Tex. Gov't Code 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 ceremony or another dignified way that emphasizes its honor as a fitting emblem for this state.

(b)

It is encouraged that retirement of the state flag be a public ceremony under the direction of uniformed personnel representing a state or national military service or a patriotic society, but the state flag may be retired in a private ceremony.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 7.001, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.

Source: Section 3100.151 — Manner of Retirement, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.3100.htm#3100.151 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

3100.001
State Flag 3100.002
Description: in General 3100.003
Description Under Governor’s Rules 3100.004
State Flag Mounted on Flagstaff 3100.051
Display: in General 3100.052
Display Outdoors 3100.053
Orientation on Flagpole or Flagstaff 3100.054
Display on Flagpole or Flagstaff with Other Flag: in General 3100.055
Display on Flagpole or Flagstaff with Flag of United States 3100.056
Display on Flagpole or Flagstaff with Flags of Municipalities, Localities, or Organizations 3100.057
Display on Flagpole or Flagstaff with Flags of Other States, Other Nations, or International Organizations 3100.058
Display with Other Flag on Crossed Flagstaffs 3100.059
Horizontal and Vertical Display 3100.060
Display from or in Building 3100.061
Display over Street 3100.062
Display on Speaker’s Platform 3100.063
Display on Casket 3100.064
Display on Flagstaff on Motor Vehicle 3100.065
Display at Half-staff 3100.066
Carrying of State Flag: in General 3100.067
Carrying in Procession with Other Flags 3100.068
Hoisting and Lowering 3100.069
State Flag as Feature of Unveiling Ceremony 3100.070
Limitations on Display 3100.071
Authority of Governor 3100.072
Limitations on Governmental Subdivision or Agency 3100.073
Folded State Flag 3100.101
Pledge 3100.102
Occasions at Which Pledge May Be Recited 3100.103
Order of Recitation 3100.104
Reciting Pledge 3100.151
Manner of Retirement 3100.152
Conduct of Retirement Ceremony

Accessed:
Jun. 5, 2024

§ 3100.151’s source at texas.gov

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Original Source: Section 3100.151 — Manner of Retirement, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.3100.htm#3100.151 (last accessed Jun. 5, 2024).