Section 18-132. Displaying a POW/MIA flag over public property  


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  • 1. Until such
      time  as  all members of the United States Armed Forces listed either as
      missing in action or prisoners of war are accounted for  by  the  United
      States   government,   the   commissioner   shall   assure,  subject  to
      subdivisions 2 and 3 of this section, that the Prisoner  of  War/Missing
      in  Action  (POW/MIA)  flag  is flown over all public property under the
      jurisdiction of the commissioner whenever the  American  flag  is  flown
      over such property.
        2.  Within  sixty  days  following the effective date of the local law
      that added this section, the POW/MIA flag shall be flown in  twenty-five
      percent  of  all  parks  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the commissioner,
      including all parks under the jurisdiction of the commissioner that bear
      the name of a veteran of the United States Armed Forces or that  include
      the  word  "Memorial"  in  the  park name, whenever the American flag is
      flown over such property.
        3. Within three years following the effective date of  the  local  law
      that added this section, the POW/MIA flag shall be flown over all public
      property  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  commissioner  whenever  the
      American flag is flown over such property.
        4. The commissioner shall submit to the Mayor and the Speaker  of  the
      City  Council  an annual report indicating all public property under the
      jurisdiction of the commissioner over which the POW/MIA flag  is  flown.
      Such reporting requirement shall terminate upon full compliance with the
      requirements  set  forth in subdivision 3 of this section, at which time
      the commissioner shall submit a final report to the  Mayor  and  to  the
      Speaker  of  the  City  Council indicating all public property under the
      jurisdiction of the commissioner over which the POW/MIA flag is flown.