WEST virginia legislature

2018 regular session

Introduced

House Bill 4258

By Delegates Statler, Frich, Cooper, Pethtel, Fleischauer, Criss, deem, Hill, Martin, Hollen and Williams

[Introduced January 23, 2018; Referred
to the Committee on Political Subdivisions then Finance.]

A BILL to amend and reenact §7-3-2a of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to requiring the purchase by county commissions and display of POW/MIA flags at county courthouses.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

§7-3-2a. County commissions to purchase and display flags.

The county commission of every county of the state shall purchase, out of its General Revenue Fund, a United States flag, and a flag of the State of West Virginia, and a POW/MIA flag, four feet by six feet in dimensions and of regulation bunting, or of other appropriate size and quality, for its courthouse, and shall require the flags to be displayed from the courthouse, or from an appropriate nearby staff or pole, every day between the hours of sunrise and sunset, except in inclement weather. Each county commission shall also purchase a United States flag and a flag of the State of West Virginia and require the flags to be displayed at all times in the circuit courtroom of the county. Each county and any municipality therein may purchase a POW-MIA flag to be displayed from its courthouse or other governmental building alongside the state flag and United States flag on Memorial Day, Armed Forces Day, Flag Day, Independence Day, National POW/MIA Recognition Day and Veteran's Day each year The custodian or other person in charge of the courthouse shall display the flags as required by this section.

Any United States flag, or flag of the State of West Virginia, or and POW/MIA flag purchased out of the general revenue of the county must be manufactured in the United States.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require the POW/MIA flag to be purchased by county commissions and displayed at county courthouses.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.