HB5190 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB5190

Introduced 02/05/04, by Joe Dunn

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 605/605-313 new

Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to conduct a study on the effects of extending Daylight Savings Time to the months when Illinois normally would observe Central Standard Time and to submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly on or before July 1, 2005. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning economic development.

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

Section 5. The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section 605-313 as follows:

(20 ILCS 605/605-313 new)

Sec. 605-313. Daylight Savings Time study. The Department must conduct a study on the effects of extending Daylight Savings Time to the months when Illinois normally would observe Central Standard Time. The study must include, without limitation, the effects on utilities, crime, mental health, business, finance, and the general operation of State and local governments. The Department must submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly on or before July 1, 2005.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.