Monthly Archives: April 2012

I receive Illinois e-News Summaries periodically & would like to start sharing some of the information with you. Today, I share the following release I received this morning:
Honoring Illinois’ Fallen
United States and Illinois flags at half-staff from Sunrise, Saturday, April 28, 2012 until Sunset, Monday, April 30, 2012.

The Department of Central Management Services has received notice from Governor Quinn’s Office that all persons or entities covered by the Illinois Flag Display Act are to fly the flags at half-staff on behalf of:

Sgt Dean R. Shaffer
United States Army
Hometown: Pekin, Illinois

Please lower the United States flags and the State flags at all buildings occupied by your agency’s personnel from:

Sunrise, Saturday, April 28, 2012 until Sunset, Monday, April 30, 2012

If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact Mike Claffey at
(312) 814-3957 or via email at mike.claffey@illinois.gov.

More information is available at http://www.illinois.gov/news/flaghonors.cfm.

To learn more about the IL Flag Display Act click here.

I’d like to share with you (5 ILCS 465/10) of the IL Flag Display Act:
Sec. 10. Death of resident military member, law enforcement officer, or firefighter. 
(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, or (iii) in the line of duty as a firefighter: 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. 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. 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. 95-596, eff. 9-11-07; 96-436, eff. 8-14-09.)

You may read more of the Illinois Flag Display Act by clicking here.