Bill Title: To require the Governor to issue an official notice of the death of an Ohio resident killed by hostile fire as a member of the United States armed forces or the National Guard and to order the lowering of flags on the day of the person's funeral.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-15 - To Veterans Affairs
[HB549 Detail]Download: Ohio-2011-HB549-Introduced.html
As Introduced
129th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2011-2012 |
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A BILL
| To enact section 5902.10 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
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require the Governor to issue an official notice | 2 |
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of the death of an Ohio resident killed by hostile | 3 |
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fire as a member of the United States armed forces | 4 |
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or the National Guard and to order the lowering of | 5 |
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flags on the day of the person's funeral. | 6 |
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That section 5902.10 of the Revised Code be | 7 |
enacted to read as follows: | 8 |
Sec. 5902.10. The director of veterans services shall notify | 9 |
the governor whenever the director becomes aware that a person who | 10 |
is an Ohio resident and who is a member of the armed forces of the | 11 |
United States or the national guard has been killed by hostile | 12 |
fire. Upon receipt of such a notice, the governor shall order that | 13 |
all state agencies and political subdivisions of this state fly at | 14 |
half-staff on the day of that person's funeral the United States | 15 |
flag, the flag of this state, and any relevant military flag, if | 16 |
the state agency or political subdivision possesses such a flag. | 17 |