Public Act 100-0033
 
HB3017 EnrolledLRB100 10302 RJF 20491 b


  
    AN ACT concerning government.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
    Section 5. The Flag Display Act is amended  by changing 
Section 10 as follows:
 
    (5 ILCS 465/10)
    Sec. 10. Death of resident military member, law enforcement 
officer, firefighter, or members of EMS  crews.
    (a) The Governor shall issue an official notice to fly the 
following flags at half-staff upon the death of a resident of 
this State killed (i) by hostile fire as a member of the United 
States armed forces, (ii) in the line of duty as a law 
enforcement officer, (iii) in the line of duty as a 
firefighter, or (iv) in the line of duty as  a member of an 
Emergency Medical Services (EMS) crew, ; or (v) during on duty 
training for active military duty: the United States national 
flag, the State flag of Illinois, and, in the case of the death 
of the member of the United States armed forces, the 
appropriate military flag as defined in subsection (b) of 
Section 18.6 of the Condominium Property Act.  Upon the 
Governor's notice, each person or entity required by this Act 
to ensure the display of the United States national flag on a 
flagstaff shall ensure that the flags described in the notice 
are displayed at half-staff on the day designated for the 
resident's funeral and the 2 days preceding that day.
    (b) The Department of Veterans' Affairs shall notify the 
Governor of the death by hostile fire of an Illinois resident 
member of the United States armed forces. In lieu of notice 
being provided by the Department of Veterans' Affairs, any 
other State or Federal entity, agency, or person holding such 
information may notify the Governor of the death by hostile 
fire of an Illinois resident member of the United States armed 
forces. If such notice is provided to the Governor by an 
entity, agency, or person other than the Department of 
Veterans' Affairs, then the obligation to notify the Governor 
of an Illinois resident soldier's death under this subsection 
(b) shall be considered fulfilled.  The Department of State 
Police shall notify the Governor of the death in the line of 
duty of an Illinois resident law enforcement officer.  The 
Office of the State Fire Marshal shall notify the Governor of 
the death in the line of duty of an Illinois resident 
firefighter. The Department of Public Health shall notify the 
Governor of the death in the line of duty of an Illinois 
resident  member of an  Emergency Medical Services (EMS) crew. 
Notice to the Governor shall include at least the resident's 
name and Illinois address, the date designated for the funeral, 
and the circumstances of the death.
    (c) For the purpose of this Section, the United States 
armed forces includes: (i) the United States Army, Navy, Marine 
Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard; (ii) any reserve component 
of each of the forces listed in item (i); and (iii) the 
National Guard.
    (d) Nothing in this Section requires the removal or 
relocation of any existing flags currently displayed in the 
State.  This Section does not apply to a State facility if the 
requirements of this Section cannot be satisfied without a 
physical modification to that facility.


(Source: P.A. 98-234, eff. 1-1-14; 99-372, eff. 1-1-16; revised 
1-24-17.)