Syfert Injury Law Firm

Your Trusted Partner in Personal Injury & Workers' Compensation

Call Now: 904-383-7448

O.C.G.A. § 50-3-3 — Display of state flag | Georgia Code

O.C.G.A. § 50-3-3 (2018) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Scholar Amendments

TITLE 50 STATE GOVERNMENT

Section 3. State Flag, Seal, and Other Symbols, 50-3-1 through 50-3-100.

ARTICLE 1 STATE AND OTHER FLAGS

50-3-3. Display of state flag.

The state flag shall be displayed on appropriate occasions in the public and private schools of this state and in all patriotic meetings, and the citizens of the state are requested to take the pledge of allegiance set out in Code Section 50-3-2.

(Ga. L. 1951, p. 311, § 48; Ga. L. 1955, p. 10, § 95.)

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

School display.

- O.C.G.A. § 50-3-3 requires that the state flag be displayed in the schools on appropriate occasions, as determined by local school boards, within their scope of discretion relating to educational responsibilities; and local school boards may fix the time between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on days when school attendance is required as an "appropriate occasion." 1994 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U94-5.

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 35A Am. Jur. 2d, Flag, § 2.

C.J.S.

- 36A C.J.S., Flags, §§ 3, 4.

Database error: SQLSTATE[HY000]: General error: 8 attempt to write a readonly database

This Georgia Code resource is curated by the attorney maintaining this site, a personal injury and workers' compensation attorney admitted in Georgia (State Bar of Georgia No. 881027, since 2006) and Florida. For legal consultation, call 904-383-7448.