| Sec. 5.01. The flag of the state shall be pennant shaped.
It | 8 |
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shall have
three red and two white horizontal stripes
that | 9 |
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represent the roads and
waterways of the state. The union of the | 10 |
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flag shall be
seventeen five-pointed stars, white in a blue | 11 |
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triangular field
that
represents the state's hills and valleys, | 12 |
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the base of
which shall be the staff end or vertical edge of the | 13 |
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flag, and the apex of
which shall be the center of the middle red | 14 |
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stripe. The stars shall be
grouped around a red disc superimposed | 15 |
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upon a white circular
"O."
The
thirteen stars grouped around the | 16 |
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"O" represent the original states
of the United States and the | 17 |
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four stars added to the peak of
the triangle symbolize that Ohio | 18 |
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was the seventeenth state admitted
to the union. The
"O" | 19 |
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represents the
"O" in
"Ohio"
and suggests the state's nickname, | 20 |
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the buckeye state. The
proportional dimensions of the flag and of | 21 |
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its various parts shall be
according to the official design on | 22 |
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file in the office of the secretary of
state. One state flag of | 23 |
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uniform dimensions shall be furnished to each
company of the | 24 |
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organized militia. | 25 |
| Sec. 5.012. (A) Display of the state flag at all state | 26 |
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buildings
and public institutions, such as public school buildings | 27 |
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and state parks, is
encouraged. If the state flag is displayed, | 28 |
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it may be flown every day when
weather permits and shall be flown | 29 |
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from sunrise until sunset on all national
and state holidays and | 30 |
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on any other days that the governor proclaims. The
state flag may | 31 |
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be flown at night when properly lighted. When the state flag
is | 32 |
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displayed outdoors, it shall be flown either from a flagpole or a | 33 |
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staff.
Any staff from which the state flag is flown shall be at | 34 |
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least two and
one-half times as long as the state flag. | 35 |
| (B) When the state flag and the United States
flag are | 36 |
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displayed at the same time, they shall be approximately the same | 37 |
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size, and the state flag shall not be larger than the United | 38 |
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States flag. When the state flag and the United
States flag are | 39 |
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displayed together against a wall from crossed
staffs, the state | 40 |
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flag shall be on the left of the United
States flag, and the staff | 41 |
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supporting the state flag shall be behind
the staff supporting the | 42 |
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United States flag. When the state
flag is flown from the same | 43 |
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halyard as the United States
flag, the state flag shall be | 44 |
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displayed beneath the United
States flag. When the state flag is | 45 |
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carried in a procession in which
the United States flag is | 46 |
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unfurled, the state flag shall be
displayed on the marching left | 47 |
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of the United States flag. | 48 |
| (C) The state flag shall be displayed on the grounds of the | 49 |
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state
house when any executive or legislative branch of the state | 50 |
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government is in
session. Except as otherwise provided in this | 51 |
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division, no flag shall be
displayed at the state house unless it | 52 |
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directly represents the United
States government, the military of | 53 |
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the United
States, the government of this state or of another | 54 |
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state, or local
governments in this state. Upon request, flags | 55 |
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representing other countries
may be displayed at the state house | 56 |
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with the express approval of the capitol
square review and | 57 |
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advisory board. | 58 |