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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) The state flag should not:
(1) touch anything beneath it, including the ground or floor;
(2) be dipped to any person or thing, except as a mark of honor for the United States flag;
(3) trail in water;
(4) have placed on any part of it, or attached to it, any mark, word, figure, design, picture, or drawing;
(5) be used or stored in a manner in which it can easily be soiled or damaged;
(6) be used as a receptacle for receiving, holding, carrying, or delivering anything;
(7) be displayed on a float in a parade, except from a staff or in the manner provided by Section 3100.059;
(8) be draped over the hood, top, side, or back of any vehicle, train, boat, or aircraft;
(9) be used as bedding or drapery;
(10) be festooned or drawn back or up in folds, but instead allowed to fall free; or
(11) be used as a covering for a ceiling.
(b) Advertising should not be fastened to a flagpole, flagstaff, or halyard on which the state flag is displayed.
(c) Bunting of blue, white, and red, arranged with the blue above, the white in the middle, and the red below, should be used instead of the state flag to cover a speaker's desk or to drape the front of a platform and for decoration in general.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Texas Government Code - GOV'T § 3100.070. Limitations on Display - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/tx/government-code/gov-t-sect-3100-070/
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