Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
Filed: 4/24/2012
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3746
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3746 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The State Commemorative Dates Act is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | adding Section 126 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (5 ILCS 490/126 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 126. Volunteer Emergency Responder Appreciation Day. | ||||||
| 8 | The third Thursday in May of each year is designated Volunteer | ||||||
| 9 | Emergency Responder Appreciation Day in Illinois. Volunteer | ||||||
| 10 | firefighters, rescue squads, divers, emergency medical | ||||||
| 11 | technicians, and response teams sacrifice their time and lives | ||||||
| 12 | for their communities with little or no compensation. Volunteer | ||||||
| 13 | Emergency Responder Appreciation Day shall be observed | ||||||
| 14 | throughout the State by the citizens of Illinois with civic | ||||||
| 15 | remembrances of the sacrifices made on their behalf by the | ||||||
| 16 | volunteer emergency responders of Illinois, especially the | ||||||
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| 1 | ultimate sacrifice given by those individuals who have lost | ||||||
| 2 | their lives in the line of duty.
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| 3 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 4 | becoming law.".
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