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Public Act 0436 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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

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