Tennessee SB1712 allows county mayors and municipal chief executive officers to order flags to half-staff for prominent citizens' deaths.
Tennessee SB1712 amends state law to allow county mayors to order flags on county property to be lowered to half-staff in honor of a prominent citizen's death. Similarly, it allows the chief executive officer of a municipality to order flags on municipal property to be lowered to half-staff for the same purpose. The act takes effect immediately upon becoming law.
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