HB 983 -- DISPLAY OF FLAGS

SPONSOR:  Meadows

COMMITTEE ACTION:  Voted "do pass by consent" by the Committee on
Veterans by a vote of 11 to 0.

This bill requires the United States and the Missouri state flags
to be flown at half-staff on all government buildings on
September 11 of each year.

FISCAL NOTE:  No impact on state funds in FY 2007, FY 2008, and
FY 2009.

PROPONENTS:  Supporters say that we continue to incur losses as a
result of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.  There are
no longer formal observances of September 11 and lowering the
flags to half-staff will keep the memory of that day, and those
who died, alive.

Testifying for the bill were Representative Meadows; Marine Corps
League, Department of Missouri; Missouri Veterans Commission;
Military Officers Association of America, State Council; Missouri
Association of Veterans Organizations; American Legion,
Department of Missouri; and Veterans of Foreign Wars of the
United States, Missouri Department.

OPPONENTS:  There was no opposition voiced to the committee.

Alice Hurley, Legislative Analyst

Missouri House of Representatives
93rd General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
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