Display of the Texas Flag at Half-Staff; Display of the Texas Flag With Other Flags

KEY QUESTION: 

What is the proper procedure for displaying the flag at half-staff?

How shall the state flag be displayed alongside other flags?

 

REFERENCE POINT: 

Texas Government Code Chapter 3100

 

TALKING POINTS:

1. If the state flag is to be displayed at half-staff, the flag should be hoisted to the peak of the flagpole for an instant and then lowered to the half-staff position.
2. Before the state flag is lowered for the day, it should first be raised to the peak of the flagpole.
3. On Memorial Day, the state flag should be displayed at half-staff until noon and at that time raised to the peak of the flagpole.
4. The state flag should be displayed at half-staff on Peace Officers Memorial Day, May 15, unless that date is also Armed Forces Day.
5. By order of the governor, the state flag shall be displayed at half-staff on a person’s death as a mark of respect to the memory of that person.
6. A flag or pennant, other than the flag of the United States, displayed with the state flag:
   • should not be above the state flag;
   • or if the other flag or pennant is at the same height as the state flag, should not be, from the perspective of an observer, to the left of the state flag.
7. If it is necessary for the state flag and the flag of the United States to be displayed on the same flagpole or flagstaff, the United States flag should be above the state flag.
8. If the state flag and the flag of the United States are displayed on flagpoles or flagstaffs at the same location:
9. the flags should be displayed on flagpoles or flagstaffs of the same height;
10. the flags should be of approximately equal size;
11. the flag of the United States should be, from the perspective of an observer, to the left of the state flag;
12. the flag of the United States should be hoisted before the state flag is hoisted;
13. the state flag should be lowered before the flag of the United States is lowered.