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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to display of the Honor and Remember flag. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subtitle I, Title 10, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 2165.0061 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 2165.0061 DISPLAY OF HONOR AND REMEMBER FLAG. (a) In |
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this section, "Honor and Remember flag" means the Honor and |
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Remember, Inc. flag. |
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(b) The Honor and Remember flag shall be displayed at each |
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state office building on: |
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(1) The third Saturday in May, "Armed Forces Day"; |
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(2) the last Monday in May, "Memorial Day"; |
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(3) the 14th day in June, "Flag Day"; |
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(4) the fourth day of July, "Independence Day"; |
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(5) the 11th day of November, "Veterans Day"; |
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(6) National POW/MIA Recognition Day; |
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(7) the 11th day in November, "Veterans Day"; |
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(8) the last Sunday in September, "Gold Star Mother's |
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Day"; and |
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(9) Whenever there is a state military casualty. |
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SECTION 2. The Honor and Remember flag is designated as the |
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symbol of our State's concern and commitment to honoring and |
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remembering the lives of all members of the United States Armed |
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Forces who have lost their lives while serving or as a result of |
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service and their families. |
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SECTION 3. The Honor and Remember flag's red field |
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represents the blood shed by brave men and women who sacrificed |
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their lives for freedom and the flag's white field and border |
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recognizes the purity of that sacrifice. The Flag's blue star is a |
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symbol of active service in military conflict that dates back to |
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World War I. The flag's gold star signifies the ultimate sacrifice |
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of a warrior in active service who is not returning home and |
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reflects the value of the life given. The folded flag element |
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highlights this nation's final tribute to a fallen service member |
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and a family's sacrifice. The flag's flame symbolizes the eternal |
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spirit of the departed. |
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SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the |
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crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an |
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emergency and an imperative public necessity that the |
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constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several |
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days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, |
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and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its |
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passage, and it is so enacted. |