S.B. No. 1145 AN ACT relating to protocol for folding the state flag.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. This Act shall be known as the Rod Welsh Act, in honor of Rod Welsh, Sergeant-at-Arms of the Texas House of Representatives, who is primarily responsible for developing the method of folding the state flag of Texas established by this Act.
SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 3100, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 3100.073 to read as follows:
Sec. 3100.073. FOLDED STATE FLAG.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
Texas House of Representatives
S.B. No. 1145 passed the Senate on April 30, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 30, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1145 passed the House, with amendment, on May 26, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, one present not voting.