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.Tex. Gov't. Code § 3100.151
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 7.001, eff. 9/1/2001.