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| Public Act 098-0234 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Flag Display Act is amended by changing | ||||
Section 10 as follows: | ||||
(5 ILCS 465/10) | ||||
Sec. 10. Death of resident military member, law enforcement | ||||
officer, or firefighter, or members of EMS crews. | ||||
(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, (ii) in the line of duty as a law | ||||
enforcement officer, or (iii) in the line of duty as a | ||||
firefighter, or (iv) in the line of duty as a member of an | ||||
Emergency Medical Services (EMS) crew: 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. The | ||
Office of the State Fire Marshal shall notify the Governor of | ||
the death in the line of duty of an Illinois resident | ||
firefighter. The Department of Public Health shall notify the | ||
Governor of the death in the line of duty of an Illinois | ||
resident member of an Emergency Medical Services (EMS) crew. | ||
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.
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(Source: P.A. 95-596, eff. 9-11-07; 96-436, eff. 8-14-09.)
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