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 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3640

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 3640  by  replacing
 3    everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 4        "Section  5.  The Military Code of Illinois is amended by
 5    adding Section 25.6 as follows:

 6        (20 ILCS 1805/25.6 new)
 7        Sec. 25.6.  Illinois Military Flags Commission.
 8        (a)  The   Illinois   Military   Flags   Commission    is
 9    established for the purpose of assisting the Adjutant General
10    with  his  or  her  responsibilities under Section 25 of this
11    Code.  The Commission shall advise the  Adjutant  General  on
12    how  to best collect, preserve, and present or display to the
13    public the colors, flags, guidons, and military  trophies  of
14    war   belonging   to   the  State  in  order  to  disseminate
15    information relating to the history of the Illinois  National
16    Guard.
17        (b)  The  Commission consists of 15 members: the Adjutant
18    General, the State Historian, the Director  of  the  Illinois
19    State  Museum,  and the Director of the Historic Preservation
20    Agency, all ex officio; 4 members of  the  General  Assembly,
21    one  of  whom  shall  be  appointed  by  the President of the
22    Senate, one by the Minority Leader of the Senate, one by  the
 
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 1    Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives,  and one by the
 2    Minority Leader  of  the  House  of  Representatives;  and  7
 3    residents  of  the  State  appointed  by  the  Governor. When
 4    appointing members  to  the  Commission,  the  Governor  must
 5    endeavor  to  appoint  persons  in  a  manner  to maintain as
 6    regionally  diverse  a  membership  as  possible.     Persons
 7    appointed to the Commission should provide it with experience
 8    in  areas  such as, but not limited to, knowledge of military
 9    history, particularly of the  American  Civil  War,  and  the
10    education  of  citizens.  Any vacancy in the Commission shall
11    be filled by  an  appointment  in  the  same  manner  as  the
12    original  appointment.  Members of the Commission shall serve
13    without compensation,  but  shall  be  reimbursed  for  their
14    reasonable  expenses  incurred  in  the  performance of their
15    duties.
16        (c)  This Section is repealed on January 1, 2006.

17        Section 99.  Effective date. This Act takes  effect  upon
18    becoming law.".