New Mexico HB 468: RETIRING OF STATE FLAGS

Status: Signed (as of 2025-04-09)

State: New Mexico · Session: 2025 · Bill: HB 468

Subjects: MISCELLANEOUS, STATE AGENCIES & DEPARTMENTS (including reorganization)

Sponsors: Dow, Rebecca, Mejia, Angelita, Murphy, Mark B.

Bill Text

HB 468
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AN ACT
RELATING TO THE STATE FLAG; ESTABLISHING THE MANNER OF
RETIRING A STATE FLAG.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. STATE FLAG--DISPOSAL.--
A. If a New Mexico state flag is no longer used or
useful as an emblem for display, the flag may be destroyed,
preferably by burning, in a ceremony or in another dignified
manner that emphasizes its honor as a fitting emblem of New
Mexico.
B. The retirement of a New Mexico state flag may
be a public ceremony under the direction of uniformed
personnel representing a state or federal military service or
a patriotic society or a private ceremony.

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