If the state flag is displayed on a flagpole or flagstaff, the white stripe should be at the top of the flag, except as a signal of dire distress in an instance of extreme danger to life or property.
Tex. Gov't Code § 3100.053
ORIENTATION ON FLAGPOLE OR FLAGSTAFF
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 7.001, eff
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.