Title: Honor and Remember Flag

Summary: Designating the Honor and Remember flag as an emblem of the state; authorizing that the flag be displayed at specified locations, on specified days, and in a specified manner; requiring displayed flags to be manufactured in the United States, etc.

Full Text:
An act relating to the Honor and Remember flag; creating s. 256.16, F.S.; designating the Honor and Remember flag as an emblem of the state; authorizing that the flag be displayed at specified locations, on specified days, and in a specified manner; requiring displayed flags to be manufactured in the United States; authorizing local governments to display the flag; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Section 256.16, Florida Statutes, is created to read: 256.16   Honor and Remember flag.  (1)   The Honor and Remember flag is designated as the state s emblem of the service and sacrifice of the brave men and women of the United States Armed Forces who have given their lives in the line of duty. (2)   The flag may be displayed: (a)   At the following locations: 1.   Each state-owned building at which the United States flag is displayed. 2.   All state-owned military memorials. 3.   Any other state-owned location deemed appropriate. (b)   On the following days: 1.   Armed Forces Day, the third Saturday in May. 2.   Memorial Day, the last Monday in May. 3.   Flag Day, June 14. 4.   Independence Day, July 4. 5.   National POW-MIA Recognition Day, the third Friday in September. 6.   Veterans  Day, November 11. 7.   Gold Star Mother s Day, the last Sunday in September. 8.   A day on which a member of the United States Armed Forces who is a resident of the state loses his or her life in the line of duty. (c)   In a manner designed to ensure visibility to the public. (d)   With no more than two additional flags when displayed together on a flagpole. (3)   A flag displayed pursuant to this section must be manufactured in the United States. (4)   A local government may choose to display the flag in accordance with paragraphs (2)(b), (c), and (d) at any local government building at which the United States flag is displayed and at any other local government location it deems appropriate. Section 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2018.