Public Act 095-0596
 		





HB3618 Enrolled
LRB095 08708 JAM 28891 b






    AN ACT concerning government.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:


 
    Section 5. The Flag Display Act is amended  by adding 
Section 10 as follows:
 
    (5 ILCS 465/10  new)
    Sec. 10. Death of resident military member or law 
enforcement officer.
    (a) The Governor shall issue an official notice to fly the 
following flags at half-staff upon the death of a resident of 
this State killed (i) by hostile fire as a member of the United 
States armed forces or (ii) in the line of duty as a law 
enforcement officer: the United States national flag, the State 
flag of Illinois, and, in the case of the death of the member 
of the United States armed forces, the appropriate military 
flag as defined in subsection (b) of Section 18.6 of the 
Condominium Property Act.  Upon the Governor's notice, each 
person or entity required by this Act to ensure the display of 
the United States national flag on a flagstaff shall ensure 
that the flags described in the notice are displayed at 
half-staff on the day designated for the resident's funeral and 
the 2 days preceding that day.
    (b) The Department of Veterans' Affairs shall notify the 
Governor of the death by hostile fire of an Illinois resident 
member of the United States armed forces.  The Department of 
State Police shall notify the Governor of the death in the line 
of duty of an Illinois resident law enforcement officer.  Notice 
to the Governor shall include at least the resident's name and 
Illinois address, the date designated for the funeral, and the 
circumstances of the death.
    (c) For the purpose of this Section, the United States 
armed forces includes: (i) the United States Army, Navy, Marine 
Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard; (ii) any reserve component 
of each of the forces listed in item (i); and (iii) the 
National Guard.
    (d) Nothing in this Section requires the removal or 
relocation of any existing flags currently displayed in the 
State.  This Section does not apply to a State facility if the 
requirements of this Section cannot be satisfied without a 
physical modification to that facility.

 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.