§ 6-54-144. Ordinance prohibiting or restricting display of flag prohibited -- Ordinance regulating manner or placement of flag.

TN Code § 6-54-144 (2019) (N/A)
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(a) As used in this section, “municipality” means any incorporated town, city, or metropolitan government.

(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), a municipality shall not adopt or enforce an ordinance that prohibits or restricts, or has the effect of prohibiting or restricting, a property owner from displaying a flag of the United States of America, a flag of the state of Tennessee, the MIA/POW flag, or an official or replica flag of any branch of the United States armed forces on the property owner's property.

(c) A municipality may adopt and enforce an ordinance that reasonably regulates the manner and placement of the display of a flag of the United States of America, a flag of the state of Tennessee, the MIA/POW flag, or an official or replica flag of any branch of the United States armed forces only when necessary to promote public health and safety.