(1) The supervisor of elections of each county in this state shall provide a flag of the United States for each polling place in the county. The flag shall be displayed properly and prominently at all designated polling places on all days when an election is being held.
(2) The supervisor of elections of each county in the state shall make the flags available to each municipality or governmental body holding an election within such county for each election held for any such municipality or governmental body within such county. The municipality or governmental body shall have the responsibility of properly and prominently displaying the flag at each such polling place on all days when an election is being held and shall bear the expense of displaying the flag of the United States.
(3) Each supervisor of elections is authorized to purchase a sufficient number of flags to carry out the purpose of this act out of the general revenue fund of each such county.
(4) In lieu of a flag of the United States, a picture or representation of the flag may be displayed at the polling place, provided such picture or representation measures, at a minimum, 1 square foot in size.
History.—s. 1, ch. 63-227; s. 44, ch. 90-315.
Structure Florida Statutes
Title XVIII - Public Lands and Property
256.01 - Flag of United States to Be Displayed.
256.011 - Display of Flag on Election Day.
256.015 - Display of State Flag; Protocol.
256.02 - Certain Officers to Provide Flag.
256.031 - Department of State Custodian of State Flag.
256.032 - Display of State Flag at Public Schools.
256.041 - Purchase of United States Flag or State Flag for Public Use.
256.05 - Improper Use of State or United States Flag, or Other Symbol of Authority.
256.051 - Improper Use or Mutilation of State or Confederate Flag or Emblem Prohibited.
256.06 - Mutilation or Disrespect of State or United States Flag.
256.10 - Mutilation of or Disrespect for Confederate Flags or Replicas.
256.11 - Public Auditoriums; Display of the United States Flag.
256.12 - Display of Pow-Mia Flags.
256.13 - Pow-Mia Flag; Display at Rest Areas.
256.14 - Pow-Mia Flag; Display at State Parks.