Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
Filed: 3/21/2013
 
 

 

 

 
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1
AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1854




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1854 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
 
4    "Section 5. The Flag Display Act is amended  by changing 
5Section 10 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 465/10)
7    Sec. 10. Death of resident military member, law enforcement 
8officer, or firefighter, or members of EMS  crews.
9    (a) The Governor shall issue an official notice to fly the 
10following flags at half-staff upon the death of a resident of 
11this State killed (i) by hostile fire as a member of the United 
12States armed forces, (ii) in the line of duty as a law 
13enforcement officer, or (iii) in the line of duty as a 
14firefighter, or (iv) in the line of duty as  a member of an 
15Emergency Medical Services (EMS) crew: the United States 
16national flag, the State flag of Illinois, and, in the case of 
 
 
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1the death of the member of the United States armed forces, the 
2appropriate military flag as defined in subsection (b) of 
3Section 18.6 of the Condominium Property Act.  Upon the 
4Governor's notice, each person or entity required by this Act 
5to ensure the display of the United States national flag on a 
6flagstaff shall ensure that the flags described in the notice 
7are displayed at half-staff on the day designated for the 
8resident's funeral and the 2 days preceding that day.
9    (b) The Department of Veterans' Affairs shall notify the 
10Governor of the death by hostile fire of an Illinois resident 
11member of the United States armed forces.  The Department of 
12State Police shall notify the Governor of the death in the line 
13of duty of an Illinois resident law enforcement officer.  The 
14Office of the State Fire Marshal shall notify the Governor of 
15the death in the line of duty of an Illinois resident 
16firefighter. The Department of Public Health shall notify the 
17Governor of the death in the line of duty of an Illinois 
18resident  member of an  Emergency Medical Services (EMS) crew. 
19Notice to the Governor shall include at least the resident's 
20name and Illinois address, the date designated for the funeral, 
21and the circumstances of the death.
22    (c) For the purpose of this Section, the United States 
23armed forces includes: (i) the United States Army, Navy, Marine 
24Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard; (ii) any reserve component 
25of each of the forces listed in item (i); and (iii) the 
26National Guard.
 
 
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1    (d) Nothing in this Section requires the removal or 
2relocation of any existing flags currently displayed in the 
3State.  This Section does not apply to a State facility if the 
4requirements of this Section cannot be satisfied without a 
5physical modification to that facility.


6(Source: P.A. 95-596, eff. 9-11-07; 96-436, eff. 8-14-09.)".