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| | HB3372 Enrolled | | LRB102 10406 RJF 15733 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Flag Display Act is amended by adding |
| 5 | | Section 11 as follows:
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| 6 | | (5 ILCS 465/11 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 11. Display of flag at half-staff. The United States |
| 8 | | national flag, when flown at half-staff, should be first |
| 9 | | hoisted to the peak for an instant and then lowered to the |
| 10 | | half-staff position. The flag should be again raised to the |
| 11 | | peak before it is lowered for the day. On Memorial Day, the |
| 12 | | flag should be displayed at half-staff until noon only, then |
| 13 | | raised to the top of the staff. By order of the Governor, the |
| 14 | | flag shall be flown at half-staff upon the death of a present |
| 15 | | or former official of the government, the death of a member of |
| 16 | | the Armed Forces who dies while serving on active duty, the |
| 17 | | death of a first responder who dies while serving in the line |
| 18 | | of duty, or any other death or occurrence that the Governor |
| 19 | | deems worthy of such a recognition. An order of the Governor to |
| 20 | | fly the flag at half-staff may be for any length of time up to |
| 21 | | the greatest length of time enumerated in Section 7 of the |
| 22 | | United States Flag Code. For the purposes of this Section, |
| 23 | | "half-staff" means the position of the flag when it is |