An Act To Require the Display of POW-MIA Flags at Courthouses Further amend the bill by striking out all of section I and inserting in its place the following: 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; aRa B. At each National Guard facilitYT; 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; Page 1-LR2878(2) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 1899
Committee Amendment CA_A_H827 (House)
Amends: 1 MRSA §206-A

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "f/" to H.P. 1340, L.D. 1899, Bill, "An 
Act To Allow the Display of POW-MIA Flags at Courthouses" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting 
the following: 
'An Act To Require the Display of POW-MIA Flags at Courthouses' 
Further amend the bill by striking out all of section I and 
inserting in its place the following: 
'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; aRa 
B. 
At each National Guard facilitYT; 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; 
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(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 
Uni ted 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. 
Sec. 
2. 
Appropriations 
and 
allocations. 
The 
following 
appropriations and allocations are made. 
JUDICIAL DEPAR'lMEBT 
Courts -
Supreme, Superior, District & Administrative 
0063 
Initiative: 
Appropriates 
funds 
on 
a 
one-time basis 
for 
the 
purchase of 8 flags and to upgrade flagpoles at an estimated 6 
courthouse locations. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
SUMMARY 
2005-06 
$0 
$0 
2006-07 
$18,320 
$18,320' 
This amendment replaces the bill. 
It requires courthouses 
owned by the State to display the prisoner of war -
missing in 
action flag on Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day and 
national holidays. 
It also provides that a courthouse owned by 
the State may display the flag on any other day in addition to 
those required. 
It also adds an appropriations and allocations 
section. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 03/07/06 ;t;r?ae 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
LD 1899 
LR2878(02) 
An Act To Allow the Display of POW -MIA Flags at Courthouses 
Fiscal Note for Bill a.:; Amended by Committee Amendment '~" 
Committee: Legal and Veterans Affairs 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
2005-06 
2006-07 
Projections 
2007-08 
$0 
$18,320 
$0 
\.ppropriationsl Allocations 
General Fund 
$0 
$18,320 
$0 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Projections 
2008-09 
$0 
$0 
This bill includes a one-time General Fund appropriation to the Judicial Department in the amount of $18,320 in fiscal 
year 2006-07 to purchase eight flags and upgrade flag poles at an estimated six court locations. 
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