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 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1997

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill 1997 by  replacing
 3    the title with the following:
 4        "AN   ACT   concerning   the   Illinois   Military  Flags
 5    Commission."; and

 6    by replacing everything after the enacting  clause  with  the
 7    following:

 8        "Section  5.  The Military Code of Illinois is amended by
 9    adding Section 25.6 as follows:

10        (20 ILCS 1805/25.6 new)
11        Sec. 25.6.  Illinois Military Flags Commission.
12        (a)  The   Illinois   Military   Flags   Commission    is
13    established for the purpose of assisting the Adjutant General
14    with  his  or  her  responsibilities under Section 25 of this
15    Code.  The Commission shall advise the  Adjutant  General  on
16    how  to best collect, preserve, and present or display to the
17    public the colors, flags, guidons, and military  trophies  of
18    war   belonging   to   the  State  in  order  to  disseminate
19    information relating to the history of the Illinois  National
20    Guard.
21        (b)  The  Commission consists of 15 members: the Adjutant
 
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 1    General, the State Historian, the Director  of  the  Illinois
 2    State  Museum,  and the Director of the Historic Preservation
 3    Agency, all ex officio; 4 members of  the  General  Assembly,
 4    one  of  whom  shall  be  appointed  by  the President of the
 5    Senate, one by the Minority Leader of the Senate, one by  the
 6    Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives,  and one by the
 7    Minority Leader  of  the  House  of  Representatives;  and  7
 8    residents  of  the  State  appointed  by  the  Governor. When
 9    appointing members  to  the  Commission,  the  Governor  must
10    endeavor  to  appoint  persons  in  a  manner  to maintain as
11    regionally  diverse  a  membership  as  possible.     Persons
12    appointed to the Commission should provide it with experience
13    in  areas  such as, but not limited to, knowledge of military
14    history, particularly of the  American  Civil  War,  and  the
15    education  of  citizens.  Any vacancy in the Commission shall
16    be filled by  an  appointment  in  the  same  manner  as  the
17    original  appointment.  Members of the Commission shall serve
18    without compensation,  but  shall  be  reimbursed  for  their
19    reasonable  expenses  incurred  in  the  performance of their
20    duties.
21        (c)  This Section is repealed on January 1, 2006.

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