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Under existing Utah law, government entities are generally prohibited from displaying flags on public property except for a specific list of approved flags. This bill tightens those rules for cities, counties, municipalities, and other local political subdivisions by limiting them to adopting only one "official" flag, while allowing them to separately adopt additional flags for ceremonial or other purposes — though all such flag adoptions are subject to review by a legislative oversight committee. The bill also restricts which flags local governments may display in high-traffic public facilities like courthouses, airports, and transit facilities to only the approved exempt flags (such as the U.S. flag, the Utah state flag, military flags, and official flags of other governments), while permitting a broader range of locally adopted flags at other government locations. Local governments that want to fly a flag representing their community identity — such as a city flag — must now formally designate it as their single official flag through a process subject to state legislative review, or risk fines of $500 per day for violations.