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The 1998 Florida Statutes

Title XVIII
PUBLIC LANDS AND PROPERTY
Chapter 256
Flags
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256.11  Public auditoriums; display of the United States flag.--

(1)  Each publicly supported and controlled auditorium within a separate building shall display daily the flag of the United States upon a suitable flagstaff upon the grounds of the auditorium except when the weather does not permit such display, and each publicly supported and controlled auditorium within a part of a building shall display daily the flag of the United States inside of the auditorium whenever the auditorium is open.

(2)  It is the duty of the person responsible for the administration of such auditorium to provide a suitable flag and cause it to be displayed in the manner provided in subsection (1). If any such person willfully fails to cause the flag to be so displayed, such person is guilty of a noncriminal violation, punishable as provided in s. 775.083.

History.--s. 1, ch. 76-99.