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Public Act 102-0680
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| HB3372 Enrolled | LRB102 10406 RJF 15733 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 |
Section 11 as follows:
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(5 ILCS 465/11 new) |
Sec. 11. Display of flag at half-staff. The United States |
national flag, when flown at half-staff, should be first |
hoisted to the peak for an instant and then lowered to the |
half-staff position. The flag should be again raised to the |
peak before it is lowered for the day. On Memorial Day, the |
flag should be displayed at half-staff until noon only, then |
raised to the top of the staff. By order of the Governor, the |
flag shall be flown at half-staff upon the death of a present |
or former official of the government, the death of a member of |
the Armed Forces who dies while serving on active duty, the |
death of a first responder who dies while serving in the line |
of duty, or any other death or occurrence that the Governor |
deems worthy of such a recognition. An order of the Governor to |
fly the flag at half-staff may be for any length of time up to |
the greatest length of time enumerated in Section 7 of the |
United States Flag Code. For the purposes of this Section, |
"half-staff" means the position of the flag when it is |