HB1749 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB1749

Introduced 2/17/2021, by Rep. Daniel Didech

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

5 ILCS 490/60

from Ch. 1, par. 3051-60

Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Provides that when the holiday of Lincoln's Birthday (February 12) falls on a Saturday, the following Monday shall be held and considered the holiday. Provides that when Lincoln's Birthday falls on a Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday, the following Friday shall be held and considered the holiday.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning government.

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

Section 5. The State Commemorative Dates Act is amended by changing Section 60 as follows:

(5 ILCS 490/60) (from Ch. 1, par. 3051-60)

Sec. 60. Lincoln's Birthday. The twelfth day of February of each year shall be a legal holiday to be known as Lincoln's Birthday to be observed as a day on which to hold appropriate exercises in commemoration of our illustrious President. When February twelfth shall fall on a Saturday or Sunday, the following Monday shall be held and considered the holiday. When February twelfth shall fall on a Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday, the following Friday shall be held and considered the holiday.

(Source: P.A. 87-272.)