Sec. 1. 1 MRSA §135 is enacted to read:

§135.__Prisoner of War - Missing in Action Recognition Day

The Governor annually shall issue a proclamation designating the 3rd Friday in September as Prisoner of War - Missing in Action Recognition Day in remembrance of the courage and plight of American prisoners of war and those missing in action.__The proclamation must recommend that the day be observed in an appropriate manner.

Sec. 2. 1 MRSA §206-A is enacted to read:

§206-A.__Prisoner of war - missing in action flag

The prisoner of war - missing in action flag must be flown in the following places until all those individuals designated as prisoners of war or missing in action are released or accounted for:

1.__State House.__Above the State House;

2.__Municipal flag pole.__On a municipal flag pole whenever the flag of the United States is flown; and

3.__Reserve and National Guard facilities.__At each reserve and National Guard facility.

SUMMARY

This bill requires the prisoner of war - missing in action flag to be flown above the State House, on a municipal flag pole whenever the flag of the United States is flown and at each reserve and National Guard facility. It also designates the 3rd Friday in September as Prisoner of War - Missing in Action Recognition Day.