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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Flag Display Act is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 10 as follows:
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| 6 | | (5 ILCS 465/10) |
| 7 | | Sec. 10. Death of resident military member, law enforcement |
| 8 | | officer, firefighter, or members of EMS crews. |
| 9 | | (a) The Governor shall issue an official notice to fly the |
| 10 | | following flags at half-staff upon the death of a resident of |
| 11 | | this State killed (i) by hostile fire as a member of the United |
| 12 | | States armed forces, (ii) in the line of duty as a law |
| 13 | | enforcement officer, (iii) in the line of duty as a |
| 14 | | firefighter, or (iv) in the line of duty as a member of an |
| 15 | | Emergency Medical Services (EMS) crew; or (v) during on duty |
| 16 | | training for active military duty: the United States national |
| 17 | | flag, the State flag of Illinois, and, in the case of the death |
| 18 | | of the member of the United States armed forces, the |
| 19 | | appropriate military flag as defined in subsection (b) of |
| 20 | | Section 18.6 of the Condominium Property Act. Upon the |
| 21 | | Governor's notice, each person or entity required by this Act |
| 22 | | to ensure the display of the United States national flag on a |
| 23 | | flagstaff shall ensure that the flags described in the notice |
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| 1 | | are displayed at half-staff on the day designated for the |
| 2 | | resident's funeral and the 2 days preceding that day. |
| 3 | | (b) The Department of Veterans' Affairs shall notify the |
| 4 | | Governor of the death by hostile fire of an Illinois resident |
| 5 | | member of the United States armed forces. The Department of |
| 6 | | State Police shall notify the Governor of the death in the line |
| 7 | | of duty of an Illinois resident law enforcement officer. The |
| 8 | | Office of the State Fire Marshal shall notify the Governor of |
| 9 | | the death in the line of duty of an Illinois resident |
| 10 | | firefighter. The Department of Public Health shall notify the |
| 11 | | Governor of the death in the line of duty of an Illinois |
| 12 | | resident member of an Emergency Medical Services (EMS) crew. |
| 13 | | Notice to the Governor shall include at least the resident's |
| 14 | | name and Illinois address, the date designated for the funeral, |
| 15 | | and the circumstances of the death. |
| 16 | | (c) For the purpose of this Section, the United States |
| 17 | | armed forces includes: (i) the United States Army, Navy, Marine |
| 18 | | Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard; (ii) any reserve component |
| 19 | | of each of the forces listed in item (i); and (iii) the |
| 20 | | National Guard. |
| 21 | | (d) Nothing in this Section requires the removal or |
| 22 | | relocation of any existing flags currently displayed in the |
| 23 | | State. This Section does not apply to a State facility if the |
| 24 | | requirements of this Section cannot be satisfied without a |
| 25 | | physical modification to that facility.
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| 26 | | (Source: P.A. 98-234, eff. 1-1-14.)
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