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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the display of flags at half-staff at the Capitol |
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building to honor service members killed in action. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 443.024, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: |
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(e) The flag of the State of Texas and the flag of the United |
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States shall be flown at half-staff at the Capitol building on the |
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death of a member of the armed forces of the United States who was a |
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resident of this state and who was killed in action. The flags shall |
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be displayed at half-staff for one day following the date the |
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person's family is notified of the person's death. The office of the |
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governor shall notify the State Preservation Board of the days on |
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which flags shall be flown at half-staff under this subsection. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |