{"data":{"id":"us-il/5-ilcs-465-11","jurisdiction":"us-il","citation":"5 ILCS 465/11","heading":"Display of flag at half-staff.","body":"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 one-half the distance between the top and bottom of the staff.","path":["CHAPTER 5 GENERAL PROVISIONS","Flag Display Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=133\u0026ChapterID=2\u0026ChapAct=FullText\u0026Print=True","current_through":"at least Public Act 104-790","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-15T04:46:11Z","sha256":"f0c947562ead6ad1a0f48f0d35d1cbcaa3af9390b367f05202d03d468d88c77e","source_id":"us-il","stale":false,"prev":"us-il/5-ilcs-465-10","next":"us-il/5-ilcs-465-15"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}