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| 1 | 1 | 89R9917 DNC-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Hickland H.B. No. 3990 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to the display of flags by a building owned or operated by | |
| 10 | 10 | the state, a municipality, or a county. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Subtitle E, Title 10, Government Code, is | |
| 13 | 13 | amended by adding Chapter 2207 to read as follows: | |
| 14 | 14 | CHAPTER 2207. DISPLAY OF FLAGS | |
| 15 | 15 | Sec. 2207.001. APPLICABILITY. This chapter applies to a | |
| 16 | 16 | building owned or operated by this state, a municipality, or a | |
| 17 | 17 | county. | |
| 18 | 18 | Sec. 2207.002. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "display" | |
| 19 | 19 | means to exhibit or place an object where a person visiting or | |
| 20 | 20 | employed at a building may see the object. | |
| 21 | 21 | Sec. 2207.003. DISPLAY OF FLAGS. (a) A building may not | |
| 22 | 22 | display and this state or a municipality or county may not permit an | |
| 23 | 23 | employee, agent, or volunteer to display any flag other than: | |
| 24 | 24 | (1) the United States flag; | |
| 25 | 25 | (2) the state flag; or | |
| 26 | 26 | (3) the official flag of a municipality or county. | |
| 27 | 27 | (b) A United States flag or state flag displayed at a | |
| 28 | 28 | building to which this chapter applies must be the official flag in | |
| 29 | 29 | the official colors and may not be altered. | |
| 30 | 30 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |