Public Act 096-0436
 		





HB0077 Enrolled
LRB096 02971 JAM 12985 b






    AN ACT concerning government.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:


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


(Source: P.A. 95-596, eff. 9-11-07.)
 

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






Effective Date:  8/14/2009