Full Text of HR1098 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, In 2007, Public Act 95-596 was enacted into law, | 3 | | directing the Governor to issue an official notice to all | 4 | | persons and entities covered by the Flag Display Act to fly the | 5 | | United States flag, the State flag of Illinois, and in the case | 6 | | of a Armed Forces member's death, the appropriate military | 7 | | flag, at half-staff upon the death of a resident of Illinois | 8 | | killed by hostile fire as a member of the United States Armed | 9 | | Forces, in the line of duty as a law enforcement officer, or in | 10 | | the line of duty as a firefighter; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, The Office of the Governor's website allows any | 12 | | person to subscribe to the Illinois Flag Honors e-News | 13 | | Summaries service and to be notified whenever the Governor | 14 | | issues an official notice pursuant to Public Act 95-596; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Not every person or local government entity that | 16 | | displays the United States flag, the State flag of Illinois, or | 17 | | the military flag of any branch of the United States Armed | 18 | | Forces or the Illinois National Guard is covered by the Flag | 19 | | Display Act; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Those persons and entities in Illinois who choose | 21 | | to display the United States flag, the State flag of Illinois, | 22 | | or the military flag of any branch of the United States Armed |
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| 1 | | Forces or the Illinois National Guard, but who are not covered | 2 | | by the Flag Display Act, may in some cases be unaware that the | 3 | | Governor has issued an official notice to fly the flags at | 4 | | half-staff to honor a fallen Armed Forces member, law | 5 | | enforcement officer, or firefighter; therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 7 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 8 | | we urge local government entities and other persons who display | 9 | | the United States flag, the State flag of Illinois, or the | 10 | | military flag of any branch of the United States Armed Forces | 11 | | or the Illinois National Guard to subscribe to the Illinois | 12 | | Flag Honors e-News Summaries service on the Office of the | 13 | | Governor's website in order to honor fallen U.S. Armed Forces | 14 | | members, law enforcement officers, and firefighters; and be it | 15 | | further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That we urge State and local government entities | 17 | | and private state-wide associations and organizations to | 18 | | provide links on their websites to the Illinois Flag Honors | 19 | | e-News Summaries service subscription page on the Office of the | 20 | | Governor's website, and to include information about that | 21 | | service in their newsletters and publications in order to | 22 | | further encourage the flying of the United States flag, the | 23 | | State flag of Illinois, and military flags at half-staff to | 24 | | honor fallen U.S. Armed Forces members, law enforcement |
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