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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB3618
Introduced 2/28/2007, by Rep. Mike Bost SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Flag Display Act. Requires the Governor to issue an official notice of the death of an Illinois resident killed by hostile fire as a member of the United States armed forces or killed in the line of duty as a law enforcement officer. Upon that notice, requires the display of the United States national flag, the State flag of Illinois, and the appropriate military flag at half-staff at each State and local government location required to display the United States national flag on a flagstaff. Requires the Department of Veterans' Affairs and the Department of State Police to notify the Governor of a resident's death. Effective immediately.
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LRB095 08708 JAM 28891 b |
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| AN ACT concerning government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Flag Display Act is amended by adding |
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| Section 10 as follows: |
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| (5 ILCS 465/10 new) |
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| Sec. 10. Death of resident military member or law |
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| enforcement officer. |
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| (a) The Governor shall issue an official notice to fly the |
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| following flags at half-staff upon the death of a resident of |
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| this State killed (i) by hostile fire as a member of the United |
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| States armed forces or (ii) in the line of duty as a law |
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| enforcement officer: the United States national flag, the State |
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| flag of Illinois, and, in the case of the death of the member |
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| of the United States armed forces, the appropriate military |
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| flag as defined in subsection (b) of Section 18.6 of the |
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| Condominium Property Act. Upon the Governor's notice, each |
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| person or entity required by this Act to ensure the display of |
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| the United States national flag on a flagstaff shall ensure |
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| that the flags described in the notice are displayed at |
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| half-staff on the day designated for the resident's funeral and |
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| the 2 days preceding that day. |
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| (b) The Department of Veterans' Affairs shall notify the |