Full Text of HB3017 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Flag Display Act is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 10 as follows: | 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. In lieu of notice | 6 | | being provided by the Department of Veterans' Affairs, any | 7 | | other State or Federal entity, agency, or person holding such | 8 | | information may notify the Governor of the death by hostile | 9 | | fire of an Illinois resident member of the United States armed | 10 | | forces. If such notice is provided to the Governor by an | 11 | | entity, agency, or person other than the Department of | 12 | | Veterans' Affairs, then the obligation to notify the Governor | 13 | | of an Illinois resident soldier's death under this subsection | 14 | | (b) shall be considered fulfilled. The Department of State | 15 | | Police shall notify the Governor of the death in the line of | 16 | | duty of an Illinois resident law enforcement officer. The | 17 | | Office of the State Fire Marshal shall notify the Governor of | 18 | | the death in the line of duty of an Illinois resident | 19 | | firefighter. The Department of Public Health shall notify the | 20 | | Governor of the death in the line of duty of an Illinois | 21 | | resident member of an Emergency Medical Services (EMS) crew. | 22 | | Notice to the Governor shall include at least the resident's | 23 | | name and Illinois address, the date designated for the funeral, | 24 | | and the circumstances of the death. | 25 | | (c) For the purpose of this Section, the United States | 26 | | armed forces includes: (i) the United States Army, Navy, Marine |
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| 1 | | Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard; (ii) any reserve component | 2 | | of each of the forces listed in item (i); and (iii) the | 3 | | National Guard. | 4 | | (d) Nothing in this Section requires the removal or | 5 | | relocation of any existing flags currently displayed in the | 6 | | State. This Section does not apply to a State facility if the | 7 | | requirements of this Section cannot be satisfied without a | 8 | | physical modification to that facility.
| 9 | | (Source: P.A. 98-234, eff. 1-1-14; 99-372, eff. 1-1-16; revised | 10 | | 1-24-17.)
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