By: Zedler H.B. No. 2626
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to display of the Honor and Remember flag.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subtitle I, Title 10, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 2165.0061 to read as follows:
Sec. 2165.0061 DISPLAY OF HONOR AND REMEMBER FLAG. (a) In
this section, "Honor and Remember flag" means the Honor and
Remember, Inc. flag.
(b) The Honor and Remember flag shall be displayed at each
state office building on:
(1) The third Saturday in May, "Armed Forces Day";
(2) the last Monday in May, "Memorial Day";
(3) the 14th day in June, "Flag Day";
(4) the fourth day of July, "Independence Day";
(5) the 11th day of November, "Veterans Day";
(6) National POW/MIA Recognition Day;
(7) the 11th day in November, "Veterans Day";
(8) the last Sunday in September, "Gold Star Mother's
Day"; and
(9) Whenever there is a state military casualty.
SECTION 2. The Honor and Remember flag is designated as the
symbol of our State's concern and commitment to honoring and
remembering the lives of all members of the United States Armed
Forces who have lost their lives while serving or as a result of
service and their families.
SECTION 3. The Honor and Remember flag's red field
represents the blood shed by brave men and women who sacrificed
their lives for freedom and the flag's white field and border
recognizes the purity of that sacrifice. The Flag's blue star is a
symbol of active service in military conflict that dates back to
World War I. The flag's gold star signifies the ultimate sacrifice
of a warrior in active service who is not returning home and
reflects the value of the life given. The folded flag element
highlights this nation's final tribute to a fallen service member
and a family's sacrifice. The flag's flame symbolizes the eternal
spirit of the departed.
SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
passage, and it is so enacted.