| 1 | 1 | | By: Larson, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Van de Putte) H.B. No. 150 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 15, 2013; |
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| 3 | 3 | | April 17, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | 4 | | Veteran Affairs and Military Installations; May 9, 2013, reported |
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| 5 | 5 | | favorably by the following vote: Yeas 4, Nays 0; May 9, 2013, sent |
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| 6 | 6 | | to printer.) |
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| 7 | 7 | | |
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| 8 | 8 | | |
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| 9 | 9 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 10 | 10 | | AN ACT |
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| 11 | 11 | | relating to the display of flags at half-staff at the Capitol |
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| 12 | 12 | | building to honor service members killed in action. |
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| 13 | 13 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 14 | 14 | | SECTION 1. Section 443.024, Government Code, is amended by |
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| 15 | 15 | | adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (e) The flag of the State of Texas and the flag of the United |
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| 17 | 17 | | States shall be flown at half-staff at the Capitol building on the |
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| 18 | 18 | | death of a member of the armed forces of the United States who was a |
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| 19 | 19 | | resident of this state and who was killed in action. The flags shall |
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| 20 | 20 | | be displayed at half-staff for one day following the date the |
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| 21 | 21 | | person's family is notified of the person's death. The office of the |
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| 22 | 22 | | governor shall notify the State Preservation Board of the days on |
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| 23 | 23 | | which flags shall be flown at half-staff under this subsection. |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 25 | 25 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 26 | 26 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 27 | 27 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 28 | 28 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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| 29 | 29 | | * * * * * |
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