HB1486 - Relating to dedicatory instruments prohibiting or restricting the display of Thin Blue Line flags by a property owners' association.

      By: Louderback H.B. No. 1486       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to dedicatory instruments prohibiting or restricting the   display of Thin Blue Line flags by a property owners' association.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  SECTION 1. Sec. 202.001, Property Code, is   amended by adding Subdivision (6) to read as follows:           (6)     "Thin Blue Line flag" means a flag that is similar to the   flag of the United States of America in style and design consisting   of both:                 (A)     a black rectangle in the upper hoist corner   bearing fifty white five-pointed stars arranged in nine offset   horizontal rows; and                 (B)     thirteen horizontal stripes of equal height, the   top and bottom stripe being black, with alternating white and black   stripes in between, except that the eighth horizontal stripe from   the top of the flag or emblem which appears directly below the field   of stars is a blue stripe.          SECTION 2.  Section 202.012(a), Property Code, is amended to   read as follows:          Sec. 202.012.  FLAG DISPLAY. (a)  A property owners'   association may not, except as provided in this section, adopt or   enforce a dedicatory instrument provision that prohibits,   restricts, or has the effect of prohibiting or restricting an owner   from the display of:          (1)  the flag of the United States of America;          (2)  the flag of the State of Texas; [ or ]          (3)  an official or replica flag of any branch of the United   States armed forces[ . ] ; or           (4)  a Thin Blue Line flag described by Sec. 202.001(6).          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.