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    AN ACT concerning government.

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


 
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    Section 5. The Flag Display Act is amended  by adding 
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Section 10 as follows:
 
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    (5 ILCS 465/10  new)
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    Sec. 10. Death of resident military member or law 
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enforcement officer.
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    (a) The Governor shall issue an official notice to fly the 
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following flags at half-staff upon the death of a resident of 
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this State killed (i) by hostile fire as a member of the United 
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States armed forces or (ii) in the line of duty as a law 
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enforcement officer: the United States national flag, the State 
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flag of Illinois, and, in the case of the death of the member 
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of the United States armed forces, the appropriate military 
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flag as defined in subsection (b) of Section 18.6 of the 
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Condominium Property Act.  Upon the Governor's notice, each 
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person or entity required by this Act to ensure the display of 
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the United States national flag on a flagstaff shall ensure 
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that the flags described in the notice are displayed at 
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half-staff on the day designated for the resident's funeral and 
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the 2 days preceding that day.
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    (b) The Department of Veterans' Affairs shall notify the 
 


 






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Governor of the death by hostile fire of an Illinois resident 
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member of the United States armed forces.  The Department of 
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State Police shall notify the Governor of the death in the line 
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of duty of an Illinois resident law enforcement officer.  Notice 
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to the Governor shall include at least the resident's name and 
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Illinois address, the date designated for the funeral, and the 
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circumstances of the death.
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    (c) For the purpose of this Section, the United States 
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armed forces includes: (i) the United States Army, Navy, Marine 
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Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard; (ii) any reserve component 
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of each of the forces listed in item (i); and (iii) the 
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National Guard.
 

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