H 288

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
  SESSION 2025
 H  1
  HOUSE BILL 288
 Short Title:   POW/MIA Flag/State Bldgs. & Schools.  (Public)
 Sponsors:      Representatives Goodwin, Charles Smith, Majeed, and Hastings (Primary
  Sponsors).
  For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
 Referred to:   Homeland Security and Military and Veterans Affairs, if favorable, State and
  Local Government, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
  March 6, 2025
1A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
2 AN ACT REQUIRING POW/MIA FLAGS TO BE FLOWN AT STATE-OWNED
3     BUILDINGS AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS IF THE FLAG CAN BE ATTACHED TO AN
4     EXISTING FLAGPOLE.
5 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
6SECTION 1. Chapter 144 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new
7 section to read:
8 "§ 144-10. Display of POW/MIA flag.
9     The official "Prisoner of War/Missing in Action (POW/MIA)" flag shall be displayed and
10 flown over all State-owned buildings and at all public school buildings whenever the United
11 States flag is displayed if the POW/MIA flag can be attached to an existing flagpole. The
12 POW/MIA flag shall be of suitable size and material and shall be displayed and flown in
13 accordance with the appropriate policies and procedures concerning the display of the State and
14 United States flags. This section does not apply to the POW/MIA flag flown over the State
15 Capitol, which is flown pursuant to G.S. 143-345.9.
16     The State shall purchase POW/MIA flags for State-owned buildings in the same manner as
17 the North Carolina flag is purchased. Local boards of education may accept donations of the
18 POW/MIA flag or shall purchase flags with available funds."
19SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.
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