Texas Government Code Title 11, Chapter 3100 - State Flag

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 3100.001 - State Flag
  The state flag is the 1839 national flag of the Republic of Texas. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 7.001, eff. Sept....
• Texas Section 3100.002 - Description: In General
  (a) The state flag is a rectangle that: (1) has a width to length ratio of two to three; and (2) contains: (A) one blue...
• Texas Section 3100.003 - Description Under Governor's Rules
  In addition to each requirement prescribed by Section 3100.002, the governor by executive order published in the Texas Register may prescribe changes or other rules...

SUBCHAPTER B DISPLAY OF STATE FLAG

• Texas Section 3100.004 - State Flag Mounted On Flagstaff
  (a) If the state flag is mounted on a flagstaff: (1) the flag should be attached at the peak of the staff; (2) the staff...
• Texas Section 3100.051 - Display: In General
  The state flag should be displayed: (1) on each state or national holiday and on any special occasion of historical significance; and (2) daily on...
• Texas Section 3100.052 - Display Outdoors
  (a) The state flag should not normally be displayed outdoors before sunrise or after sunset. (b) For patriotic effect, the state flag may be displayed...
• Texas Section 3100.053 - Orientation On Flagpole Or Flagstaff
  If the state flag is displayed on a flagpole or flagstaff, the white stripe should be at the top of the flag, except as a...
• Texas Section 3100.054 - Display On Flagpole Or Flagstaff With Other Flag: In General
  A flag or pennant, other than the flag of the United States, displayed with the state flag: (1) should not be above the state flag;...
• Texas Section 3100.055 - Display On Flagpole Or Flagstaff With Flag Of United States
  (a) If it is necessary for the state flag and the flag of the United States to be displayed on the same flagpole or flagstaff,...
• Texas Section 3100.056 - Display On Flagpole Or Flagstaff With Flags Of Municipalities, Localities, Or Organizations
  (a) If the state flag is displayed on a flagpole or flagstaff with a group of flags or pennants of municipalities, localities, or organizations that...
• Texas Section 3100.057 - Display On Flagpole Or Flagstaff With Flags Of Other States, Other Nations, Or International Organizations
  (a) If the state flag is displayed with the flag of another state of the United States, of a nation other than the United States,...
• Texas Section 3100.058 - Display With Other Flag On Crossed Flagstaffs
  (a) If the state flag is displayed with another flag, other than the flag of the United States, against a wall on crossed flagstaffs, the...
• Texas Section 3100.059 - Horizontal And Vertical Display
  (a) If the state flag is displayed horizontally, the white stripe should be above the red stripe and, from the perspective of an observer, to...
• Texas Section 3100.060 - Display From Or In Building
  (a) If the state flag is displayed from a flagstaff that projects horizontally or at an angle from a building, the top of the flag...
• Texas Section 3100.061 - Display Over Street
  If the state flag is displayed over a street, the flag should be suspended vertically with the blue stripe above the white and red stripes....
• Texas Section 3100.062 - Display On Speaker's Platform
  (a) If the state flag is displayed flat on a speaker's platform, the flag should be displayed above and behind the speaker. (b) If the...
• Texas Section 3100.063 - Display On Casket
  (a) If the state flag is used to cover a casket, the flag should be placed so that: (1) the blue stripe is at the...
• Texas Section 3100.064 - Display On Flagstaff On Motor Vehicle
  If the state flag is displayed on a flagstaff on a motor vehicle, the staff should be attached firmly to the chassis or clamped to...
• Texas Section 3100.065 - Display At Half-staff
  (a) If the state flag is to be displayed at half-staff, the flag should be hoisted to the peak of the flagpole for an instant...
• Texas Section 3100.066 - Carrying Of State Flag: In General
  The state flag should, when practicable, be carried aloft and free, not flat or horizontally. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 7.001,...
• Texas Section 3100.067 - Carrying In Procession With Other Flags
  (a) If the state flag is carried in a procession with another flag, other than the flag of the United States, the state flag should...
• Texas Section 3100.068 - Hoisting And Lowering; Passing In Parade Or Review
  (a) The state flag should be hoisted briskly and lowered ceremoniously. (b) During the ceremony of hoisting or lowering the state flag or if the...
• Texas Section 3100.069 - State Flag As Feature Of Unveiling Ceremony
  (a) The state flag should form a distinctive feature of the ceremony of unveiling a statue or monument. (b) The state flag should not be...
• Texas Section 3100.070 - Limitations On Display
  (a) The state flag should not: (1) touch anything beneath it, including the ground or floor; (2) be dipped to any person or thing, except...
• Texas Section 3100.071 - Authority Of Governor
  By executive order published in the Texas Register, the governor may: (1) change or repeal any requirement relating to the display of the state flag...
• Texas Section 3100.072 - Limitations On Governmental Subdivision Or Agency
  (a) A governmental subdivision or agency may not enact or enforce a law that prohibits: (1) the display of: (A) a municipal flag; (B) the...

SUBCHAPTER C PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO STATE FLAG

• Texas Section 3100.073 - Folded State Flag
  (a) The state flag should be folded as follows: (1) fold the flag in half lengthwise with the red stripe facing upward; (2) fold the...
• Texas Section 3100.101 - Pledge
  The pledge of allegiance to the state flag is: "Honor the Texas flag; I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state under God, one and...
• Texas Section 3100.102 - Occasions At Which Pledge May Be Recited
  The pledge of allegiance to the state flag may be recited at any: (1) public or private meeting at which the pledge of allegiance to...
• Texas Section 3100.103 - Order Of Recitation
  The pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States should be recited before the pledge of allegiance to the state flag if both...

SUBCHAPTER D RETIREMENT OF STATE FLAG

• Texas Section 3100.104 - Reciting Pledge
  If the pledge to the state flag is recited, each person who is present and: (1) not in uniform should: (A) face the state flag...
• Texas Section 3100.151 - Manner Of Retirement
  (a) If a state flag is no longer used or useful as an emblem for display, it should be destroyed, preferably by burning, in a...
• Texas Section 3100.152 - Conduct Of Retirement Ceremony
  (a) A retirement ceremony for a state flag should be conducted with the honor and respect inherent in the traditions of this state. (b) During...

Last modified: September 28, 2016