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1 | | resident's funeral and the 2 days preceding that day. |
2 | | (b) The Department of Veterans' Affairs shall notify the |
3 | | Governor of the death by hostile fire of an Illinois resident |
4 | | member of the United States armed forces. The Department of |
5 | | State Police shall notify the Governor of the death in the line |
6 | | of duty of an Illinois resident law enforcement officer. The |
7 | | Office of the State Fire Marshal shall notify the Governor of |
8 | | the death in the line of duty of an Illinois resident |
9 | | firefighter. The Department of Public Health shall notify the |
10 | | Governor of the death in the line of duty of an Illinois |
11 | | resident member of an Emergency Medical Services (EMS) crew. |
12 | | Notice to the Governor shall include at least the resident's |
13 | | name and Illinois address, the date designated for the funeral, |
14 | | and the circumstances of the death. |
15 | | (c) For the purpose of this Section, the United States |
16 | | armed forces includes: (i) the United States Army, Navy, Marine |
17 | | Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard; (ii) any reserve component |
18 | | of each of the forces listed in item (i); and (iii) the |
19 | | National Guard. |
20 | | (d) Nothing in this Section requires the removal or |
21 | | relocation of any existing flags currently displayed in the |
22 | | State. This Section does not apply to a State facility if the |
23 | | requirements of this Section cannot be satisfied without a |
24 | | physical modification to that facility.
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25 | | (Source: P.A. 95-596, eff. 9-11-07; 96-436, eff. 8-14-09.)
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