Raising certain flags over tax-supported property prohibited - Penalty.

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A. It shall be unlawful and constitute a misdemeanor for any person to place, hoist, raise or display any flag, standard, colors or ensign upon or over any publicly owned tax-supported property or premises except roads, streets, highways, stadiums or arenas in the State of Oklahoma, except:

1. The flag, standard, colors or ensign of the United States of America;

2. The flag of any nation formerly having dominion over the land now comprising the State of Oklahoma or any portion of said land;

3. The official flag of any of the fifty states of the United States;

4. An Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building commemorative flag;

5. The official flag of any municipality in this state;

6. The Boy Scouts of America flag;

7. The Girl Scouts United States of America flag;

8. The American Red Cross flag;

9. The American Ex-Prisoner of War flag;

10. The POW/MIA flag; and

11. Such other flags as may be approved by the governing board or agency having control over said public property.

B. Any person convicted of a violation of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than thirty (30) days nor more than six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Added by Laws 1971, c. 79, § 1, emerg. eff. April 16, 1971. Amended by Laws 1987, c. 54, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1987; Laws 1996, c. 4, § 2, emerg. eff. March 12, 1996; Laws 2003, c. 107, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2003.


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