96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB1753

 

Introduced 2/19/2009, by Sen. Kirk W. Dillard

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
5 ILCS 465/4   from Ch. 1, par. 3306

    Amends the Flag Display Act. Provides that no State institution or agency may purchase any American flags except those manufactured in the Unites State of America. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning flags.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Flag Display Act is amended by changing
5 Section 4 as follows:
 
6     (5 ILCS 465/4)  (from Ch. 1, par. 3306)
7     Sec. 4. The flags used by any and all state institutions,
8 as provided for in this act, shall be paid for out of the funds
9 appropriated for the running expenses of said institutions, the
10 same as other necessary supplies are bought and paid for, and
11 the flags for use over court houses and public school buildings
12 are hereby declared to be necessary supplies, and may be paid
13 for out of the public funds of the respective counties or
14 school districts. No State institution or agency may purchase
15 any American flags except those manufactured in the Unites
16 State of America.
17 (Source: Laws 1897, p. 229.)
 
18     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
19 becoming law.