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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to dedicatory instruments prohibiting or restricting the |
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display of Thin Blue Line flags by a property owners' association. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. SECTION 1. Sec. 202.001, Property Code, is |
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amended by adding Subdivision (6) to read as follows: |
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(6) "Thin Blue Line flag" means a flag that is similar to the |
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flag of the United States of America in style and design consisting |
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of both: |
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(A) a black rectangle in the upper hoist corner |
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bearing fifty white five-pointed stars arranged in nine offset |
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horizontal rows; and |
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(B) thirteen horizontal stripes of equal height, the |
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top and bottom stripe being black, with alternating white and black |
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stripes in between, except that the eighth horizontal stripe from |
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the top of the flag or emblem which appears directly below the field |
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of stars is a blue stripe. |
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SECTION 2. Section 202.012(a), Property Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 202.012. FLAG DISPLAY. (a) A property owners' |
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association may not, except as provided in this section, adopt or |
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enforce a dedicatory instrument provision that prohibits, |
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restricts, or has the effect of prohibiting or restricting an owner |
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from the display of: |
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(1) the flag of the United States of America; |
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(2) the flag of the State of Texas; [or] |
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(3) an official or replica flag of any branch of the United |
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States armed forces[.]; or |
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(4) a Thin Blue Line flag described by Sec. 202.001(6). |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |