Bill > S1905

This bill mandates that towns, cities, and municipalities must provide a suitable metal flag holder and a United States flag, manufactured in the United States, for the grave of any veteran buried within their limits, upon petition from a recognized veterans' organization or eligible voters, with the expense borne by the municipality; these flag holders should be designed to represent the veteran's period of military service, and while this provision generally applies to both public and private cemeteries, there's an exception for the current fiscal year if the initial request exceeds 50 graves in a particular municipality, though it will apply in subsequent years. The bill also requires privately owned cemeteries, upon request from a veteran's family member, to provide a United States flag (not larger than 12x18 inches) for the veteran's grave on Memorial Day, the Fourth of July, and Veterans Day, with the cemetery responsible for the flag's cost and maintenance, and the family member responsible for placing it, though the cemetery can temporarily remove it for grounds maintenance. Furthermore, this bill establishes a penalty of imprisonment for not less than 90 days for anyone who willfully removes, destroys, defaces, or takes a flag holder or memorial flag from a grave without proper authorization.