BILL REQ. #:  H-1448.1 

Read first time 02/14/13.   Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Elections.

     AN ACT Relating to requiring the display of the national league of families' POW/MIA flag on certain days; and amending RCW 1.20.017.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1   RCW 1.20.017 and 2012 c 11 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) Each public entity ((shall)) must display the national league of families' POW/MIA flag along with the flag of the United States and the flag of the state upon or near the principal building of the public entity on the following days: (a) Former Prisoners of War Recognition Day on April 9th; (b) Armed Forces Day on the third Saturday in May; (((b))) (c) Memorial Day on the last Monday in May; (((c))) (d) Flag Day on June 14th; (((d))) (e) Independence Day on July 4th; (((e))) (f) National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day on July 27th; (((f))) (g) National POW/MIA Recognition Day on the third Friday in September; ((and (g))) (h) Veterans' Day on November 11th; and (i) Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day on December 7th. If the designated day falls on a Saturday or Sunday, then the POW/MIA flag ((will)) must be displayed on the preceding Friday.
     (2) The governor's veterans affairs advisory committee ((shall)) must provide information to public entities regarding the purchase and display of the POW/MIA flag upon request.
     (3) As used in this section, "public entity" means every state agency, including each institution of higher education, and every county, city, and town.