99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB2932
 
Introduced , by Rep. Keith P. Sommer
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
5 ILCS 465/10

     Amends the Flag Display Act. Requires the Governor to issue an official notice to fly the United States national flag, the State flag of Illinois, and the appropriate military flag upon the death of a resident of this State killed during on duty training for active military duty.
  


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A BILL FOR
 

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


26(Source: P.A. 98-234, eff. 1-1-14.)