Bill Text: TX HB3077 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the display of the Honor and Remember flag.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-2)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-05-17 - Committee report printed and distributed [HB3077 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB3077-Engrossed.html
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| By: Miller of Fort Bend, Zedler, Harless, | H.B. No. 3077 | |
| Menendez, Riddle | ||
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| relating to display of the Honor and Remember flag. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 2165, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 2165.0065 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 2165.0065. DISPLAY OF HONOR AND REMEMBER FLAG. (a) In | ||
| this section, "Honor and Remember flag" means the Honor and | ||
| Remember, Inc., flag. | ||
| (b) The Honor and Remember flag shall be displayed at each | ||
| state office building, at the State Cemetery under Section | ||
| 2165.256, and at each veterans cemetery managed by the Veterans' | ||
| Land Board on: | ||
| (1) the third Saturday in May, "Armed Forces Day"; | ||
| (2) the last Monday in May, "Memorial Day"; | ||
| (3) the 14th day of June, "Flag Day"; | ||
| (4) the fourth day of July, "Independence Day"; | ||
| (5) the 11th day of November, "Veterans Day"; | ||
| (6) "National POW/MIA Recognition Day"; | ||
| (7) the last Sunday in September, "Gold Star Mother's | ||
| Day"; and | ||
| (8) any date on which a resident of this state is | ||
| killed while serving on active duty in the armed forces of the | ||
| United States. | ||
| (c) If a facility to which Subsection (b) applies will not | ||
| have staff available to display the Honor and Remember flag on the | ||
| day provided by Subsection (b), the facility's staff shall display | ||
| the flag on the last preceding day the staff is available and leave | ||
| the flag on display on the day provided by Subsection (b). | ||
| SECTION 2. The Honor and Remember flag is designated as the | ||
| symbol of our state's concern and commitment to honoring and | ||
| remembering the lives of all members of the United States armed | ||
| forces who have lost their lives while serving or as a result of | ||
| service and their families. | ||
| SECTION 3. The Honor and Remember flag's red field | ||
| represents the blood shed by brave men and women who sacrificed | ||
| their lives for freedom, and the flag's white border recognizes the | ||
| purity of that sacrifice. The flag's blue star is a symbol of | ||
| active service in military conflict that dates back to World War I. | ||
| The flag's gold star signifies the ultimate sacrifice of a warrior | ||
| in active service who is not returning home and reflects the value | ||
| of the life given. The folded flag element highlights this nation's | ||
| final tribute to a fallen service member and a family's sacrifice. | ||
| The flag's flame symbolizes the eternal spirit of the departed. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
