96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB2505


 
Introduced 2/20/2009, by Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













5 ILCS 490/125 new










    Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act.  Designates the month of September of each year as Ovarian and Prostate Cancer Awareness Month.
















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HB2505

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    AN ACT concerning State government.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5. The State Commemorative Dates Act is amended  by 
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adding Section 125 as follows:
 
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    (5 ILCS 490/125  new)
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    Sec. 125. Ovarian and Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. The 
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month of September of each year is designated as Ovarian and 
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Prostate Cancer Awareness Month to be observed throughout the 
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State as a month set apart to promote advocacy activities and 
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the study of ovarian and prostate cancer and to honor those 
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whose lives have been impacted by the disease. The Governor may 
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annually issue a proclamation designating September as Ovarian 
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and Prostate Cancer Awareness Month and calling upon the 
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citizens of the State to promote awareness of ovarian and 
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prostate cancer.