility.; and
C. At each courthouse owned by the State on Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day as designated by section 131 and the following national holidays:
(1) Armed Forces Day, the 3rd Saturday in May;
(2) Memorial Day, the last Monday in May;
(3) Flag Day, June 14th;
(4) Independence Day, July 4th;
(5) National POW/MIA Recognition Day, the 3rd Friday in September; and
(6) Veterans Day, November 11th.
2. Optional. A municipality may display the prisoner of war - missing in action flag on a flag pole located at the main office building of the municipality whenever the flag of the United States is flown. A courthouse owned by the State may display the prisoner of war - missing in action flag on any day in addition to those required by subsection 1.
Effective August 23, 2006.
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