2005 Minnesota Statutes

     1.141 Official state flag. 

    Subdivision 1.    Adoption.  The design of the state 
 flag proposed by the Legislative Interim Commission acting under 
 Laws 1955, Chapter 632, is adopted as the official state flag. 

    Subd. 2.    Photograph.  The secretary of state shall 
 file a photograph of the state flag.  The secretary shall also 
 retain custodial control over the sample design flag of the 
 commission for use by the public for copies. 

    Subd. 3.    Description.  The design of the flag shall 
 conform substantially to the following description:  The staff 
 is surmounted by a bronze eagle with outspread wings; the flag 
 is rectangular in shape and is on a medium blue background with 
 a narrow gold border and a golden fringe.  A circular emblem is 
 contained in the center of the blue field.  The circular emblem 
 is on a general white background with a yellow border.  The word 
 MINNESOTA is inscribed in red lettering on the lower part of the 
 white field.  The white emblem background surrounding a center 
 design contains 19 five pointed stars arranged symmetrically in 
 four groups of four stars each and one group of three stars.  
 The latter group is in the upper part of the center circular 
 white emblem.  The group of stars at the top in the white emblem 
 consists of three stars of which the uppermost star is the 
 largest and represents the North Star.  A center design is 
 contained on the white emblem and is made up of the scenes from 
 the great seal of the state of Minnesota, surrounded by a border 
 of intertwining Cypripedium reginae, the state flower, on a blue 
 field of the same color as the general flag background.  The 
 flower border design contains the figures 1819, 1858, 1893. 

    The coloring is the same on both sides of the flag, but the 
 lettering and the figures appear reversed on one side. 

    Subd. 4.    Official flag.  The flag described above is 
 the official flag of the state of Minnesota. 

    Subd. 5.    Hours of flying.  The official state flag 
 shall be flown on the State Capitol grounds at all times between 
 sunrise and sunset. 

    HIST: 1957 c 155 s 1-4; 1959 c 371 s 1; 1984 c 628 art 1 s 1; 
 1986 c 444