SECOND REGULAR SESSION

[PERFECTED]

HOUSE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 1783

94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

                  Reported from the Special Committee on Veterans March 12, 2008 with recommendation that House Committee Substitute for House Bill No. 1783 Do Pass by Consent. Referred to the Committee on Rules pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f).

                  Reported from the Committee on Rules March 25, 2008 with recommendation that House Committee Substitute for House Bill No. 1783 Do Pass by Consent with no time limit for debate.

                  Perfected by Consent April 1, 2008.

D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk

4306L.03P

AN ACT

To amend chapter 9, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to display of flags on government buildings.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

            Section A. Chapter 9, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 9.135, to read as follows:

            9.135. The United States flag and the Missouri state flag shall be flown at half-staff on all government buildings for one full day whenever any member of the Missouri national guard or any Missouri resident, who was a resident at the time of enlistment in military service or at time of death, is killed in the line of duty during service in the military forces of this state or the United States. The Missouri veterans commission shall make ongoing reasonable efforts to determine if any residents have been killed in the line of duty, and shall notify the governor of any such death. The governor, who shall determine the day on which the resident shall be honored, shall then notify the office of administration.

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