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SENATE BILL 63
57
TH LEGISLATURE
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STATE
OF
NEW
MEXICO
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FIRST SESSION
,
2025
INTRODUCED BY
Candy Spence Ezzell and Nicole Tobiassen and James G. Townsend
and Anthony L. Thornton and Nicholas A. Paul
AN ACT
RELATING TO THE STATE FLAG; ESTABLISHING THE MANNER OF RETIRING
A STATE FLAG.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. [NEW MATERIAL] STATE FLAG--DISPOSAL.--
A. If a New Mexico state flag is no longer used or
useful as an emblem for display, the flag may be destroyed,
preferably by burning, in a ceremony or in another dignified
manner that emphasizes its honor as a fitting emblem of New
Mexico.
B. The retirement of a New Mexico state flag may be
a public ceremony under the direction of uniformed personnel
representing a state or federal military service or a patriotic
society or a private ceremony.
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