96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB0077


 
Introduced 1/14/2009, by Rep. Sandy Cole
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













5 ILCS 465/10










    Amends the Flag Display Act.  Requires that the U.S. national and Illinois State flags be displayed at half-staff when an Illinois firefighter is killed in the line of duty.  Effective immediately.
















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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 changing 
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Section 10 as follows:
 
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    (5 ILCS 465/10)
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    Sec. 10. Death of resident military member, or law 
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enforcement officer, or firefighter.
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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, or (iii) in the line of duty as a 
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firefighter: the United States national flag, the State flag of 
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Illinois, and, in the case of the death of the member of the 
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United States armed forces, the appropriate military flag as 
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defined in subsection (b) of Section 18.6 of the Condominium 
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Property Act.  Upon the Governor's notice, each person or entity 
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required by this Act to ensure the display of the United States 
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national flag on a flagstaff shall ensure that the flags 
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described in the notice are displayed at half-staff on the day 
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designated for the resident's funeral and the 2 days preceding 
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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.  The 
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Office of the State Fire Marshal shall notify the Governor of 
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the death in the line of duty of an Illinois resident 
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firefighter. Notice to the Governor shall include at least the 
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resident's name and Illinois address, the date designated for 
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the funeral, and the 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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    (d) Nothing in this Section requires the removal or 
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relocation of any existing flags currently displayed in the 
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State.  This Section does not apply to a State facility if the 
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requirements of this Section cannot be satisfied without a 
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physical modification to that facility.


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(Source: P.A. 95-596, eff. 9-11-07.)
 

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