Bill Text: IL HB0835 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Flag Display Act. Provides that the Honor and Remember Flag is designated as the symbol of our State's concern and commitment to honoring and remembering all members of the United States Armed Forces who have lost their lives while serving our country in the line of duty and their families. Provides for the location of display, dates of display, and manner of display for the Honor and Remember Flag. Provides that specified provisions shall not be construed so as to require any employee to report to work solely for the purpose of providing for the display of the Honor and Remember Flag. Provides for the procurement of Honor and Remember Flags. Provides for the adoption of rules as necessary to carry-out specified requirements. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-12 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB0835 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB0835-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB0835 Introduced , by Rep. Daniel Swanson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
5 ILCS 465/20 new
Amends the Flag Display Act. Provides that the Honor and Remember Flag is designated as the symbol of our State's concern and commitment to honoring and remembering all members of the United States Armed Forces who have lost their lives while serving our country in the line of duty and their families. Provides for the location of display, dates of display, and manner of display for the Honor and Remember Flag. Provides that specified provisions shall not be construed so as to require any employee to report to work solely for the purpose of providing for the display of the Honor and Remember Flag. Provides for the procurement of Honor and Remember Flags. Provides for the adoption of rules as necessary to carry-out specified requirements. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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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 adding
Section 20 as follows:
(5 ILCS 465/20 new)
Sec. 20. Honor and Remember Flag.
(a) The Honor and Remember Flag is designated as the symbol
of our State's concern and commitment to honoring and
remembering all members of the United States Armed Forces who
have lost their lives while serving our country in the line of
duty and their families.
(b) The Honor and Remember Flag may be displayed at the
State Capitol Building, other appropriate State-owned
buildings and facilities, each circuit court building, and each
city and town hall on the following days:
(1) Armed Forces Day, the third Saturday in May;
(2) Memorial Day, the last Monday in May;
(3) Flag Day, June 14;
(4) Independence Day, July 4;
(5) National POW/MIA Recognition Day, the third Friday
of September;
(6) Gold Star Mother's Day, the last Sunday of

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September;
(7) Veterans Day, November 11;
(8) a day on which a member of the United States Armed
Forces who is a resident of this State loses his or her
life in the line of duty; and
(9) any day at a State military memorial or State
veteran cemetery on which a United States flag is
displayed.
(c) When displayed, the Honor and Remember Flag shall be
displayed in a manner designed to ensure visibility to the
public, and must be manufactured in the United States.
(d) This Section shall not be construed so as to require
any employee to report to work solely for the purpose of
providing for the display of the Honor and Remember Flag.
(e) The head of each Department, agency, or other
governmental entity responsible for a location at which an
Honor and Remember Flag is displayed under this Section may use
public funds to procure and display Honor and Remember Flags.
(f) The head of each Department, agency, or other
governmental entity responsible for a location at which an
Honor and Remember Flag is displayed under this Section may
adopt rules as necessary to carry-out the requirements of this
Section.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.