(765 ILCS 605/18.6)
(Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 103-409)
Sec. 18.6.
Display of American flag or military flag.
(a) Notwithstanding any provision in the declaration, bylaws, rules,
regulations, or
agreements or other instruments of a condominium association or a master
association or
a common interest community association or a board's construction of any of
those
instruments,
a board may not prohibit the display of the American flag or a military flag,
or both, on or within the
limited common areas and facilities of a unit owner or on the immediately
adjacent
exterior of the building in which the unit of a unit owner is located. A board
may adopt
reasonable rules and regulations, consistent with Sections 4 through 10 of
Chapter 1 of
Title 4 of the United States Code, regarding the placement and manner of
display of the
American flag and a board may adopt reasonable rules and regulations
regarding the placement and manner of display of a military flag. A board may
not prohibit the installation of a flagpole for the display of
the American flag or a military flag, or both, on or within the limited common
areas and facilities of a
unit owner or
on the immediately adjacent exterior of the building in which the unit of a
unit owner is
located, but a board may adopt reasonable rules and regulations regarding the
location
and size of flagpoles.
(b) As used in this Section:
"American flag" means the flag of the United States (as defined in Section 1
of
Chapter 1 of Title 4 of the United States Code and the Executive Orders entered
in
connection with that Section) made of fabric, cloth, or paper displayed from a
staff or
flagpole or in a window, but "American flag" does not include a depiction or
emblem of
the American flag made of lights, paint, roofing, siding, paving materials,
flora, or
balloons, or any other similar building, landscaping, or decorative component.
"Board" includes a board of managers or a board of a master association or a
common interest community association.
"Military flag" means a flag of any branch of the United States armed
forces
or
the Illinois National Guard made of fabric, cloth, or paper displayed from a
staff or
flagpole or in a window, but "military flag" does not include a depiction or
emblem of a
military flag made of lights, paint, roofing, siding, paving materials, flora,
or balloons, or
any other similar building, landscaping, or decorative component.
(Source: P.A. 93-481, eff. 1-1-04.)
(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 103-409)
Sec. 18.6. Display of American flag or military flag.
(a) Notwithstanding any provision in the declaration, bylaws, rules,
regulations, or
agreements or other instruments of a condominium association or a master
association or
a common interest community association or a board's construction of any of
those
instruments,
a board may not prohibit the display of the American flag or a military flag,
or both, on or within the
limited common areas and facilities of a unit owner or on the immediately
adjacent
exterior of the building in which the unit of a unit owner is located. A board
may adopt
reasonable rules and regulations, consistent with Sections 4 through 10 of
Chapter 1 of
Title 4 of the United States Code, regarding the placement and manner of
display of the
American flag and a board may adopt reasonable rules and regulations
regarding the placement and manner of display of a military flag. A board may
not prohibit the installation of a flagpole for the display of
the American flag or a military flag, or both, on or within the limited common
areas and facilities of a
unit owner or
on the immediately adjacent exterior of the building in which the unit of a
unit owner is
located, but a board may adopt reasonable rules and regulations regarding the
location
and size of flagpoles.
(b) As used in this Section:
"American flag" means the flag of the United States (as defined in Section 1
of
Chapter 1 of Title 4 of the United States Code and the Executive Orders entered
in
connection with that Section) made of fabric, cloth, or paper displayed from a
staff or
flagpole or in a window, but "American flag" does not include a depiction or
emblem of
the American flag made of lights, paint, roofing, siding, paving materials,
flora, or
balloons, or any other similar building, landscaping, or decorative component.
"Board" includes a board of managers or a board of a master association or a
common interest community association.
"Military flag" means a flag of any branch of the United States armed
forces
or
the Illinois National Guard and the Honor and Remember Flag made of fabric, cloth, or paper displayed from a
staff or
flagpole or in a window, but "military flag" does not include a depiction or
emblem of a
military flag made of lights, paint, roofing, siding, paving materials, flora,
or balloons, or
any other similar building, landscaping, or decorative component.
(Source: P.A. 103-409, eff. 1-1-24.)
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